A technological revolution is about to take place within the automotive industry and Apple could be leading the charge. ABI Research published a report on Wednesday predicting that over 24 million cars will be fitted with Apple’s CarPlay-by 2019. When Apple launched CarPlay earlier this year, only-select Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo models were compatible with the software, but dozens of other manufacturers have signed on to include CarPlay functionality in the future, including-Ford, BMW, Audi, Toyota and Nissan. The only real threat to Apple’s takeover of the industry is the even more recently revealed Android Auto, Google’s take on the connected dashboard. Android Auto is in an earlier stage of development than CarPlay, but Google says that 40 car makers



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