8 new models that will not run Apple CarPlay, from the Hummer EV to the 2027 Bolt

Automakers once treated phone projection as a given, but a growing list of new models now leaves it out. Some lost it with a model-year change, while others never offered it at all. Here are eight new models where Apple CarPlay is missing, with what each one does instead.

1. GMC Hummer EV Pickup: Missing From Apple’s List

Apple’s own CarPlay available-models list covers the GMC Hummer EV Pickup only for the 2022 through 2025 model years, and no later year appears anywhere on the page. The 2026 truck therefore sits outside a roster that Apple describes as holding more than 800 models.

The cutoff matters because the Pickup originally shipped with projection, so the feature was removed rather than never offered. GMC has said it has no plans to strip the capability from earlier model-year Hummer EVs, which leaves older trucks covered. Shoppers weighing a newer truck should treat phone mirroring as absent and plan around the built-in software instead.

2. GMC Hummer EV SUV: Only Older Ones Keep It

The Drive reported that the 2026 Hummer EV SUV, like the Pickup, will not feature wireless Apple CarPlay or Android Auto smartphone projection. Apple’s list shows the same boundary, naming the SUV only for the 2024 and 2025 model years.

GMC spokesman Mark Lubin said there are no plans to remove the smartphone projection capability in previous model-year Hummer EVs, so existing owners keep what they have. The loss is therefore a model-year line, not a retroactive removal. Anyone shopping used should check the year first, since a 2025 SUV and a 2026 SUV now differ on this one feature despite looking nearly identical.

3. Chevrolet Equinox EV: Never Had It

The Chevrolet Equinox EV arrived without CarPlay functionality from the start, according to The Drive, which contrasted it with the Hummer EV, a vehicle that originally included the feature. Apple’s available-models list does not include the Equinox EV at all.

That makes the Equinox EV a different kind of case from the Hummer: nothing was taken away, because nothing was ever offered. Buyers coming from a gas Equinox or another Chevrolet with projection may assume the habit carries over, and it does not. The practical lesson is to test the phone connection on a dealer lot before signing, because a spec sheet rarely leads with what is missing.

4. Chevrolet Blazer EV: One of the First to Go

BGR roundup of removals notes that the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV was one of the first GM vehicles to drop support for CarPlay. The Drive adds that it launched without the feature, and Apple’s available-models list does not show the Blazer EV at all.

Its omission reads in hindsight as an early signal of a wider GM phase-out that is scheduled to conclude by 2028. Anyone treating the Blazer EV as a one-off should note that the same policy has since reached the Hummer EV, the Bolt and the Vistiq. Honda’s Prologue kept projection, so the absence is a GM choice and not an industry-wide shift.

5. Chevrolet Bolt EV: Revived Without It

Apple CarPlay roster stops at the 2017-2023 Bolt EV and the 2022-2023 Bolt EUV, so the revived Bolt is absent from a list that Apple bills as offering more than 800 models. BGR reports the 2027 Bolt is dropping CarPlay after years of supporting it.

That reversal stings because the Bolt supported projection for years, which makes the 2027 car a step backward on a feature earlier owners enjoyed. Used examples from the earlier run keep an advantage that the new car lacks. Jalopnik also names the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV when describing GM’s position, underscoring that the omission is a deliberate policy rather than an oversight.

6. Cadillac Vistiq: New and Already Without

BGR list of removals says the Vistiq is a relatively new EV model and never shipped with CarPlay to begin with. Apple’s available-models page does not list the Cadillac Vistiq either, so no official projection support exists to look up.

Unlike the Hummer or the Bolt, no earlier version exists to compare against, so there is no loss to mourn, only a gap to notice at purchase. The Vistiq belongs to the same GM phase-out that is scheduled to conclude by 2028, which means buyers across the General Motors lineup should verify phone support model by model instead of assuming a premium badge guarantees it.

7. Tesla Model Y: Never Offered, Never Will

Jalopnik automaker survey states that Tesla has never offered Apple CarPlay in any of its vehicles, and the Model Y is no exception. Apple’s available-models list agrees, since Tesla does not appear on it at all.

This case differs from GM’s because no phase-out is involved: the absence is a long-standing company position applied across the entire line-up as of early 2026. Drivers who want phone-based navigation and media must rely on the car’s own software. For a shopper who treats CarPlay as non-negotiable, the lack of it is a settled fact, not a pending change.

8. Rivian R1S: Firm No From Rivian

Rivian has said it has no plans to ever offer Apple CarPlay support on its vehicles, according to Jalopnik, and the R1S is covered by that stance. Apple’s own available-models list confirms the picture, leaving Rivian off the page entirely.

The wording is stronger than a delay or a model-year cutoff, since the company rules out the feature altogether. That separates Rivian from GM, where older vehicles kept projection and the removal arrived in later years. Prospective owners should expect the in-car system to handle maps and media directly, and should not wait for a software update to change that.