Car makers have been phasing out AM radios in their cars for quite some time. Let’s face it, there isn’t much on AM these days, and electric vehicles have been known to cause interference with AM ...

Several prominent carmakers have decided for some of their models to drop AM radio from the dashboard. Most of the car models are electric vehicles (EVs). Automobile companies have noted ...

Update, 1:15 pm: Ford reached out to Ars with its explanation for dropping AM from the next Mustang. "A majority of U.S. AM stations, as well as a number of countries and automakers globally, are ...

Sen. Ed Markey has done radio a great service by pressing car companies to express their thoughts about AM radio. For one thing, their individual replies, released now by his office, suggest quite a ...

The AM band in particular is subject to electromagnetic interference from electric motors, which generate frequencies comparable in wavelength to AM radio signals. Many EVs have abandoned the radio ...

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.

Over the past couple of years, some of the biggest automobile brands, including BMW, Tesla, Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi, have dropped AM radio from their cars. The trend is particularly visible in ...

If new car makers are allowed to drop AM radio from their vehicles, it could be the end for AM radio stations across the country. Getty Images/iStockphoto My favorite California drive is into the ...

Sen. Ed Markey penned a letter to 20 car manufacturers, including Mazda, Tesla and Toyota, requesting they continue installing AM radios in all of their future vehicles. Markey argued that no longer ...

The last time I listened to AM radio was — couldn’t tell you. Yet, like barbershop quartet and Burger Chef, it’s something we will miss in a theoretical kind of way, even if it was no longer central ...

Carmakers say electromagnetic interference causes static and noise on AM transmissions, annoying customers. Broadcasters say they could lose a connection to their core listeners, who rely on the radio ...

This year’s In-Car Media portion of Edison Research’s Infinite Dial survey reveals the extent of competition for AM/FM radio in the car. The findings note that online audio overall is at an all-time ...