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by chockablock 773 days ago
> Agreed, but that noise can be contained with an effective Faraday screening.

I don’t think car manufacturers are saying they don’t know how to shield, they’re saying it would come at a cost:

"Requiring the installation of analog AM radios in automobiles is an unnecessary action that would impact EV range, efficiency and affordability at a critical moment of accelerating adoption," -the fine article

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Well, what are those costs? Perhaps they're not wanting to resign components that were badly design in the first instance. If so, then that's unacceptable. Moreover, a redesign would benefit over the long term.

I smell short-term thinking here and concern over their current problem of falling profits from EVs