Posted on 05/23/2023 9:13:50 AM PDT by conservative98
Ford caves. Great news.
After speaking with policy leaders about the importance of AM broadcast radio as a part of the emergency alert system, we've decided to include it on all 2024 @Ford & @LincolnMotorCo vehicles. For any owners of Ford EVs without AM broadcast capability, we’ll offer a software update.
Customers can currently listen to AM radio content in a variety of ways in our vehicles – including via streaming – and we will continue to innovate to deliver even better in-vehicle entertainment and emergency notification options in the future.
Thanks to our product development and manufacturing teams for their quick response to make this change for our customers. — Jim Farley (@jimfarley98) May 23, 2023
Alternate headline: “corporation, decides not to bite the hand that feeds them.“
Is it true they are also giving a case of Bud Light to all EV buyers?
The funny thing is having AM is literally a software setting the cars were always physically capable of having AM they just were not going to let you access it
See how they “fixed” the 23 models? A software update
Well now! A rare example of the manufacterer listening to it’s customer base. Many other corporations could learn from this.
When I bought a Mini Cooper I had to pay extra for a software update which “unlocked” XM Radio. This was in addition for what I had to pay XM Radio for the service.
Would probably cost them more to retool to NOT include AM in the radios they are already making with FM.
Aren't you oodles of fun! ;-)
Well......... about time some sanity back in the news.
Do NOT let the left erase AM radio. Too important for weather alerts, local news, talk radio. What would RUSH say? Sure miss him.
>See how they “fixed” the 23 models? A software update
They may be using software defined radios (SDR) which is a very cool technology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_radio
I would approach them to get the station squared away (I have the right FCC licenses), but it would be a HUGE pay cut.
It was a political decision to cut off listeners from a radio market.
-PJ
Smart move …. correcting a stupid move.
I remember back in the 1960s and 1970s,the AM radios in cars were super-sensitive, and tuned in all sorts of “out of local area” stations.
Whattya bet the “new” ones are somehow range-limited.
Tight squelches, or deliberately reduced sensitivity to cover the God-awful interference all the damnfool computers and high-power, high-current switching to regulate the energy fed to the motors causes.
That’s good. My company car gets turned in sometime late this year or early next. I have to drive F-150’s and listen to mostly AM talk radio
AM broadcast capability
Mobile broadcasting??
or reception. Amazing.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.