[ctdonath]

I have a pacemaker. Rule from the start: keep cell phones 6” away from it, minimum, always. Radio interference at very close range is a potential problem.

This article, while interesting and a reminder, just continues the rule.

Tangent: a few years back I got an electric car. After delivery, I read the manual - every other page had warnings for patients with implanted electronic devices. Doc & I were intrigued, discussed it often, and there was never a problem.

[throwanem]

The traction motors will be brushless, and thus have large permanent magnets in the rotors. I can't imagine there would be significant fields from those magnets in the cabin, but getting a pacemaker or ICD very close to the motors themselves might well pose a risk, and the manual's warnings are likely present partly for that reason and partly out of fear of liability.

[im3w1l]

Maybe the magnets come out when it crashes.