Has Apple’s next-gen CarPlay already lost the battle for next-gen cars?

In recent months, I’ve found myself writing a lot more about CarPlay than I would’ve expected. Part of that is an increased automotive focus here at Pocket-lint, but it’s also a topic that’s legitimately in the news. Mostly, that’s because Apple missed a 2024 window for launching its next-generation CarPlay platform, despite first revealing the technology back in 2022. The company even had two major partners announced at the time, Porsche and Aston Martin.