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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if some EVs get phony gears and broom broom noises

Lexus made one already

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a42180807/lexus-built-an-ev-with-a-fake-manual-transmission/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No God damn please, dont ruin my Utopia of everyone in 2040 running almost silent cars :(

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry to burst your bubble.

"basic traffic noise from highways won’t get perceptibly quieter due to electric cars. Urban road traffic noise below 40 kph likely will, as engine noise starts to dominate at lower speeds. And we can all look forward to fewer and fewer noisy motorcycles and trucks, and no economy cars with broken mufflers."

https://cleantechnica.com/2016/06/05/will-electric-cars-make-traffic-quieter-yes-no/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Interesting to see if that makes it to production. To me it seems as dumb as someone buying an MP3 player that has a fake turntable, record and needle you need to set down for the music to play.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hell even automatic ICE vehicles have this. Toyota deliberately makes the transmission less responsive in their vehicles because they found that drivers prefer to feel a bit of lurching.