AutoTech Investments NADA 2024 | Nick Mottas, CEO, HopDrive
When asked, “What do you see in terms of changes during COVID, and which of those changes persisted, which have actually regressed back to pre-COVID times"
"So COVID was wind in our sails for sure when the world shut down. We had just launched service pickup and delivery. Dealer reactions to service valet were mixed. They all, I think, knew their customers wanted it, but it wasn't a need. When the world shut down, we all stopped going to the grocery store, we started ordering groceries on Instacart and I think that trend, that convenience economy that consumers have hasn't changed.
I think that it opened our eyes to be able to see that there are different ways to transact, and that possibility is I don't think we're going to regress to going to dealerships in the future, I think we are lazy by nature and if we take the easy way, we are the easy button for that."