A popular bill will force car companies to put AM radios in vehicles at no extra charge, despite decreasing interest from drivers and potential electromagnetic interference.
Can’t have right wing talk radio cut off at the knees. Considering the interference generated by electric motors, I look forward to the added expense in EVs to add a feature I will never use.
To be fair the law seems to require it be done at no extra cost to the consumer, but I’m sure they’ll find something else that suddenly becomes much more expensive to install than it was before.
It’s the fact that you can’t just slap it in there that is the issue. The electric motors interfere with the AM signal. That’s what’s been argued to be complicated and thus expensive.
The way I read it, this is ensuring everyone has the most effective analogue radio in their car because that’s how emergency broadcasts would go out. Seems sensible to me.
I listen to NPR, and not requiring AM radio in cars would literally (or “finally” if you’re an idiot conservative) kill the National Public Radio system for good.
Can’t have right wing talk radio cut off at the knees. Considering the interference generated by electric motors, I look forward to the added expense in EVs to add a feature I will never use.
To be fair the law seems to require it be done at no extra cost to the consumer, but I’m sure they’ll find something else that suddenly becomes much more expensive to install than it was before.
Drivers Seat $10,000.
The tech is so old I can’t imagine it realistically costing much.
It’s the fact that you can’t just slap it in there that is the issue. The electric motors interfere with the AM signal. That’s what’s been argued to be complicated and thus expensive.
Unless there’s an emergency.
The way I read it, this is ensuring everyone has the most effective analogue radio in their car because that’s how emergency broadcasts would go out. Seems sensible to me.
There are also AM NPR stations (I wasn’t aware of this myself until a few days ago), especially in large states with small populations like Alaska.
I listen to NPR, and not requiring AM radio in cars would literally (or “finally” if you’re an idiot conservative) kill the National Public Radio system for good.
The vast majority of NPR broadcasts on FM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NPR_stations