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MIT Study Finds Gas Cars Aren't Secretly Better For The Planet Than EVs, Despite What Everyone On Facebook Says (www.jalopnik.com)
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[–] 12 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Yes, among the quiter vehicles that go by are the city buses. I think they must have run-quiet tires. It's an almost-pleasant whoosh they make, even at 3AM. The other quiet vehicles are owned by drivers who follow the speed limit, and even ICE vehicles make almost no noise at 20-25MPH.

EVs might be quiet intrinsically, but so many of them make that obnoxious UFO noise when accelerating.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I know what you mean with that noise, it is a little unnerving. I'm guessing it is a safety standard or something to have some sort of noise.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    A lot of places have a minimum noise value for cars. It helps the blind particularly. Also, a lot of people REALLY don't like things to be bothered powerful and silent. A company invented a quiet, but powerful vacuum cleaner. It flopped. People felt like it wasn't working.

    The UFO noise seems to have become the default fix for EVs. I'm just glad that no one has jailbroken them to put custom ringtones on them. E.g. crazy frog would be horrifying.

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