thank you for the response

That was a great explanation that even I was able to understand. Thank You. And the link you provided was also very informative

The car is an Audi.

Have not seen other complaints on line about the issue.

I am not using Wifi. The car will search, just like an iphone, for nearby wifi sources. But I am not doing that

The car itself has a hot spot that you can activate. And it activates fine. When I go to wifi on my iphone I can see the hotspot (I gave it a name) and the phone easily connects to the hotspot. The Wifi symbol pops up on my iphone

You do HAVE TO pay for the hotspot just as you said in your comment, but they give you several months FREE.

Trying to figure out why I can use the hotspot or apple car play fine, but never both at the same time

Hope this answers the questions that you asked

Note - the car is a new 2025

LOL. No not really. Not getting rid of this just to use my old, old ipod

I almost dissembled the center console looking for one. Also no luck in the glove box

Amazingly my 2024 german made car does not have an AUX

No AUX to plug into - only USB

Sorry I don’t understand your response. This old ipod is loaded with music down loaded from itunes. If I plug head phones into it (it has not bluetooth) it works fine. If I plug it into my stereo receiver in the house it works great. But if I plug it into the usb port in my car - it is not recognized. Any suggestions would be appreciated.