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Another nail in the AM coffin

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Reese K Rickards
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Another nail in the AM coffin

Post by Reese K Rickards » Sun Dec 11, 2022 3:00 pm

EV Carmakers are deliberately dumping AM radio.

“Rather than frustrate customers with inferior reception and noise, the decision was made to leave it off vehicles that feature eDrive technology,” BMW said in a statement, referring to the system that powers its electric vehicles.

Tesla, Audi, Porsche and Volvo have also removed AM radio from their electric vehicles, as has Volkswagen from its electric S.U.V., ID.4, according to the carmakers and the National Association of Broadcasters. Ford said that the 2023 F-150 Lightning, its popular electric pickup truck, would also drop AM radio.


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Re: Another nail in the AM coffin

Post by MWmetalhead » Sun Dec 11, 2022 6:32 pm

Nothing on AM in the GR area worth listening to these days anyway. WOOD Radio can be heard fine on 106.9 now that they're back to full power.



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Re: Another nail in the AM coffin

Post by TC Talks » Mon Dec 12, 2022 3:19 am

EV is quite Early Adopter still, how many of them even know AM exists?

My 88 year old dad listens to everything via Alexia, so the content is still available, not an antiquated delivery medium.


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