{"id":59680,"date":"2024-05-14T05:36:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T09:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=59680"},"modified":"2024-05-14T05:36:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T09:36:20","slug":"why-am-radio-in-evs-could-cost-billions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/why-am-radio-in-evs-could-cost-billions\/","title":{"rendered":"Why AM Radio in EVs Could Cost Billions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_59681\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/EV-Dashboard-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59681\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59681\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/EV-Dashboard-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/EV-Dashboard-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/EV-Dashboard-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/EV-Dashboard-1-1024x577.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/EV-Dashboard-1-768x433.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/EV-Dashboard-1-624x352.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Patrick Langwallner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0OIrx2Za8OY?si=Tj8lZmTDKmbHX44r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the following video<\/a> via the Geerling Engineering YouTube channel:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The Center for Automotive Research says it would cost the industry $3.8 billion dollars to solve interference problems in EVs to put AM radio in new cars.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>It&#8217;s a wonder any EVs on the road today have AM radio tuners, then! But they don&#8217;t seem to happy with new legislation, the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. We dive into this spat between the radio industry, automotive manufacturers, and the US government.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0OIrx2Za8OY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following video via the Geerling Engineering YouTube channel: Description: The Center for Automotive Research says it would cost the industry $3.8 billion dollars to solve interference problems in EVs to put AM radio in new cars. It&#8217;s a wonder any EVs on the road [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[373,3],"tags":[625,5875,10526],"class_list":["post-59680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-news","tag-am-radio","tag-dennis-dura","tag-geerling-engineering"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fwA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62027,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/video-automakers-are-losing-the-battle-with-this-100-year-old-tech\/","url_meta":{"origin":59680,"position":0},"title":"Video: &#8220;Automakers are losing the battle with this 100-year-old tech&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"February 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This short video from the excellent Geerling Engineering YouTube channel focuses on the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act: https:\/\/youtu.be\/587Q2KhyWmI?si=CuMdVpCYIqQYZuyT Click here to view on YouTube.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/587Q2KhyWmI\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":56666,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/axios-congress-moves-to-preserve-am-radio-in-cars\/","url_meta":{"origin":59680,"position":1},"title":"Axios: Congress moves to preserve AM radio in cars","author":"Thomas","date":"May 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Axios via Dennis Dura) Scoop: Congress moves to preserve AM radio in cars (Axios) A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to make it illegal for carmakers to eliminate AM radio from their cars, arguing public safety is at risk, Axios is first to report. 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