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Tesla has begun internal testing of
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CarPlay integration. According to people
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familiar with the matter, it's been a
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standard feature in many automakers
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vehicles for the years, but you know, GM
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is trying to implement their own system
0:15
to then sell you and sell you a
0:18
subscription for uh we'll see how that
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plays out. Uh the move represents a
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dramatic shift for Tesla CEO Elon Musk,
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who long rejected consumer demands for
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CarPlay support. Tesla has relied
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exclusively on its proprietary
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infotainment system, which has built-in
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apps for messaging, web browsing. I
0:35
think you can stream Spotify there. And
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Apple makes a bespoke Apple Music app
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for Tesla cars now. But if you wanted to
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connect your phone, you just had to use
0:42
like a regular Bluetooth connection to
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stream the audio, you know, just like my
0:47
2010 Toyota Prius.
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Uh Tesla sales have weakened with some
0:53
prospective members specifically citing
0:55
the absence of CarPlay as a deal
0:57
breakaker. A 2024 McKenzie study found
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that approximately one-third of car
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buyers uh consider the lack of CarPlay
1:04
or Android Auto support to be a deciding
1:06
factor against purchasing a vehicle. Not
1:08
to mention uh the variety of politics
1:10
that have sank US sales globally in the
1:14
past year, especially in Europe. So, I
1:17
guess Tesla thinks that they can uh
1:18
sweeten the pot and maybe get more
1:21
interest in in buyers by saying their
1:23
their their cars have CarPlay. Tesla
1:25
intends to implement the standard
1:26
version of CarPlay rather than the newer
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CarPlay Ultra. According to sources,
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Tesla plans to display CarPlay within a
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window inside its existing interface
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rather than allowing it to completely
1:37
replace the Tesla operating system as it
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does in many other vehicles. This
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implementation will support wireless
1:43
connectivity. Uh so, you won't have to
1:45
plug your iPhone in. and it'll be full
1:46
wireless CarPlay. That'll be nice. Tesla
1:49
has discussed launching CarPlay in the
1:50
coming months. The company hasn't
1:52
finalized its plans. And as with many
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Tesla Tesla things, it could be delayed.
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They have a as they have a long history
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for um notably Tesla is not currently
2:03
developing support for Android Auto. I
2:06
can imagine, you know, a lot of the
2:07
maybe like slightly more affluent people
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who have Teslas probably have iPhones.
2:12
Yeah, but it's that seems a bit weird,
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doesn't it? if they're going to do one,
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why not do the other?
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Uh, you know, for for Android users, it,
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you know, has the same
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for for them, you know. I mean, the the
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whole point really, isn't it, is is to
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have you don't want to have double up
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your services. You don't want to be
2:28
paying for another navigation system.
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You don't want to be paying for another
2:30
messaging system. You want to have, you
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know, your messaging, um, your phone
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calls, everything, you know, come in
2:36
through to your car. Why why have a
2:38
separate system? And the same logic
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applies for Android, doesn't it, too? As
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well as iPhone.
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Yeah, I can understand why they're not
2:44
doing CarPlay Ultra because again, I I
2:47
imagine CarPlay Ultra takes a long time
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to implement and because the entire
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Tesla vehicle is operated through the
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screen, they would need to do a lot of
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work to make CarPlay Ultra work because
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in the Model 3 and the Model Y, it's the
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one and only screen. So that's the
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screen that also has to h have, you
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know, not just your speedometer, not
3:04
just your AC controls, but also like
3:07
their special mapping system that has to
3:10
map you through Tesla superchargers, the
3:12
the whole autopilot system. Like there
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are a lot of bespoke functions in the
3:16
Tesla interface that I imagine CarPlay
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Ultra doesn't have support yet for. Um,
3:21
so I can see that at least. And of
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course they've all got those nice big
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17inch screen. So it would be probably
3:26
pretty easy to put um you know a window
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inside of a window to have CarPlay to
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display it.
3:32
Yeah. Yeah. And their interface also
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supports having like split screen you
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know music on top, navigation on the
3:37
bottom or you know navigation on the
3:38
left half that's closer to the driver
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with the speedometer. So, you know, you
3:42
can you can very easily foresee like,
3:44
you know, if you're familiar with the
3:45
Model 3, oh, you know, the the the left
3:47
side with my speedometer, the autopilot
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interface and all that and the maps will
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will be over there and the CarPlay will
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be on the right that'll control the
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music.
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Yeah. And of course, what people really
3:56
want is a lowerc cost Tesla, isn't it?
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They want to have that um $24,000 car
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that Elon Musk have been promising for
4:02
about what is it, a decade or more. Uh,
4:04
well, I don't know if you're familiar,
4:04
but they they canceled that project and
4:06
they they replaced it with the the robo
4:09
taxi, which is uh not a very
4:12
well-designed taxi, if I say so myself.
4:14
It's basically a tiny two-door car
4:17
that's entirely dependent on being fully
4:20
autonomous. So, it's not supposed to
4:21
have a a steering wheel or pedals or
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anything. Uh, so, you know, that'll
4:25
never ship. And also, like they they
4:28
unveil this thing. Oh, yeah. We're going
4:30
to have full autonomy by next year. So,
4:31
we're going to we're going to come out
4:32
with this this robo taxi that people can
4:34
buy or you can just like rent one
4:36
whenever you need it or you can buy one
4:37
and it'll make money for you by, you
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know, because it's fully autonomous. So,
4:41
while you're just at home or sleeping
4:43
overnight or at work, you know, your
4:45
your your your car will leave and, you
4:47
know, be a taxi for other people and
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it'll make you money. Uh, so yeah, it'll
4:51
technically be a $24,000 car because
4:53
it's, if you think about it, a $35,000
4:56
car that pulls in, you know, hundred
4:58
bucks a day. I it'll be cheap, right?
5:01
But they're already walking back the
5:03
design. They're already like
5:04
retrofitting the the design to add a
5:05
steering wheel back into it because of
5:07
course their full autonomy isn't a thing
5:08
that'll happen very soon.
5:10
Anytime soon. Yeah, just by dealing Mus
5:13
trillion dollar pay package.
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And also, this is off topic, but if
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you're designing a taxi, you don't want
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it to be a really lowslung twodoor car.
5:21
You want it to be easy to get in and out
5:22
of like every SUV is. That's why SUVs
5:25
are so popular. like the British black
5:28
cabs in London when you know like those
5:30
those things were big you know suicide
5:31
doors and uh you could an elephant could
5:34
climb in through the the door there to
5:35
get into the back seat it's all high up
5:37
easy to see out big windows
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oh Elon what has he done the mighty have
5:43
fallen
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is any of you guys interested in picking
5:45
up a used Tesla that must be pretty
5:47
cheap now
5:48
I absolutely am I would absolutely buy
5:51
one I'm I'm fascinated by those things
5:54
and if I could get one at a you rock
5:56
bottom price. I'd give it a go.
5:58
I They must have They must have I mean,
6:00
they were pretty good deals anyway. Are
6:01
they uh cheap even cheaper now? I wonder
6:03
if they sell for very cheap now.
6:06
Incentive has gone away. Yeah. Well, um
6:09
the I was looking at Chevy Bolts.
6:10
They're they're they're pretty
6:11
inexpensive. Those can be had really
6:13
quite cheaply. And um those things will
6:16
last forever. They're not very trendy
6:18
looking cars and no one everyone's
6:19
embarrassed to see be seen in one. The
6:21
original Nissan Leafs are, you know,
6:24
also very ugly EVs, but they're they're
6:28
very easy to repair. Like I think a
6:30
thing a lot of people do is you can like
6:31
easily replace the batteries on those
6:33
for very cheap. You know, I I drive so
6:35
little that I I can't imagine myself
6:37
buying a car ever for more than like
6:40
$8,000. I've still never bought a car
6:42
for more than $2,500. So I I I don't
6:45
think I'll buy a Tesla now in the
6:47
future.
6:48
2500? Well, you never know. You probably
6:50
get a leaf for that. I think those are
6:51
really dirt cheap cuz no one no one
6:52
wants them any longer. They only have
6:54
like 80 90 mile range even on a on a
6:56
good day.
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Um
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so it's good for tooting around town but
7:00
nothing else. Yeah.
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