The information you are referencing could be retrieved without CarPlay though. I am sure car specific data has some value to Apple, but given they aren’t really

The information you are referencing could be retrieved without CarPlay though. I am sure car specific data has some value to Apple, but given they aren’t really in the car business it might not be the primary driver/motivation here. It’s probably more likely that the data was way more valuable when they were building their own car but now that has been scrapped perhaps not as much?