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  Fri, Dec 16th 2022 07:39pm - [23]Karl Bode

  There's a long way to go before the electric car revolution even comes
  close to the version that currently exists in everybody's heads.
  Getting enough rare-Earth minerals to ramp up EV production at the
  scale most have in mind [24]will be a big challenge. Then there are
  other issues related to safety thanks to EVs' incredible acceleration
  combined with higher-end EVs [25]incredible weight.

  One less dramatic challenge created by the inevitable ascension of the
  EV has emerged: vehicles don't always play well with AM radio. As a
  result, many automakers are considering[26] eliminating AM radio from
  electric vehicles entirely, marking the end of, or at least some
  meaningful shrinkage in, overall AM radio usage.

  Since EVs generate more electromagnetic interference than gas-powered
  cars, they can potentially disrupt the reception of AM signals causing
  static, noise and an annoying hum. This could be managed with shielding
  cables, filters and careful placement of the electrical components, but
  Tesla, Audi, Porsche, Volvo, and Volkswagen have found it more
  economical to cull AM radio functionality from EVs entirely.

  FM radio doesn't appear to have the same interference issues and should
  be safe. But AM broadcasters [27]aren't particularly thrilled about it,
  often arguing that AM radio remains an important communications medium
  for minority communities and during emergencies:

    "It's a killer for us because most of our listening audience is in
    the morning drive and afternoon drive, when people are going to work
    and coming from work -- and if we're not there in their car, we're
    nonexistent," said Ron January, operations manager at WATV-AM, an
    adult contemporary station in Birmingham, Ala.

  Roughly 47 million Americans, or around 20 percent of the total U.S.
  public, still listen to AM radio, whether it's religious programming,
  actual local community news, or right-wing propaganda. But between AM's
  aging core userbase, AM radio's steady decline in Europe, and the shift
  away from it in EVs, the medium's days as a mainstream technology could
  be numbered.

  Filed Under: [28]AM radio, [29]automakers, [30]evolution, [31]EVs,
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  [44]December 16, 2022 at 9:47 pm

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  "... Getting enough rare-Earth minerals to ramp up EV production ..."

  An often misused term. The materials needed are not rare-Earths, they
  are quite common. There is a lack of mining for the materials,
  particulary in the US, but this is a production effort not a rarity
  problem.

  As far as AM radio, I'm old enough to remember when FM was new. I don't
  believe I've listened to AM in decades. AM was a simplistic modulation
  technique subject to all kinds of interference. It's still a good
  teaching mechanism along with Crystal Radios and Morse Code as one
  works their way upwards to modern technology, but I don't need any of
  that ancient stuff in my car, electric or otherwise.

  Now where did I put my 8-Track Tape?

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