"Right now, we're still maintaining Android Auto and Carplay," Olabisi Boyle, senior vice president of product planning and mobility strategy at Hyundai, said in an interview. "It's a little bit like EV charging. As we're moving, give people all the options."
Boyle is referring to Hyundai's decision to adopt Tesla's charging port design and give its customers access to around 17,000 Tesla Supercharger plugs. She says during this time of profound change in the auto industry-from familiar gas cars to software-heavy, battery-powered vehicles-it's key to give consumers options and not try to force them into a technology they're not ready for.
For Hyundai, that means beefing up its cars' user interfaces while also delivering the CarPlay and Android Auto people know and love. It also means offering combustion models, hybrids and plug-in hybrids alongside fully electric cars.
"Eventually, we'll all be fully EV," Boyle said. "But it's going to take some time, and you don't want your business to fail in between. So you need to have a strategy that can adapt."
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