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Considering some car manufacturers of ditching AM and even FM radio based on b/s excuses of interference of an EV's electric motors interfering with AM signals, this report afforms the importance of the car radio audience.
The reasons to ditch AM are b/s because Kia's EV offering and Toyota's hybrid vehicles have AM.
Based on my listening experience, when my hybrid's electric motors are operating, there has been no interference while listening on the low-powered post 1600kHz stations.
If car manufacturers are relying on IP radio to be carried on the 5G network, the maximum unobstructed coverage is 457m (1500 feet approximately).
https://www.verizon.com/about/news/how-far-does-5g-reach
Great for rural radio, driving through reinforced concrete jungles and leafy green tree-lined streets! Methinks not!
A bipartisan group of US congress people have proposed to mandate that all cars be equipped with AM reception. But there has been no progress in this matter since the proposal in April 2023.
Here is the link to the current state of the proposal:
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/116046?s=1&r=17
There has been no progress in this matter.
There appears to be no willpower to encourage the use of DRM+ in Australia.
In India, DRM+ covers 100% of the land.
https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/guest-commentaries/drm-radios-going-strong-in-indian-cars
Then if AM is ditched in car radios, then replace with DRM+.
Again despite DRM+'s wide coverage, there is no willpower in Australia to implement DRM+, with regional stations as regularly reported on this site converting to FM.
Thank you,
Anthony, don't believe the spin, Strathfield South, in the land of the Wangal and Darug peoples of the Eora Nation