CarPlay isn't going to happen, according to Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe, who speaks with The Verge. He wants his firm to be in charge of its environment, not Apple.

 According to Rivian, Apple has stated that most customers will only consider buying cars that support CarPlay, but the company currently has no plans to implement the iPhone mirroring system. In today's Decoder episode, Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe compared Rivian's adoption of CarPlay to Apple preferring to use Microsoft's Windows operating systems rather than creating its own in-house iOS and macOS counterparts, in an interview with The Verge EIC Nilay Patel.

"Our relationship with Apple is excellent," he remarked. Even though I adore their goods, there's a reason why we want to manage the ecosystem that, paradoxically, is really congruent with the Apple mentality." According to Scaringe, CarPlay isn't "consistent with how we think about really creating a pure product experience."

Scaringe cited CarPlay's incapacity to "leverage other parts of the vehicle experience," as an example, which would force Rivian users to exit the app in order to perform tasks like opening the front trunk of the car. "We've adopted the perspective that the digital experience within the car should feel cohesive and holistically consistent throughout all touchpoints," said Scaringe. Rather, the CEO of Rivian states that the most wanted elements of CarPlay will eventually be added by the firm "but on an à la carte basis."

Not just Rivian has rejected Apple CarPlay. While General Motors controversially decided to stop supporting CarPlay and Android Auto on its next EV cars last year, Tesla has never used the capability. Earlier this year, Mercedes-Benz provided comparable justifications for not implementing CarPlay. Aston Martin and Porsche, meanwhile, will be the first businesses to introduce the full-screen "next-generation" CarPlay experience.

According to Scaringe, the firm will be able to choose more carefully which services to include, such as charging point mapping and navigation. In order to make this possible, Rivian purchased the developer of route planning apps, Iternio, last year.

"We understand that it will take some time to fully incorporate all of CarPlay's features, and hopefully, customers are aware of this." In the interview, Scaringe stated, "I believe it frequently receives more attention than it deserves." In addition to mapping, improved texting integration is also on the horizon. Teams are actively working on that since we know it has to happen.