There was a list of at least 12 automakers on a slide they showed. So, the opposite of what you said.
Well, it's a good thing the new NAV update is pretty accurate with SOC%!I've read a couple of articles now that say not to expect this to happen for years if at all. The fact Apple didn't list anyone that it had partnered with for the initial launch and when press has spoken to automakers the general response is "we'll look at it". There seems to be alot of resistance to automakers giving access to the cars computer in order to present the stats CarPlay needs for this to work. Apple announced EV Routing in Apple Maps 2 or 3 years ago and as of today, Ford and BMW are the only ones that support it
EV routing comes to Apple Maps and CarPlay for Ford Mach-E drivers with iOS 15.4 - 9to5Mac
Back at WWDC in 2020, Apple unveiled its plans to offer more detailed and powerful routing features for electric vehicles...9to5mac.com
This should show you how reluctant automakers are to hand over the keys to the kingdom so this new CarPlay could be dead on arrival. As much as everyone wants CarPlay in the Lucid, Maps and Google Maps will be useless (unless Lucid follows Ford and BMW) to you unless you plan on entering charging stops manually and bank on the weather being perfect to get from charger A to charger B because if you hit a headwind or increase elevation that drops the range significantly then you'll be dead in the water because those mapping systems won't know the car doesn't have enough range to make it.
Exactly! CarPlay aint the be all and end all, especially for EV's. You can't just use the navigation and get off at any exit to charge like you can with an ICE vehicle so it's imperative that car companies actually focus on delivering a good navigation system with a good route planner for EV's. Lucid's latest update to the nav is a solid improvement and being able to sort and filter the chargers is an awesome addition. Seeing the SOC% the time to charge at your next stop etc. is valuable information and will change depending on how you're driving etc. which you won't get with Apple/Google Maps.
Within 3 months! August was thrown around as a rumor. It also puts it into perspective for me. Polestar has Volvo backing and STILL took them this long to implement CarPlay. It's not so bad for Lucid.
Keep in mind this was 2 years in the making......
I thought Rivian said they weren't supporting CarPlay?
Correct, my understanding is that Rivian isn’t getting it due to the conflict with Amazon streaming.
I watched that review and thought it was well done. When a reviewer calls out the pros and cons those are the ones I like as all I keep hearing about Rivian is how great it is and everything is perfect on it. It's not perfect and seems to be having similar issues to what Lucid is experiencing when it comes to the software with just little quirks.
I totally agree. It is a bland interface. However I do appreciate the Siri integration, sirius XM and the WiFi connection that allows more data to flow between phone and car which gives us access to the Apple Music library of atmos music. It’s unfortunately that lucid didn’t build in some sort of higher data connection in their interface. I also trust google / apple to update their maps regularly. I’m not sure if that is the case with Lucid? Perhaps it os since if I understand correctly it’s an online map that you can opt to download portions of….
It took Polestar 2 years of promising to implement so settle down. Do you see it in a Tesla or Rivian? No!
I don't think that Lucid is dragging their feet on CarPlay or Android Auto or any other missing features. IMHO, they botched the entire software platform and are trying to recover and this will take time.
