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Who has or is planning to get an electric car / EV Talk
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Really good video review. Im not like a diehard gear head but my favorite YouTube channel is Throttle House. They make fun review videos and I loved the cameo they had here.
If one is in the market for an EV in the USA, especially one that qualifies for the tax rebate, its a use it or lose it situation. So take advantage of it because it's most likely gone next year.
Yes, keep in mind it uses Android Auto (I think that’s what it’s called) and GM deliberately disables CarPlay and android auto, whereas Honda does not …
Android Automotive (yes their naming is dumb). Android Auto is their Car Play equivalent.
Goggles Andeoid automotive Operatinf system or AAOS. And for Polestar it will support Android Auto (besides Apple CarPlay) from next month as well.
So all you podcast listeners can use your facourote apps 😇🤣 Me I just listen to French core. 🤣
GM is ridiculously stupid for removing this functionality.
I had two Teslas for the longest time and when I bought my i4 I forgot how excellent CarPlay is.
Agreed. I’d not buy a car without CarPlay. BMW i3s owner for the last 2 and a half years. I use it on every journey.
I think both Tesla and Google AAOS is good enough for not to feel to event want to use Apple CarPlay. Once Apple CarPlay has better EV integration then it’s game over but as for now it can’t manage the batteries, can’t optimize EV routes, I just don’t get any advantage from it.
It is a must these days I think, especially the Waze/Apple Music integration which I use daily and my wife too on her commute. It would be nice if Tesla made it a bit easier for iPhone compatibility, but considering they ban iPhones from Tesla offices, I can’t see that relationship improving any time soon.
As a everyday Tesla user I agree.
But there are some areas for improvement. For example I'm European and nobody uses Messages so It would be nice to have WhatsApp integration. Perhaps Elon and Zuckerberg could settle that on their incoming fight.
One thing that would also be great and I believe it's coming is having the Nav software use all chargers and just not only Superchargers. We don't have as many as in the US and as you may know we all use the same plug so there's barely an inconvenience. I, for example, never used a Supercharger.
Of course having CP would allow to cut paying Tesla but I kind of like Sentry so I'm ok with that.
Hehehe join my battle to ween them off WhatsApp. I’ve returned to the Netherlands and it does my head in that nobody utilizes proper SMS which integrates properly with everything as it’s part of core infrastructure. And even with RCS it works well between Android and Apple.
I can’t stand WhatsApp.
I mean I get why the manufacturers don't like it. I'm not sure I know how to use the infotainment on my car. I just use CarPlay
I'm not sure 100% how it works, but I know Apple allows the manufacturer to access nav data from CarPlay so HUD and the main dashboard can show directions and things like that while navigating on CarPlay.
Yeah it has never been explained well. And honestly no other manufacturer has a system like FSD and CarPlay in the same vehicle where we could see the interaction take place. I guess BlueCruise is the closest, but the handfree mode only works on mapped highways (and it also requires a subscription after the free trial).
As stated, the vehicle’s built in maps is what the vehicle uses for driver’s assistance. For example when I have my Teslas in FSDb, even if there was CarPlay, there would be a conflict, it would 100% require entering your destination in both. Or you would end up doing what I do now, have Waze open solely for notifications with the OEM gps. This is perfect, since I don’t need to see the maps, I just want to get alerts.
My understanding is that Carplay is fully processed on the phone. When a manufacture integrates it, they are basically turning their infotainment system into a TV screen that is displaying only. They can pass information between the two, but not the turn by turn directions needed for these advanced features (as I understand it)…
My understanding is that Carplay is fully processed on the phone. When a manufacture integrates it, they are basically turning their infotainment system into a TV screen that is displaying only. They can pass information between the two, but not the turn by turn directions needed for these advanced features (as I understand it)…
Yeah, Apple Maps shows turn by turn directions in the HUD of my i4. The HUD also shows the next song playing from Music, etc...
The big advantage of CarPlay for me is that it keeps everything consistent between my Honda and BMW. Favorites to navigate to, playlists, contacts, all of that is identical between the cars. If I were only driving one car, I wouldn't care as much. BMW's infotainment system is actually pretty nice, and I've enjoyed Tesla's in the few times I've driven them.
Cars today have more screen real estate than ever before... either with multiple screens stretching halfway across the dash... or a giant screen in portrait orientation.
There's PLENTY of room to devote just a portion of those screens to CarPlay. And many manufacturers do.
But here's the Chevy Blazer EV. Even though Chevy could definitely squeeze a CarPlay window into that giant center screen... they've decided to say "no" to phone projection. Oh well...
There's PLENTY of room to devote just a portion of those screens to CarPlay. And many manufacturers do.
But here's the Chevy Blazer EV. Even though Chevy could definitely squeeze a CarPlay window into that giant center screen... they've decided to say "no" to phone projection. Oh well...
CarPlay 2.0 does have those abilities but car makers have been slow to adopt. That’s fine with my, I don’t need CarPlay to run the car. I want it to fill in the gaps that the cars OS inevitably has. On the rare situations where I need to look for charging while driving, I can use the built-in navigation. Even if the car’s software were fantastic there are still things that I want to do on CarPlay. I don’t really want one-OS to rule them all.
I'm so glad this thread is here. I was legitimately worried Tesla's gross mismanagement of FSD would kill EV interest.
I agree with this. I wouldn’t buy a car without CarPlay, but Tesla is the exception. I’ve tried many different infotainment centers, and they are terrible without CarPlay. I like the look of CarPlay better but as far as functionality, I’m happy with the Tesla operating system. I wouldn’t be against having CarPlay or at least some version of it on part of the screen just for the looks.
It’s only an issue in the US. We don’t have FSD in the UK. Plans to introduce it next year apparently.
I’m not sure what you’re referring to but FSD is doing pretty well. Tesla is miles ahead of any other car manufacturer in the USA when it comes to self driving.