State AGs Caution EV Trade Groups on AM Radio
Sixteen state attorneys general signed a letter Wednesday cautioning Zero Emission Transportation Association and the Electric Drive Transportation Association about their member companies’ plans to leave AM radio receivers out of their electric vehicles. “Without access to their main consumers…
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-- automobile owners -- AM stations and the lifesaving signals they provide, might cease to exist,” said the letter, signed by AGs from Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Utah and others. It's “vitally important” for officials to be able to deliver emergency information, and AM is “the backbone” of the emergency alert system, the letter said. “In light of the essential role AM radios play in the safety and well-being of Americans across the country, we urge your members to reconsider the decisions to eliminate AM radios in electric cars.”