I have recently acquired a Suzuki Swace, which features Android Auto and is not featured on any of the compatibility lists posted earlier in this thread. When I got it, I was very eager to try out Android Auto and was immediately disappointed when it just didn’t work with my Fairphone 4 on Android 13.
Luckily I had multiple cables at my disposal which I could try out. Only one would work: The one with a blue USB A to C connection, meaning a USB 3 cable. All the others, which had white USB A plugs did not work as I guess speed is not high enough or they are just charging cables.
When I asked the dealer as to why Android Auto needs a cable at all he responded that there is simply too much data being transferred and only very recently (I guess via Bluetooth 5 or Wi-Fi) is it possible to use Android Auto wirelessly.
So all this leads me to believe that Android Auto needs a good USB 3 compatible cable to ensure it has the proper bandwidth available.