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Electric cars have to make noise on purpose because otherwise it would be a silent car. And most of these noises are are weird futuristic WEEEE-00000 UFO sounds. Therefore I posit that we should be able to change the noises our electric cars make

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[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

None of the American made "muscle cars" that have been made in the last decade and a half sound like that. The engine noise is basically a speaker that makes them much noisier than they actually are. EVs could sound like a Mustang or Charger.

[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

I like Rivian's which just mostly sounds like a cross between static and a creek

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Walking Fart sound.

prrt prrt prrt prrt prrt prrt prrt

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Tesla Crop Dust mode.

[–] Exatron@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I initially thought that too since there are a lot of fun sci-fi sounds that would work. Ufortunately, some people would probably ruin the fun by using that feature to disable the sound instead.

[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It should be you HAVE to choose A noise and it gives options; they’d need to be pre-installed or require a visit to the dealer because it can’t be “silent” noise. And if it’s found, people should ask, “do I need to call the cops? Any mystery drive-bys in the hood?”

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

Did you know silence can be detected in software? The volume can be normalized too across frequencies that matter. Requiring the dealer or manufacturer is room for enshittification.

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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

"silent car"

lmao nope those things are loud as fuck because of the tires and weight

[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

They're the same for safety. People need to build a subconscious mental model of what a car sounds like so they can be safe as pedestrians and cyclists.

If there were 1000 different sounds, that mental model would never form.

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