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Woman charges her electric car in her garage, USA, 1912 (lemmy.world)
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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A gasoline engine sputtering down the road would draw far more attention than an electric motor, so people bought those.

They're still doing exactly this. ICE designs have never been quieter, but meanwhile Ford and GM are pumping out the L O U D E S T car options in decades.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've said adoption of EVs by that crowd will only come when they start slapping very loud and aggressive VESS options onto them

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The hardware is already there, someone just needs to mod/hack that in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle_warning_sounds

In fact, it looks like we were going to get custom sound effects but the DOT killed it:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/13/2022-14733/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-minimum-sound-requirements-for-hybrid-and-electric-vehicles

The agency has chosen not to adopt the remaining portions of the NPRM, including a proposal which would have allowed manufactures of hybrid and electric vehicles (HEVs) to install a number of driver-selectable pedestrian alert sounds in each HEV they manufacture.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

To be fair BMW and VAG/AUDI put factory pop and crackle modes (intentional over fueling/backfires) in their cars too.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As someone who lives next to a road where this racket happens around the clock: screw those guys. I know there's an overall theme of car companies externalizing environmental impact to the general public, but it's like they went through a list and realized that "noise pollution" was worthy of a tad more exploitation. /rant

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Agreed. Harleys are waaaaaay fucking worse though, and most of them are de-catalyzed, so they’re fucking killing our lungs to.