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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.

The VQ Susie-Q DAB+/FM/internet stereo radio aims to modernise radios, bringing in the latest ways to connect it to your devices, including Bluetooth to connect to your smartphone and tablet. The Pure Siesta Home is an ultra-compact DAB+/FM alarm clock radio with a built-in CD player and Bluetooth for wirelessly streaming audio from your smartphone and other devices. Panasonic is the most popular mini hi-fi brand, and the SC-HC302 has a sleek and convenient all-in-one design. It too has Bluetooth for connecting up your smartphone and other devices, plus a CD player, DAB+/FM radio, and remote control.

Standard kit on the Style includes air-con, Bluetooth, DAB radio, 16-inch alloy wheels and automatic emergency braking. Upgrading to Zetec gets you cruise control, heated windscreen and a touchscreen media system with Apple Carplay and Android Auto.