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The Kona diesel and Santa Fe comes with DAB radio and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

With the launch of DAB+ in the Hauts-de-France, 51 radio stations are now broadcast digitally in the Hauts-de-France region. Today, 470 million people are covered by DAB+ services worldwide, with more than 60 million receivers sold.

A new report has shown a significant increase for DAB+ listening in Bavaria, with a 30% rise of people aged 14 and over owning at least one DAB+ device at home, while there has been a 145% increase from last year for digital listening in the car. The report also showed 15% of the Bavarian population listen to digital radio on a working day, an increase from 11.7% last year.

Trim levels start from SE for the 39kWh model and include a 7-inch display audio including DAB, Apple Car Play and Android Auto, rear parking sensors with rear view camera, Bluetooth connectivity with steering wheel controls and a leather steering wheel.

Rock Antenne and 88.6 have now been made available on DAB+ in Vienna. "It is gratifying that a large number of programs are already available in Austria just a few months after the start of DAB+. What has started in the Greater Vienna area should be a school throughout Austria," says Matthias Gerwinat, Managing Director of Digitalradio Austria.

The Swabian regional programme of Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) will begin on 2 July on a new DAB+ channel that is part of the organisation's long-term expansion plans. Throughout Bavaria, the DAB+ transmitter network is expanding to 50 locations, with 89.6 percent of Bavarians receiving BR content within buildings, and within cars and outdoors, the figure rises to 97.3 percent.

A digital publication has been released by InfoDigital on the best retrofit DAB+ options for cars in Germany.

The launch of DAB+ in Hauts-de-France marks the first stage of a modernisation process over three years, where France's CSA aims to have DAB+ coverage for 70% across the country by 2020.

Standard kit does include leather trim, heated front seats, dual-zone climate control, keyless entry and start, LED interior lighting, WiFi hotspot, DAB+ radio, LED headlights and adaptive cruise control.

The possibility of using the DAB + radio is excellent, for a standard that in the consumer sector has had little success, probably supplanted by streaming services that however offer different results.