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[US] House passes bill requiring AM radio in all new cars sold nationwide (www.congress.gov)
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Introduced by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) in response to automakers removing AM radio from some new vehicles. My man Pallone gets his emergency scoreboard alerts from 66 WFAN too

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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

That’s a good point, there are still a lot of those information/alert radios around and they’re basically all a low powered AM station. That could be important for people driving by and not having that option reduces safety. I have a hard time believing that AM receivers are that expensive for cars that it’s really worth the trade-off. It’s probably not something that gets used often, but when it’s needed you want people to have it.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 53 minutes ago)

have a hard time believing that AM receivers are that expensive for cars that it’s really worth the trade-of

Its not about the cost of the radio, the hardware for a digital am receiver at this point is pennies... The issue is electric and hybrid drivetrains generate a lot of very strong localized EMI from the motors and motor inverter drives, and AM is inherently bad at rejecting it so it usually wipes out most stations. It gets really expensive trying to reduce or filter that out.