US Lawmakers To Force Quiet EVs To Make Noises
One of the joys of driving an electric car is the silence around town, but the American authorities have decided you’re not allowed to have that any more.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has ruled that from 2019 all new electric and hybrid vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of less than 10,000lb must make noises below 19mph.
It says it’s concerned for blind people crossing the road, estimating that 2400 pedestrian injuries will be prevented every year. Hmmm.
But that does mean that streets could become a confusion of different kinds of noises at different volumes, different pitches and at all sorts of frequencies. Paracetamol sales could skyrocket.
So, now manufacturers will need to decide how to make their EVs audible without turning them into the single most annoying thing in the world. We wish them good luck with that.
Source: Jalopnik
Comments
Fake sound like in BMW i8? Only this time they play fake sound outside of the car?
Finally some people with common sense. On several occasions I’ve walked to or from my car in a parking lot, made sure I wouldn’t get in the way of any cars, and then 2 seconds later - BOOM - a wild EV appears out of nowhere behind me. Those things are seriously scary.
How ‘bout this?
Just use the 911. No one will even know it has an engine, because they won’t know where the engine is
With this in mind, they should be alright with my screamer pipe
How about make them sound like a warp drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qeCRYi5jCs
Yeah, Paracetamol sales will skyrocket! hahaha lol (best comment)
What if they play annoying songs like how jeremy annoys hammond
Straight pipe?
This is obviously the only logical choice