I've seen a couple of these articles about how EV makers should add EMI shielding so they can have AM radio, and I notice that all of them steer around the issue of how much it would cost. If it adds $1 to the price of the car, sure, but if it adds $100, no way. We need EVs to be as affordable as possible to spur adoption; adding a bunch of cost for the take of a technology which-- let's be perfectly honest here-- hardly anybody uses, is a terrible tradeoff.
I can think of about 50,000 things we can remove from EVs to make them cheaper. I can't believe out of all the things they put into an EV, removing AM radio is the one thing that will make them cheaper.
Does everybody need all of the infotainment shit? No. But will they make an EV without one? No. Most infotainment setups suck ass, but everybody still wants one so bad. Most factory stereos are total crap, even the branded, "good" ones.
Does everybody need 1200lb-ft of torque? Dual motors? Massaging, heated, seats, and whale penis leather? AWD that you use maybe one time per year, when you should probably stay home anyways?
The manufacturers here are chasing profits, not trying to make affordable cars. They're not going to pull out the AM radio and pass the savings on to you. Nobody ever passes the savings on to you.
> We need EVs to be as affordable as possible to spur adoption
If that's the argument for removing AM, then let's start with all of the other, much more expensive, things that tend to annoy people and that can be removed first. $100 is peanuts.
