Noise of electric cars revealed, and it’s not what you would think

[For want of a better word]

Sounds like a swarm of something to me!
I would have thought a can of old nalis being rattled would have been better suited!
Google " Jaguar"
Yeghes da

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

it's the clinking of the empty bottles that gets on my nerves

 

[B+.]

Sounds like a swarm of something to me!
I would have thought a can of old nalis being rattled would have been better suited!
Google " Jaguar"
Yeghes da

My neighbour has a Tesla....sounds very quiet to me.

 

[oliver90owner]

It will soon be law that EVs use a sound generator, for the safety of dumb pedestrians who fail to observe the highway code.

 

[steve1958]

My neighbours have an electric car and it is nearly silent.
Quite scary when they reverse out of their drive.

I think adding some form of noise is a very good idea.
Cyclists, pedestrians, and horse riders will be safer if they know there is a vehicle heading their way.

 

[Anduril]

They should be fitted with this sound, you wil know when they are coming. https://youtu.be/TqtehtSB0LI

 

[REDWOOD]

My neighbours have an electric car and it is nearly silent.
Quite scary when they reverse out of their drive.

I think adding some form of noise is a very good idea.
Cyclists, pedestrians, and horse riders will be safer if they know there is a vehicle heading their way.

And what else should they put on them so profoundly deaf people know they are coming.

 

[For want of a better word]

Old man down the pub said they should have a man walking in front of the car waving a red flag and ringing a loud hand bell... sounds a bit revolutionary to me!

Chons da

 

[REDWOOD]

Noise pollution levels would be too high !

 

[Murox]

Where EVs have been used for some time in the rest of europe the rate of pedestrians and cyclists being hit by them has risen significantly.

 

[yeogi75]

one thing they could have is phone signal cancelling software, to get there heads out of there phones when crossing the road, there everywhere around me, I just stand still and watch them approach and they jump out there skin and walk around with a glare on there face, and I walk on with a smirk on my face love it.

 

[Millet]

Where EVs have been used for some time in the rest of europe the rate of pedestrians and cyclists being hit by them has risen significantly.

Obviously pedestrians and cyclists should be fitted with wing mirrors...

 

[Hivemaker.]

one thing they could have is phone signal cancelling software, to get there heads out of there phones when crossing the road, there everywhere around me, I just stand still and watch them approach and they jump out there skin and walk around with a glare on there face, and I walk on with a smirk on my face love it.

I agree, worst invention ever.

 

[madasafish]

one thing they could have is phone signal cancelling software, to get there heads out of there phones when crossing the road, there everywhere around me, I just stand still and watch them approach and they jump out there skin and walk around with a glare on there face, and I walk on with a smirk on my face love it.

It is Darwinism in action...

 

[user 6228]

At speed EV are just as noisy as other vehicles as at speed tyre noise is dominant.

 

[Ian123]

At speed EV are just as noisy as other vehicles as at speed tyre noise is dominant.

That will be ok for the pedestrians walking in the motorway then

 

[DanBee]

Lotus were working on this ten years ago. Clicky.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

How about having a beeper like reversing lorries do except for going forwards too? That should go down a storm in residential areas coming home at closing time.

 

[oliver90owner]

And what else should they put on them so profoundly deaf people know they are coming.

Do profoundly deaf people have any more trouble with EV’s than ICE vehicles? Do they get run over by vehicles? These people are likely far more clever than the average pedestrian.

Let’s face it, about half the population is of below average intelligence. That will, of course, include beekeepers just the same as any other group.

 

[steve1958]

And what else should they put on them so profoundly deaf people know they are coming.

The point is that these silent cars are increasing risk of harm.
Profoundly deaf people like my son will not notice the difference, they will be no worse off.