When the BMW i3 landed in the United States over 8 years ago, it did so without an AM radio. One year after arrival, Hackers have found how to tweak the hatchback’s software to restore the AM radio and extend the range in the i3 REx model. When Green Car Newspaper request BMW that same year, 2015, regarding the lack of amplitude modulation range, BMW replied: “AM is not provided due to the negative effect on the performance of the electromagnetic interference of the electric powertrain. The electric motor causes interference. on AM, which is why BMW decided to remove this option.” Today, the number of trams and crossbreed The abandonment of AM radio has become so great that US Senator Ed Markey is asking automakers to keep it, noting in a letter that “any stage of the radio’s removal AM can cause serious communication problems in an emergency.”
Coverage over the past seven years divides the issue into a few factions and a few explanations. European electric vehicle manufacturers are noted for having no AM radio, the official line of whom considers electromagnetic interference (EM) as the culprit. However, when Green Car Report updated its 2015 story in 2017, noting that Europe is in the process of discontinuing analog broadcasting. Radio fans on sites like All Access and Survivor Radio mention trending a few years ago, explaining that the cost of maintaining legacy AM streaming infrastructure becomes too high to support concurrency as Digital Audio Streaming (DAB) transmits more stations with good quality for much less money. Much AM radio is still in Europebut they are far more common in Spain, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Greece than anywhere else.
in one upper piece CD driver As of this summer, the European automakers polled still cite EM interference between the electric motor and the AM radio as the reason for not including AM, with the exception of Mercedes, whose EQ cars have AM/FM radios. . The Drive once again records the continued decline of AM radio in Europe and legacy US automakers do including AM radio – Tesla and Rivian do not, Fisker and Lucid do – because the band still has enough listeners here to warrant that. That could be about to change; Ford F-150 Lightning includes AM radio, New York Times speak pickup trucks won’t be long in coming. And although the old Fiat 500e with AM radio, we don’t know if Stellantis’ upcoming US electronics products will include AM radio.
Ed Markey, United States Senator from Massachusetts, wrote a letter asking all car manufacturers to solve the problems of EM shielding and maintaining AM radio. Part of his letter read: “Despite innovations such as smartphones and social media, AM/FM radio remains a reliable, free and accessible communication mechanism. most for public officials to communicate with the public during times of emergency. ..Despite the investment of the auto industry in tram critical to solving the climate crisis and reducing greenhouse gases emissionsAutomakers don’t have to sacrifice the benefits of radio in the process.”
AM radio’s reach to remote areas of the country makes it invaluable to some listeners for everything from niche news to emergency updates. While we find out if AM can survive in its old form, many stations are still available through the app. and radio synthesizers like TuneIn.
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