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In addition to using Panasonic’s IP, Tesla has been using Panasonic as a source of cheap capital for years. Now that Pana has shown reluctance to keep investing in the Gigafactory, Tesla is going to try it themselves: like insurance, shipping, auto body repair, seats, glass, software (where is CarPlay?), inference chips, AI, motors, packs, tequila, sales, service, and manufacturing in general. May this effort fare better than the poor flufferbot.

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You don't really need Carplay or Android Auto in a Tesla. Those two systems plug in holes in crappy OEM infotainment systems.

You need CarPlay for Waze which is a great. Once Tesla can build its own Waze into the car, I'll wait for the ability to run Waze.

There is a free waze you can run in the car's web browser. It's https://teslawaze.azurewebsites.net. Go there in your car, give it permission to see your location and it shows busy roads, police, tolls, rain, etc. You can open this in a computer webbrowser to get a sense of it.

This is someone's private project. They use open street maps, plus multiple open data sets. It's awesome, favorite thing to use in my car.

I drive a Model S and I disagree. I'd prefer to have my own music and podcast apps. Car Play and Android Auto are a lot better UX-wise.

Indeed. The Tesla system has a mediocre navigation app, a really pretty awful audio app, and not much else of use. And Tesla’s voice commands are not very useful.

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