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Death of beloved neighborhood cat sparks outrage against robotaxis in San Francisco (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (8 children)

There is probably an elevated risk of killing cats in any electric vehicle because there are fewer signs that the car is "on" and about to drive.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Idk, I find that at low speeds electric cars are louder than modern internal combustion. They have that SciFi drone sound.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Depending on the year model of the car, it might not make that sound. It wasn't required on some of the earlier EVs, which could be eerily quiet. I believe it's required by law on newer models. Pre-2016 Volts has a "pedestrian horn button"; 2016 and newer Volts play a noise continuously as lower speeds. (My Uncle says it sounds like the warp drive hum on the original Star Trek Enterprise.)

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Not when parked. A cat would thi k it was a parked car.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    there are those newfangled ICE cars that turn off instead of idle. i don't quite know how i feel.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's not really all that newfangled. It was part of the eurozone's requirements for cars and was put in other places as well. I think that it's approaching a decade now. My neighbor's 2017 has it.

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