Critical Shifts:
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Digital Revocable Credentials: Replaces outdated paper releases with real-time, non-shareable digital verification tied to a specific VIN, carrier, and pickup location.
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First-Mover Market Integration: Central Dispatch is the initial platform deploying the solution across its network before broader rollout across Cox Automotive entities like Manheim.
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Real-Time Security Control: Verification occurs via GPS boundary (within 5 miles) and app scanning, taking just 90 seconds while instantly revoking access if assignment details change.
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Phased Rollout Strategy: Currently piloting with select dealership locations and Ready Logistics carriers before expanding to Central Dispatch's entire marketplace.
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Cox Automotive has launched Secure Vehicle Transfer, a new digital vehicle handoff solution built to help shippers verify the right carrier is picking up the right vehicle at the right location before a vehicle changes hands – with Central Dispatch as the first to offer it. Secure Vehicle Transfer promises a new level of security to one of the most critical moments in moving a vehicle.
As the industry’s largest automotive logistics marketplace, Central Dispatch is positioned to be the first to bring Secure Vehicle Transfer’s revocable digital credentialing approach to market, helping scale a more trusted handoff process today while advancing a long-term vision for vehicle movement across the Cox Automotive ecosystem.
“Today’s transportation landscape requires new layers of verification, accountability and control at the moment a vehicle changes hands,” said Lainey Sibble, head of Central Dispatch. “We’re not waiting for someone else to set the standard for what comes next. As the largest marketplace, we have both the responsibility and the reach to raise the bar for the entire industry – and that’s exactly what we intend to do.”
Secure Vehicle Transfer replaces paper-based, manual releases with a dynamic digital credential that helps verify the authorized carrier and the shipper’s assignment to that carrier at pickup. This gives shippers direct control over who is authorized to take possession of their vehicle while creating a more seamless pickup experience for carriers through the tools they already use every day.
Here’s how it works:
- The assigned driver receives the credential in the Central Dispatch Carrier app – the same app carriers already use to manage inspections and pickups.
- Each credential is unique to a single VIN, an authorized carrier and one pickup location. It can’t be copied, forwarded or captured by screenshot – and if the authorization changes, the credential is revoked automatically in real time.
- When the driver is within five miles of the pickup location, the credential can be scanned by the person releasing the vehicle using the Secure Vehicle Transfer app. This creates a documented record of the handoff.
- The entire verification process is designed to take about 90 seconds – from credential confirmation to vehicle release – making a more secure handoff feel effortless.
“Security isn’t a single feature; it’s a journey we’re all on together,” said Sibble. “Every shipper, carrier and pickup location that embraces this next step with Secure Vehicle Transfer is a part of creating a stronger, more fortified transportation experience all around. It’s a new habit for our industry, but it’s one worth building because a secure handoff not only protects everyone in the transaction, but it also shows bad actors that we’re fighting back in force.”
Secure Vehicle Transfer has officially launched as a pilot, with Central Dispatch partnering with select dealership pickup locations and identified carriers from the Ready Logistics network.
At the conclusion of the pilot, Secure Vehicle Transfer will be available to all shippers, carriers and brokers in the Central Dispatch marketplace, including Ready Logistics’ network of 6,000+ vetted carriers. Over time, Cox Automotive plans to extend the capability across additional parts of its ecosystem, including Manheim’s 80 physical locations, helping set the standard for secure vehicle movement across the industry.
