Ford CEO Jim Farley has confirmed that the company has no plans to drop support for CarPlay due to its immense popularity among Ford customers. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern, Farley revealed that 70% of Ford’s customers in the US are Apple customers, which makes it imperative for Ford to continue supporting…
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Rivian is actively testing support for Apple Watch to serve as a key for R1T and R1S vehicles, according to the company’s head of software development, Wassym Bensaid. While the details on this feature and timeline have not yet been shared, it is on Rivian’s roadmap for a future software update. Apple offers its own…
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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe has stated that the company has no plans to adopt Apple’s CarPlay platform. CarPlay is available on the majority of cars today, including electric vehicles from companies such as Ford and Polestar, but Rivian, alongside Tesla, is one of the notable holdouts. During an interview on the Waveform podcast with MKBHD,…