A big gamble by General Motors (GM) is causing consternation for its dealers in the all-important race to sell cars — namely electric vehicles.
Well that’s one way to make sure I never buy a car. If the car does not have Apple CarPlay and the android equivalent I literally won’t buy it. Given if it’s too old to have that technology that’s one thing, then I will still look at it, but if it’s new or newer… yeah no.
GM thinks they’ll be able to make an in-house software better than CarPlay and Android Auto… I hope I can eat this words and they make it happen, but seeing the whole car industry trying to change their 100+ years way, has been entertaining.
It’s going to be subscription service. And no way can GM beat Apple or Android at a car interface. This just means I’ll never buy another Chevy again.
This is the like software on TVs. No thank you to software that doesn’t see an update after a year and only support some of the most common apps, but yes thank you for Android and Apple TV.
GM doesn’t have the expertise to pull this off.
Volvo has shown that CarPlay is easily integrated into Android Automotive as an app. I have no idea why GM would alienate so many potential customers by not doing the same.
My next car will have enhanced CarPlay with the new customization features. Not like an American car brand will be missed anyway.
So they’re throwing their customers under their vehicles for a new subscription model to bleed them dry even more?
Disclaimer, I have a Tesla and pay for the internet connectivity, for YouTube and Netflix and such, however I never pay for a subscription for any of the basic car functions, and the built in navigation and updates are good enough that I don’t really miss CarPlay (much).
