The age of artificial intelligence and automation has many people nervous about being replaced by a machine. The manager at an Illinois used car dealership recently walked into work to find a new drive-through scanner on the shop floor. It inspired him to suggest that a machine would now be doing his job.
Autoboss23 (@autoboss23), whose bio says he “started as a car salesman in 1999 and worked my way up to general manager,” posted a clip that has so far been viewed more than 420,500 times. “So I walked into work today and found out that I am being replaced by a robot,” he says, under on-screen text reading “REPLACED BY A ROBOT!”
He circles a black arch standing in the service drive, printed with the instruction “DON’T STOP INSIDE, DRIVE THROUGH.”
“This is our new UVeye machine that takes photos undercarriage, interior, exterior, basically appraises a car by itself,” he says. “And I don’t think I’m gonna be having a job any longer. So anybody looking for a good used car manager, let me know.”
His channel is based on demystifying car appraisal, with many videos showing him valuing trade-ins on camera. Recent videos include a 1989 Mustang GT and a run of Jeep Wranglers. The dealership’s website says it opened in 1965 and sells Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and Subaru.
What The Machine Does
UVeye was founded in 2016 by brothers Amir and Ohad Hever “to detect bomb threats hidden beneath a vehicle’s underbody,” and now sells its scanners to car dealers, rental companies, and fleets. In June, the company said it had “more than 1,000 systems deployed globally, scanning over 3.5 million vehicles monthly.”
The drive-through rig “captures exterior, underbody, and tire conditions in seconds,” according to a January announcement from UVeye and Cox Automotive, which owns the vAuto appraisal and pricing software. That announcement said the scan data now feeds vAuto’s “appraisal, pricing, and inventory tools,” and that dealers testing the combination had acquired “over 850 vehicles” with it.
Jonathan Noda, general manager of Brickell Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Miami, said in that announcement that his store could “scan a vehicle, evaluate its condition with precision, and give an on-the-spot offer before the customer leaves the service lane or car lot.” UVeye CEO Amir Hever described the partnership as “turning AI inspections into automated actions.”
UVeye’s dealership page says the system “transforms how dealerships acquire, appraise, and merchandise vehicles,” though the same page says the scans leave service advisors free to “focus on conversations that matter.”
One detail drew pushback. “The UVeye doesn’t do interior,” wrote amazinglifeof, who added that “it also doesn’t appraise the vehicle.” UVeye’s interior photos come from a separate product, Apollo, which it introduced in 2023 with a mobile app, and from an “interior camera add-on” announced in June.
UVeye pitches the scanner to dealers as a way to speed up trade-ins and appraisals. But nothing in the video suggests that mass sackings are imminent.
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“A Used Car Manager Does A Lot More”
Plenty of viewers doubted the premise. “I don’t think you just walked in there and discovered that one morning. I’m pretty sure that took a few days to install,” wrote nomad40073. A customer review of Liberty’s service department on Carfax from September mentions the dealership’s UVeye system.
“A used car manager does a lot more than appraising a vehicle,” wrote dougsteele88, while michigan.man.05 thought the joke had gone over people’s heads: “People don’t get the sarcasm.” In the video, Autoboss23 doesn’t say anyone has told him his job is in jeopardy, and he tagged the clip #fired.
Commenters who said they work with the same scanners were split. “We have been using them for like 2 years I believe at my work,” wrote phantomflash219. “Nobody lost their jobs, and actually it helps us sell more work in the shop and helps us sell more cars because it sped up and standardized the appraisal for trade-ins.” Another, robwatson65, had a different experience: “UVeye sucks, hardly ever worked. We had it for a year, [expletive] was trash! You’re good, my boy!”
“Nitpicked By A Robot”
Customers had other worries. “Not bringing in my trade to get nitpicked by a robot!” wrote mike1242534, who argued that the scanner “will find damage most used car guys would miss.” A commenter posting as bluntest_28, who said the dealership they use has had one for about a year, called it “a neat machine” but “not super accurate because it detects ‘dirt or bad lighting’ as ‘damage.’”
The question of who reviews the scanner’s findings has been an issue before, and has even found its way into national politics. After Hertz began using UVeye scanners to check returned rental cars for damage, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), then chair of a House Oversight subcommittee, wrote to the company in 2025 that Hertz was “apparently the only car rental company in the U.S. that issues damage assessments to customers without human review.”
One viewer who had been through a scanned trade-in was satisfied. “They offered us what we had been expecting (roughly KBB) and it was super fast,” wrote rhondwen.
A comment with nearly 3,500 likes, from the.shy.klingon, offered career advice: “Learn to repair the robot and you’ll have your job back in no time.” A reply from themavenofrealestate1 had bad news: “They have robots to fix the robots.”
Motor1 reached out to Autoboss23 via TikTok direct message and emailed UVeye for comment. We’ll be sure to update this if they respond.
