It appears Apple may be trying to poach Tesla engineers. If that's happening, that could complicate a decision to support CarPlay.
I have an Android phone and rented a Cadillac XTS over the weekend on a trip - and was surprised at how much better the new Cadilllac system is compared to the Model S. Once paired, when I selected my phone for audio, it immediately started playing my favorites list using the phone's music app. And when I left the car and returned, it would automatically resume playing the last song. In the Model S, I have to re-select my phone every time I return to the car.
The car also supported text messaging. When I received a text message - a pop-up appeared on the console - and the car read the message, and provided me a short list of canned responses on the console.
If Tesla isn't going to support the full integration with Apple and Android smartphones - can't we at least get some of these basic features added? Either through Tesla software, or by providing an API to allow 3rd parties the ability to do this???