What? The car GM didn’t want to sell isn’t selling?
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When my parents were looking for an EV, I didn’t even bother looking at anything from an American brand. Chevy was all “No CarPlay or android auto in new EVs” And I was like “oh GM, please go die in a fire, you’re a waste of market space.”
My past Bolt had carplay and android auto, did they change it? If so, dumb.
Yeah, in 2023 they announced that they would phase out CarPlay And android auto in EVs while continuing to support it in their ICE models starting with the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV.
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2026/09/gm-didnt-change-its-apple-carplay-and-android-auto-strategy/
The Honda Prologue, which is basically a rebranded Blazer EV, still has Android Auto. But it’s also being discontinued after 2026.
But I thought no one wanted spyware in cars??
no there’s a hundred or so of them.
I’m personally ambivalent but insisted on a Chinese ev (we have a BYD here in Australia) as they’re not reporting anything to my government but my GF loves it and uses it to warm the car in winter before she heads to work in the morning.
I also don’t use Android auto in the car for that reason and am happy with in car navigation.
there are a few no connected services ev’s here in Australia; Cupra, Subaru, VW and Toyota spring to mind. Their biggest complaint is no connected services :)
GM can’t stick with an eletric car to save their ass. I remember the EV1.
At least they’re not forcing everyone to return these so they can be destroyed.
At least is pulling a lot of weight. All they learned is not to make lease only cars because it was a PR nightmare
GM doesn’t want to make cars.
Their current generation electric platform is optimized for small SUVs (Equinox, Blazer, Lyriq, Optiq, even the Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX), and their bigger electric platform for big trucks and SUVs (Silverado, Hummer) isn’t selling all that well, but is strategically important to them.
It’s easy for them to leave cars behind, because they haven’t made money selling cars in like 20 years.
This isn’t even a car though this is a small suv
I didn’t even know it was back
Apparently, it’s not.
You could not pay me to drive a GM car.
