{"id":34781,"date":"2018-11-09T06:46:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T10:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34781"},"modified":"2018-11-09T06:46:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T10:46:15","slug":"wsj-am-radio-and-electric-cars-dont-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/wsj-am-radio-and-electric-cars-dont-mix\/","title":{"rendered":"WSJ: AM radio and electric cars don’t mix"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Wall Street Journal<\/a> via Bob LaRose W6ACU<\/p>\n

Cars and AM radio go back a long way, but there\u2019s a rough road ahead for the old travel buddies.<\/p>\n

The same types of electric-powered motors that propel Teslas past 150 mph and the Chevy Bolt as far as 238 miles on a charge, are a total buzz kill for AM reception. Instead of sports, oldies or news, it\u2019s more like all-static, all-the-time radio.<\/p>\n

As auto makers race headlong into an electrified future, AM radios are getting kicked to the curb, joining cassette decks, eight-track players and ashtrays.<\/p>\n

Daniel Rich is a fan of both San Francisco\u2019s KNBR-AM 680 and his Chevy Bolt. That means his commute isn\u2019t as easygoing as it used to be. \u201cAll my other cars over the years could receive that station just fine, despite the distance,\u201d the 58-year-old eye surgeon said. \u201cNot the Bolt.\u201d<\/p>\n

A General Motors Co. spokeswoman said GM was aware of the issue in the Bolt and has \u201ctaken steps,\u201d but declined to say exactly what they are.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full article at the Wall Street Journal.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The same types of electric-powered motors that propel Teslas past 150 mph and the Chevy Bolt as far as 238 miles on a charge, are a total […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,433,3],"tags":[625,3746,7418,3776],"class_list":["post-34781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-am-radio","tag-bob-larose-w6acu","tag-electric-cars","tag-wall-street-journal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-92Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44364,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/johns-mystery-book-better-shortwave-reception-by-william-orr-w6sai\/","url_meta":{"origin":34781,"position":0},"title":"John’s mystery book: “Better Shortwave Reception” by William Orr (W6SAI)","author":"Thomas","date":"July 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Herein lies one of the wonderful things about our SWLing Post community.... 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