To Make Quiet Electric Cars Safer, Engineers Bring Out Bells and Whistles
18th September 2011
But in a few years, the government will require electric cars and gasoline-electric hybrids to emit some type of noise at low speeds, when their battery-driven motors usually run silent. The promised rules—aimed at making the vehicles safer for vision-impaired pedestrians and others who rely on aural cues—have launched auto makers on a quest for the perfect sound.
Well, a 5-liter V-8 doesn’t have these problems. Just sayin’.