Ford bakes Apple Maps into its EV platform, passing over Google

Apple and Ford are putting Apple Maps at the center of Ford’s next wave of affordable electric vehicles — not as a phone projection, but as the car’s own navigation system.
In a July announcement, the companies said Apple Maps will be integrated directly into Ford’s Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) platform through Apple’s new MapKit for Automotive SDK. The software arrives with UEV models in 2027, starting with a midsize electric vehicle Ford has priced around $30