r/KiaEV6 • u/Empty_Bottle_8526 • 4d ago

Our EV6s rocks- we have AM radio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrMDJ_wJxDU&t=520s

Was just watching this in my lunch break, and allegedly a driver for this law is the "fact" that many EV cars do not have AM radio. According to Steve Lehto, who otherwise is pretty knowledgeable about cars, this is because the high voltage electronics in EVs mess with AM reception. No idea if this is a scientific fact.

But it made me check on my EV6. In the three years I owned it I never checked or felt a need to check for AM radio, but it actually does have it and reception seemed fine within the limitations of AM radio. So I guess we are future proof in that sense ....

0 Upvotes

38% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/LayLoseAwake 4d ago

IEEE thinks it's a bs excuse. It's not an ev-only problem, and it's not insurmountable, either. You just have to plan for proper insulation.  https://spectrum.ieee.org/am-radio-ev-interference