We used a battery operated AM radio during Sandy when my city was pretty decimated. Ironically, something like this AM radio mandate would probably benefit poor white rural Americans more than anything, so of course the politicians they vote for will oppose it. So fuck them. As someone living in NJ, usually ranked the…

I’m of the firm belief that AM radio is important and to be preserved. Not everyone has a cell phone, not everyone has access to reliable charging and reliable income to pay the monthly bill, but everyone needs access to information on severe weather or other disasters. Plus, as union-hardrolls pointed out, AM radio…

It’s typical for cell phones to become useless in many emergency situations, especially with events like natural disasters. AM has much greater coverage and dependability when it comes to critical information and updates. Not being the mainstream way during regular day to day activity doesn’t mean it’s not a vital…

AM bands typically are longer wavelengths, which don’t fit into tiny cell phone antennas. To make it more compact a large chunk of ferrite can help, but it doesn’t do it all. The radio reception for tiny receivers use the headphone as the antenna, but that’s not necessarily the right length to be properly tuned.

Agreed. The fact that nearly nobody has an AM radio anywhere but in their car and that it might be the last lifeline in the event of something tragic - it seems like a reasonable expectation that all cars would continue to have it.

WELL

Ironically the GOP is forcing the US to cede these industries to China because they keep taking money from the oil and gas industry to hold them back. Had the US embraced these industries and renewables decades ago like we should have, the US would be the world leader in them.

Hitler killed himself, my guy.

It isn’t. It’s a not-at-all-veiled incitement to not vote for the guy. 

I feel like I’ve seen adults bounce off two curbs just going through the Starbucks drivethru to get their Frappucinos.  She’s probably fine to get her license now.

You’re leaving out the story’s most important detail, she went to Target because she wanted a Frappuccino for breakfast. Why an eight year old is so addicted to Frappuccinos that she drove 10 miles is a mystery. 

If she drove 10 miles and the only damage was a single mailbox, that’s pretty damn good.  I think we should instead encourage this young go-getter.

No, that’s exactly how I would feel regardless of political affiliation. The man is a deranged menace. . Further, it should be the purview of governments to put people into space, not some drug addled moron. He is a clear threat to democracy and should be dealt with under the purveiw of the united states penal code.

Point me to a lefty multi-billionaire who threatens personal violence against the president, and I’ll hate that guy, too.

It wont take long to fill this niche and sales drop like a rock.  It is priced way higher than it was supposed to, has much less range, and is turning out to be built like crap.  Resale is already below MSRP and will continue to go down fast.  

Because there are few other EV trucks, and most of the people who buy a truck for truck things aren’t going to buy and EV.

Peak comedy. I replied to your specific request with the exact information you failed to notice in the article. Markoff didn’t conjure the term, it was a direct fucking quote.

Aw jeez, sad to see Autoblog turn into yet another VC zombie site.”

Vulture Capitalism will ruin everything good before we kill it off. 

All forms of writing, including journalism, are art. If you’re as old as me, you remember the heydays of Road & Track and Car and Driver, when they had really good writers doing the journalism, and even better writers doing editorial and storytelling pieces. But really good writers cost money, and that eats into…