The Brief

Tesla will reportedly be removing AM and FM radio from its low-cost models.

According to MotorTrend and other media outlets, Tesla’s 2026 entry-level Model Y Standard and Model 3 Standard trims will not come with either an AM or FM radio.

Tesla’s standard models will not have FM radios

What we know:

Standard Tesla vehicles from around 2020 and earlier are more likely to have a traditional radio tuner. However, newer models, especially the "Standard" trims, are the ones that have had the hardware removed, according to MotorTrend.

If this is the case, their customers will have to rely on streaming and paired smartphone audio.

"We had seen that there would be a less powerful radio option, but we weren’t expecting the loss of a terrestrial radio connection in the Standard trim

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