"Scaringe highlighted that CarPlay‌'s inability to "leverage other parts of the vehicle experience" would necessitate users to exit the app for certain functions, such as opening the front trunk."

or you could like... add a button for the front trunk.

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/07/23/rivian-explains-why-no-apple-carplay/

Rivian CEO Explains Why Apple CarPlay Won't Come to Its Vehicles

Electric automaker Rivian has no plans to introduce support for Apple CarPlay in its vehicles, founder and CEO RJ Scaringe says. The company's...

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@geerlingguy never gonna buy a car that doesn't let me use my phone apps. It's too much hassle especially on rental cars. The experience I had with a Dodge rental that didn't have android auto was terrible. I was in the lot 20 minutes trying to figure things out.