As a long-time Ford customer and fan of AM radio this annoys me greatly. My current radio died and I've been using phone apps and it isn't a very pleasant experience. The apps are horrible, you have to listen to two minutes of commercials before hearing the station and then they crash often even on wi-fi forcing you to listen to the commercials all over again.
I know that Tesla has never had AM radio in their cars. But both GM and Chrysler have developed filtering for their EV's and have announced they will not be dropping AM radio.
That’s the way things seem to be going in cars. The simple and uncomplicated analog systems of the past are being replaced with more complicated electronic versions. The benefits are there but they come along with new fail modes that are harder to fix.
Except it’s false. My Model S plays AM radio just fine.
Edit: my Model S is a 2013, and apparently they’ve been phasing out AM on new cars since 2018 or so. The original point (that Tesla never used it) is still wrong tho.
I don't get this at all. What was wrong with a simple mechanical latch with a mechanical key? It doesn't need power, there's little to break, and little to understand.
There's so much absolute garbage getting thrown on these cars, like electric/electronic emergency brakes. Who in their right mind thinks this is a good idea?
I know that Tesla has never had AM radio in their cars. But both GM and Chrysler have developed filtering for their EV's and have announced they will not be dropping AM radio.