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nicksergeant ◴[] No.46235275[source]
Meanwhile, the only thing people really want from Rivian is CarPlay / Android Auto support, lol.
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legitster ◴[] No.46235672[source]
I get where carmakers are coming from though.

Cars used to compete on distinctions between driving experience/fuel economy/reliability/etc. In comparison, differences between electric cars is mostly superfluous. They're very interchangeable.

For the next generation of car buyers, infotainment and features are going to be the main features. And if you are handing all of that away to the tech companies, your entire company is going to just become another captive hardware partner of the tech giants.

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1. jayd16 ◴[] No.46236244[source]
If they actually planned to compete on it they could just offer Carplay support as an option, no?