Now you have to make sure your car has a radio (at least AM)?

[Isaac Zachary]

So AM can work just fine in an EV (even a Tesla):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0bEojzuq0U

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Considering how the high-voltage harnesses must have a protection against interferences, its quite predictable that AM radios would still be able to work in an EV.

[Piotrsko]

Back in the day that's how you knew it was time for a tune up: you heard the misfire in the radio. At 12¢ a gallon tuneups were kinda optional.

[JSH]

Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary

So AM can work just fine in an EV (even a Tesla)

Of course it can - it just costs money

[Isaac Zachary]

Originally Posted by JSH

Of course it can - it just costs money

Sometimes I think the most practical way of obtaining my dream car would be to just build my own. Either that or to mod the heck out of a manufactured car.

There are lots of things I like about Teslas. There are a lot of things I hate about them too. But I guess I'm that way with every vehicle.

I've told myself I will never buy another phone without FM radio and never buy a car without AM radio. I guess I'll be without a phone and car some day soon.

[freebeard]

Doesn't have to.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxhole_radio

The foxhole radio was a crude crystal radio which used a safety razor blade as a radio wave detector with the blade acting as the crystal, and a wire, safety pin, or, later, a graphite pencil lead serving as the cat's whisker.[3]

The foxhole radio, like a mineral crystal radio receiver, had no power source and ran off the power received from the radio station.
....
The maker of the first foxhole radio is unknown, but it was almost certainly invented by a soldier stationed at the Anzio beachhead during the stalemate of February – May 1944.[1] One of the first newspaper articles about a foxhole radio ran in the New York Times April 29, 1944.[4] That radio was built by Private Eldon Phelps of Enid, Oklahoma, who later claimed to have invented the design.

edit:

Sometimes I think the most practical way of obtaining my dream car would be to just build my own.

Myself also. I'd want a Basalt fiber monocoque 12/10ths scale Schwimmwagen hull with an electric front axle.

2nd edit: Semi-retractable flotation tires and steerable electric [hubless] hydrojet thrusters.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary

Sometimes I think the most practical way of obtaining my dream car would be to just build my own.

Successful businesses are often created by people solving a problem that seriously vexxed them.

I created my vehicle cost of ownership calculator because nothing like it existed, and I was frustrated.

Back before LEDs were available in automotive applications, I built my own. If I'm building my own in 2003, there's probably a market for it.

In 2004, I wondered why all taxis were Crown Vics and not a Prius. Now they are ubiquitous.

I've been meaning to create a spreadsheet of things that annoy me, as possible business opportunities.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary

Sometimes I think the most practical way of obtaining my dream car would be to just build my own.

Me too. Once in a while it still sounds quite tempting to build either a sand-rail buggy or a small campervan, both inspired by the classic Volkswagen setup but with a more modern engine...

[freebeard]

An amphibious sand rail or camper vam?

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by freebeard

An amphibious sand rail or camper vam?

Having seen many motorhomes flat-towing some small car, such as buggies and Suzuki Jimnys, why should towing a sand-rail buggy with a Kombi campervan be totally out of question?