I just discovered I could have widgets with CarPlay. Checking online I discovered that this was a feature with the iOS 26 upgrade. Obviously when this was released I hadn’t checked the the release notes.
What I like is that I can have a clock widget and a weather widget. The Funky Cat does display that information, but it is in very small text on the car home screen. I often have to ask Ora what the temperature is, which of course, switches CarPlay back to the Ora infotainment screen.
Not all the widgets I have seem to work or have a function (even in park).