Thursday, June 22, 2023

New electric cars won’t have AM radio. Rightwingers claim political sabotage

Tesla, BMW, Audi, and Volvo have already dispensed with AM in their electric cars, because AM's already unpolished reception is subject to even more buzz, crackling, and interference when installed near an electric motor. While some manufacturers have found workarounds for the interference, others appear to have decided that it's not worth the engineering expense… 

Ted Cruz, while promoting a federal bill that would require automakers to install AM radios in new cars, claimed he smelled something fishy: "There's a reason big car companies were open to taking down AM radio … let's be clear: big business doesn't like things that are overwhelmingly conservative."…

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