Ford announces the company will continue include AM radio

Up next

Author

Tags

Share article

Facebook 0
Twitter 0
Mail 0

Ford Reverses Course, Will Include AM Radio in New Cars

Ford Reverses Course, Will Include AM Radio in New Cars

Ford has announced that it will install AM radio functionality in all its new vehicles after earlier planning not to, a change in policy triggered due to concerns that the removal will affect the government’s ability to issue emergency alerts.

Ford is among the many automakers who decided to ditch AM radios in their new offerings. For Ford, it began with electric models like the F-150 Lightning and the Mustang Mach-E. The company was also preparing to drop AM radios from its internal combustion engine models starting with the 2024 Mustang. However, Ford has reversed course after many lawmakers raised concerns that ditching AM radios will deprive people of access to emergency alerts that typically get broadcasted on AM stations.

Web Campaign

“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,” Jim Farley, the chief executive of Ford Motor Company, said in a May 23 tweet.

Subscribe Our Weekly Newsletter

Ford had removed AM radios from its electric pickups after data collected from vehicles showed that less than 5 percent of the owners listened to it, a Ford spokesman told AP.

Source: The Epoch Times

Read the complete story:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/search/?q=am+radio&t=ai

Web Campaign
Total
0
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Pin it 0
Share 0

You May Also Like

Diesel World's Return and Exciting Plans

The little time between the holidays and the beginning of show/race season is so weird. So we’re glad to be back into the groove of […]

Diesel News - Lost Two Icons - RIP Mike & Mike

Ride Of The Week Riffraff Diesel’s Power Stroke-Swapped GT-R Tackles Pikes Peak Never thought you’d see a diesel-swapped Nissan GT-R, did you? How about one […]

Diesel News 5-11-20

Truck of the Week Is This the Cleanest OBS Ford Ever? Overpriced, just right, or not enough, King of Cars and Trucks Inc. of New […]

DIESEL NEWS ALMANAC: OCTOBER 2018

Monthly Headlines If you ever missed out from one of our news stories because of a family event, job issue, or whatever it may be, […]