Rivian has been one of the big EV makers that has yet to bring CarPlay into its vehicles. Like Tesla, the iPhone feature has been absent from its electric vehicles since the company launched. According to Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe, that's on purpose, and the company has no plans to add support for CarPlay anytime soon.
In an interview with The Verge's Nilay Patel on his Decoder podcast, Scaringe said “We have a great relationship with Apple. As much as I love their products, there’s a reason that ironically is very consistent with Apple ethos for us to want to control the ecosystem.” CarPlay isn’t “consistent with how we think about really creating a pure product experience."
