Last week, Ford CEO Jim Farley stepped up to the Decoder mic to explain why Ford isn’t offering CarPlay Ultra. Then this week, our friend Joanna Stern followed up with RJ Scaringe to discuss (again) why his company’s cars don’t have CarPlay support at all.
Transportation Archive
Archives for October 2025
Richard Lawler
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe on why CarPlay still isn’t going to happen.
Andrew J. Hawkins
Tesla teases something.
Is that a plastic hubcap, perhaps on a more affordable Model Y? A fan for the revamped Tesla Roadster? A new HVAC system? Or is it a Tesla frisbee, as some commenters have guessed? I guess we’ll have to tune in tomorrow (October 7th) to find out.

RJ Scaringe on not politicizing Rivian and how he’s dealing with tariffs, China, and prepping for R2.
Joanna Stern

More cities are adopting OMNY-like open-loop payment systems for transit. Can it keep transit from slipping into a death spiral?
Andrew J. Hawkins


Andrew J. Hawkins


Andrew J. Hawkins









