[Lightbody]

I have preorders in for the R1S, the Volvo EX90, and the Kia EV9. I passed once already on buying the R1S when they had one in town available for immediate purchase, simply because they refuse to adopt CarPlay.

This incident does NOT give me confidence that Rivian is likely to offer a better alternative to CarPlay, despite their statements otherwise.

I suspect the EX90 will be what I land on eventually.

[p_j_w]

>This incident does NOT give me confidence that Rivian is likely to offer a better alternative to CarPlat,

I have complete faith that, 5 and maybe even 10 years from now, no auto maker will have delivered anything that can compete with either CarPlay or Android Auto. The fact that an auto maker thinks they can do better is a sign of a really high level of either arrogance or outright greed. Complete deal breaker.