General Motors hasn't kept its promise of offering the entry-level Chevy Equinox EV 1LT at around $30,000; the new price is $34,995, including destination.

I have a Bolt EUV currently and my only wants are faster charging, more range, and a little more space. AWD would be nice too. The Equinox fits the bill perfectly. That’s just a huge price increase to keep my supercruise, and other niceties, though.

  • canthidium@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    Yeah, I’m Android so it doesn’t bother me, but I agree, abandoning CarPlay is the wrong choice. We heading to a point, if we’re not already there, where it’s like gaming consoles and you have to buy a car based on the ecosystem you are already in.

    The also use Android Automotive

    The article said it had Google built-in, but I don’t know if that means Android Auto or Android Automotive (terrible naming scheme, but that’s par for the course with Google).

      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        Android Auto and Android Automotive are very very different products that were disastrously named by Google.

        Android Automotive is an entire head unit platform that runs on your car without a phone. It’s the OEM platform for the head unit.

        Android Auto is, like CarPlay, a way to project your phone onto a car’s head unit. GM is canning the projection systems, but is migrating to Android Automotive as the platform to power their head units.

      • canthidium@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        I don’t think so. I’ve got a '22 Bolt EUV with AA, but I dunno what they’ve done since then.

          • canthidium@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            5·
            8 months ago

            GM says the Blazer EV will come with “standard connectivity that allows customers to access Google Maps and Google Assistant, at no additional cost, for eight years beginning at time of vehicle purchase.”

            Oh great. That just means they are gonna convert to paying for access at some point. Yay, more subscriptions!

            • spongebue@lemmy.world
              1·
              8 months ago

              They’ve realized that we’ve realized that OnStar doesn’t do much more than what our cell phones do anyway.

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      I would assume that this is going to be on the new Android Automotive platform. All the redesigned vehicles have been getting that.

      Edit: That said, even if this was on the old infotainment platform, I don’t have a lot of faith in GM’s direction and things don’t look great for iOS support. And iOS is literally half of the US phone market… which baffles me since GM’s biggest market is the US.