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Rivian CEO says CarPlay isn’t going to happen

CEO RJ Scaringe compared it to Apple using Windows.

Despite Apple’s claims that most consumers will only consider purchasing vehicles that support CarPlay, Rivian says it still doesn’t have any plans to adopt the iPhone mirroring system. Instead, the Rivian CEO says the company will eventually add CarPlay’s most desirable features “but on an à la carte basis.” Tesla has never adopted the feature, and General Motors made the controversial decision last year to drop support for CarPlay and Android Auto on its future EV models.

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