Ford Not Nixing AM Radio in 2024 Fashions after All, CEO Says
Regardless of a earlier demise sentence, AM radio will dwell to see one other day on all 2024 Ford and Lincoln fashions. That is based on FoMoCo CEO Jim Farley, who at the moment tweeted the corporate’s determination to not nix AM radio in its new automobiles in any case.
The demise of AM radio is one thing different automakers similar to Audi, BMW, Volvo, and Tesla have already began to do, particularly on their electrical automobiles. Nevertheless, this has led to backlash from lawmakers and lots of others who declare AM radio is important as a result of it is accessible, free, and necessary for public security. Simply final week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers launched laws to mandate that automakers supply AM radio in new automobiles, per a Reuters report.
With Ford already eradicating AM radio from new F-150 Lightnings and Mustang Mach-Es, the subsequent step was to take away it from the remainder of the 2024 mannequin traces. Nevertheless, Farley’s tweet says the corporate is altering course “after talking with coverage leaders in regards to the significance of AM broadcast radio as a part of the emergency alert system.”
Farley additionally talked about that Lightning and Mach-E fashions with out AM radio will be capable of have it restored by way of an over-the-air software program replace. Whether or not or not different automakers who’ve dropped AM radio will do the identical stays to be seen. From the sounds of it, that call might presumably be made by Congress.
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