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Death of beloved neighborhood cat sparks outrage against robotaxis in San Francisco (www.theguardian.com)
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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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