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Rivian CEO says it’s awesome having Apple Music in its cars, but the firm wants drivers to use its systems instead of switching in and out of CarPlay.
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It’s been said that Apple should buy Rivian, and it’s certainly been said that General Motors made a mistake ditching CarPlay. But in a new interview, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says he “thinks the world” of Apple products but won’t add CarPlay — and that Apple wouldn’t do it in his position either.
“We have a great relationship with Apple,” Scaringe told The Verge, “[but] imagine Apple was developing a Mac, and there was someone that had a software application — let’s maybe call it Windows — and they said, ‘We have a turnkey platform that everybody knows how to use,’ would they have put that in their car?”
Rivian adds Apple Music, but won’t consider CarPlay
Rivian adds Apple Music, but won’t consider CarPlay
