I think you're missing my point. Rivian is offering a subscription service for similar functionality that most others get with CP/AA. That's why I'm saying that they'll never offer it....because they are going to be making money from the subscriptions.
As it's illegal (at least in my home state of Illinois), I'm not optimistic casting VDO will be allowed to run when vehicle is out of park. Probably a feature for folks who are stuck in vehicle while parking or waiting for other stuff.
I saw your point and dismissed it and gave alternative explanation. I don't think not supporting CP/AA has anything to do with Connect+. I think that the pricing is unfortunate, but I can't imagine that connect+ being a subscription was maybe at most a minor concern on implementing it.
I guess I don’t need it because I bought a great car right off the bat. I’d say polestar updates come every 2-4 months and usually add very incremental stuff. We’ve had a couple of nice performance enhancing updates and one that gave us CarPlay which was pretty nice, but for the most part the car and the UI have stayed essentially the same from the jump. Haven’t really desired much to be fixed.
That’s a nice truck too.
Fairly certain this is Rivian's User Interface, but I'm not an apple music user so I'm just making an assumption here.For a CEO who claimed Carplay can't come to rivian because "we just believe that it is such an important piece of real estate, the digital ecosystem, that it was something we want to retain"... this sure does look like a lot of real estate they are not retaining...
You quoted directly then proceeded to misinterpret the quote... Nowhere does he say "screen real estate." He said "digital real estate" and in context it's clear he meant the whole experience (and also clear that what he *really* means is access to and ownership of driver data)For a CEO who claimed Carplay can't come to rivian because "we just believe that it is such an important piece of real estate, the digital ecosystem, that it was something we want to retain"... this sure does look like a lot of real estate they are not retaining...
Most other platforms don't support it.
It absolutely was NOT built into the price for any owner. They have stated multiple times over the years that there would be a charge.
Polestar's connectivity is supposed to be limited at 3 years, but I haven't heard of anyone losing it yet. I also don't see any place for a subscription in my account anywhere. My 3 years is up in October. I'll admit to not really following anything polestar related much since I bought my Rivian. Last I knew, Polestar was just extending out the length of the connectivity because they hadn't figured out exactly how they were going to do it.
I wonder if it takes into account delayed/unable-to-update situations? My truck is currently somewhere that it won't even possibly be able to update for at least a week. I'd update if I could (the Apple Music would be great, and it's unclear if the update brings YouTube immediately, that would be great, too,) but I can't. I hope I'm not losing 1-2 weeks of the free time.
Also what they want to retain is the ability to charge people $15 a month for things they would get for free with CarPlay. Which is high, considering that Rivian isn't even 5G and will never be (short of buying a new car). I already have a phone which is easily twice as fast as the Rivian infotainment system, and a great cellular subscription, which will soon (in a few years) work with Starlink, to boot. Thank you, Rivian, but I choose Apple's proprietary system over your proprietary system.
