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A House commission overwhelmingly vote to approve a bill that would require novel cars to be built with AM radio at no additional price to the owner . TheAM for Every Vehicle Actwill now point to the House level for final approval . If successful , it ’ll go to the president ’s desk to be signed into law , pending a veto .
Advocates for the broadsheet have argued the downslope of AM radio , a consequence of the package - defined fomite , could make it hard to send emergency entropy , particularly in rural areas . The bill was stick in in May 2023 after automakers , including Ford , Tesla , BMW , and Volkswagen , prognosticate to polish off AM radio from new EVs , say galvanising engines can interpose with the sound of AM radio receiver post .
Ford reversed its decisionshortly after lawmakers introduced the nib . At the time , Ford secernate TechCrunch that less than 5 % of its client listened to AM wireless .
