On the latest episode of The Verge's Decoder podcast, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe told guest host Joanna Stern why the EV maker continues to pass on Apple's CarPlay — both the standard version and the more advanced CarPlay Ultra. Echoing his previous comments on the matter, Scaringe said Rivian is focused on offering a "seamless digital experience," where customers do not need to switch between its own software and CarPlay.
It is more complicated than touch screen hvac = no buy. Temp controls need to be tactile, but the direction of the air doesn’t matter so much, if the car manages that properly. I have had one car which was adequately designed such that I almost never adjusted the temperature setting. Most cars I do need to adjust on a fairly regular basis. I’m referring exclusively to a system that tries to hold a temperature, not the old school sliders.
I absolutely need defrost controls to be tactile (and heated seats, probably). There’s too many cars that do have that available (alongside windshield wipers and signal lights, hello Tesla) that I don’t need to compromise on essential controls.
So rivian is off the list - if they made a vehicle I wanted in the first place, I might be disappointed!
So you’re posting in a Rivian community to…tell people you never liked the vehicles and would never consider owning one in the first place? Congrats?
Oh good point lmao I was scrolling all.
No worries, I admit I’ve been guilty of the same thing. Fair warning, that a small number communities have specific rules for posting in them and you may run afoul of the rules unintentionally (this community isn’t one of them that I’m aware of).
Fair warning. There’s a women only one I just blocked so that I don’t end up making a wrong move there.
To be fair to rivian, they’re making a good vehicle it seems. I’m simply averse to truck-y things.