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Congress wants to force AM into every new car for emergency alerts.
The fight over the future of AM radio got a little more heated this week as organizations representing the auto and technology industries told Congress that its plan to mandate this mode of radio wave reception is poorly conceived and will hinder progress.
AM radio has seen almost every other in-car entertainment option come and go—vinyl, 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs—and it might predate just about everything other than playing "I Spy," but time is catching up with this old broadcast technology. It is starting to get left behind as new models—many of which are electric vehicles—drive off into the sunset, streaming their audio instead of modulating its amplitude.
[...] "As more and more Americans adopt electric vehicles, we must ensure that they are equipped with AM radio. AM radio is—and will remain—an essential communications channel for emergency alerts and for disseminating news and other important information to residents of our district and communities across our country. I am proud to co-lead this bipartisan legislation which would ensure that EVs continue to be equipped with this basic but critical capability," said Rep. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), another co-sponsor.
(Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Thursday May 25 2023, @01:00PM
can-FD is even faster and yes, car ethernet is a 'thing' (its 2 wire at 100meg speed and 4 wire at gig speed; called 'broad-r-reach' and its wild modulation shit, I tells ya).
with all the networking gear and cpus in modern cars, having AM 'work' is asking a lot. I say, give it the hell up. I know who wants AM and I dont care about those idiots. yes, I said it. AM listeners are mostly morons, or people who follow some deranged politics.
fuck them.
cars are moving networking boxes and that brings tons of square waves and rf noise.
AM radio is not worth it. its being deleted for good reasons.
you yokels want your am content? stream that shit, then. you can have your misinformation all you want, but in a different carrier form.
(they're still idiots. AM is crap and you should feel bad if you still want that)
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."