​Cooperation is an inevitable trend

It is understood that Apple Car Play's competitors include Google (Google) 1 year launched an open Automobile Federation (Open Auto motive Alliance), has launched version 8 of Microsoft Windows Embedded Automove, as well as relying on the Linux nonprofit compliance program GENIVI Alliance.(crankshaft suppliers) 
By "The Guardian" survey data show that as car dashboard battle January 6, 2014 in the "fighting" shows, 27 major car manufacturers, including BMW, Audi, Ford, including 19 selection Apple's automotive systems, Linux nonprofit compliance program GENIVI Alliance partners with 12 companies ranked second, while Microsoft has Fiat, Hyundai, 6 using its onboard systems, Google was 4. Clearly, Apple partner to win the largest number of the most popular car manufacturers automotive systems suppliers. 
Automobile manufacturers have entered into a collaboration with Apple, there are foreign media recently broke BlackBerry QNX Software Systems platform and Apple Car Play set up a strategic partnership, the news has been confirmed Blackberry aspects. It is understood that Apple Car Play system is actually running on QNX, but it does not mean that Car Play car system is 100% of QNX, iOS is still the core of this system, Apple only uses the QNX-vehicle connectivity.(steel crankshaft) 
Strong partner lineup also makes Apple led the way, even since 1998 has been in the automotive operating system market, Microsoft is not the work of its opponents. Based on Microsoft's Windows Embedded Automotive Systems Intelligent Vehicle Systems R & D Ford has also announced that it has abandoned cast the system to switch to Apple Car Play. 
The international public opinion, car makers Apple Car Play is cooing, but in China, it seems not. SAIC engineers pointed out that Google has unmanned projects, the relative might know better car. In the long term, automobile manufacturers can use Google's Android system to do an in-car terminal, also support Apple's Car Play.(4340 crankshaft)