Am Radio?

[m2s2]

Just traded my MS for an MX. I notice in the MX there is no AM? Not a huge issue as I can find most of the am sports stations I listen to through Tuneln radio. But is AM gone on newer versions or am I just missing it?
Thanks

 

[ThomasB]

Its gone my friend... but you can get it via internet radio. Not true AM but better then not having the option.

 

[nctalkinghead]

There are probably some Tesla owners who never heard OF - much less ever actually heard - AM Radio! And this is written by someone who made his living as a broadcaster for 50 years+.

 

[m2s2]

Ya it's just strange not having an am dial. Then again I'm driving an electric car that basically drives itself on my highway commute....

And I get my sports talk through tuneln radio

 

[nwdiver]

This might be why there's no AM radio in the X.... I haven't tried in on an actual channel but you really can hear the motor through the radio...

 

[AnxietyRanger]

@nwdiver Indeed, I believe the interference from an AC motor to AM radio is the reason. I recall some discussions saying Model X was not the only BEV (BMW i3 too or some?) to not have it.

Why Model S has it but Model X doesn't. No idea.

 

[scottyd]

I count this as a feature, as it keeps me from hate-listening to talk radio

 

[RichardL]

Its interesting though that when I get in of a morning and the radio has not yet started playing the FM station I left it on, I see '520 AM' as the default station on the IC display. Some left over default setting perhaps.

 

[stillageek]

It's kinda odd. We currently have a Nissan LEAF, BMW I3 and Tesla Model X. Only the LEAF has AM radio from the factory. I turned on AM in the I3 via coding. The I3 AM isn't the best...but it's good...in the Dallas area many of the top AM stations rebroadcast on HD radio anyway.

 

[COrich]

I saw the fact that AM wasn't in the receiver when I ordered my X. It never bothered me because I haven't listened to AM radio since I was in high school 45 years ago.

 

[rltsx]

LOL it drove me crazy at lunch today that I couldn't find AM radio. I did not know that isn't on the X. I was able to find my local sports talk on internet radio, so it's all good.