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GM Says It's Nixing CarPlay to Make Drivers Safer

I'm on my second Chevy Volt - have loved them both. May need to trade in because I'm moving somewhere where a low ground clearance front wheel drive isn't viable. Would have looked at the Equinox and/or Blazer EVs, EXCEPT that they have no navigation system at all as far as I'm concerned, nor the ability to install one.

I WILL NOT give location data (or anything else I can avoid giving up) to any entity associated with Google. I refuse to use Google Maps or Waze except logged out on a desktop computer. I very, very rarely use any Google service while logged in (I use gmail, but I won't log in to it in a browser - I read it in Apple Mail and Airmail), I only do Google searches without signing in. When I cannot avoid signing in (commenting on a YouTube video, for example), I immediately log out and close the browser afterwards, then let Cookie do its thing. I will not log into Google on my iPhone, period, because there's no way of killing their cookies without losing a lot more, some of which is useful (unless someone knows of an iPhone cookie manager that will let me kill off tracking cookies without essentially resetting Safari).

I BET this Google navigation will require leaving your car signed in with Google...
 
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trekkie604 said:
That would get ripped out of your dash in about 5 minutes parked on the street here in Vancouver lmao.
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I wouldn't say impossible, but they wouldn't without destroying it. It's bolted in. I mean I guess if it was a pro with knowledge of how it's bolted in they could probably make quick work of it. More like my OEM wheels would get stolen before the stereo. lol. Or the cats.
 
JPack said:
Do any smart people actually consider buying a GM?
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Bolt EV/EUV are the most affordable EV in the US, so yes, smart people buy those ... but, they are discontinued after this year, so, going forward, smart people won't buy those anymore. And btw, Bolts have wireless CarPlay
 
jz0309 said:
Bolt EV/EUV are the most affordable EV in the US, so yes, smart people buy those ... but, they are discontinued after this year, so, going forward, smart people won't buy those anymore. And btw, Bolts have wireless CarPlay
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and catch on fire while charging
 
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GM will be officially eliminated from the list of electric vehicle manufacturers I’ll ever do business with until they reverse this poorly thought out decision. It’s a shame what they’re doing here. They should at least offer it as an add-on option. I was raised in a very pro-GM household and every car I’ve ever owned from the used Chevrolet Cavalier my parents bought for me when I turned 16 up to he Cadillac I sold back in 2020 were GM vehicles. I left because I wanted a smaller style SUV with four wheel drive and when you look at GM’s line up there’s a gaping hole there. You can do a smaller SUV type of vehicle like the new Blazer but unlike the Blazer I had in college if you want actual 4 wheel drive your out of luck so I stuck with the Big 3 and went with a Jeep. Yes I know Stellantis is a multinational that isn’t based in the US but Chrysler certainly was before the mergers and what was Chrysler still has a huge presence here in Metro Detroit including the complex that used to be Chrysler’s headquarters.
 
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danwells said:
I'm on my second Chevy Volt - have loved them both. May need to trade in because I'm moving somewhere where a low ground clearance front wheel drive isn't viable. Would have looked at the Equinox and/or Blazer EVs, EXCEPT that they have no navigation system at all as far as I'm concerned, nor the ability to install one.

I WILL NOT give location data (or anything else I can avoid giving up) to any entity associated with Google. I refuse to use Google Maps or Waze except logged out on a desktop computer. I very, very rarely use any Google service while logged in (I use gmail, but I won't log in to it in a browser - I read it in Apple Mail and Airmail), I only do Google searches without signing in. When I cannot avoid signing in (commenting on a YouTube video, for example), I immediately log out and close the browser afterwards, then let Cookie do its thing. I will not log into Google on my iPhone, period, because there's no way of killing their cookies without losing a lot more, some of which is useful (unless someone knows of an iPhone cookie manager that will let me kill off tracking cookies without essentially resetting Safari).

I BET this Google navigation will require leaving your car signed in with Google...
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Isn't Waze owned by Apple at this time? That's what makes Apple Maps so darn accurate.
I leave my house 35 miles away from my destination, and Apple Maps already knows the exact time I'm going to arrive if I follow their route. Impressive! It happened yesterday, even with 4 accidents on I-95.

EDIT: Sorry for rushing in with my post. Waze is owned by a Google company... Apple almost bought it.
Still don't understand how Apple Maps manages to be so accurate with traffic and arrival times.
 

So, drivers are having difficulty interfacing with their auto apps, and their solution is to replace them with an auto OEM version, thinking that will be an improvement? They are thinking it will be a revenue stream.
 
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