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[–] 21 points 4 weeks ago (16 children)

That UFO sound is so goddamn irritating as well. Could they not have picked something that sounded, I dunno, like a car? Why did it need to be a noise that no one would immediately recognize as a vehicle? And why are they all slightly different, it's not the electric motor noise, it's gotta be piped out speakers right, so they could/should all sound the same?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

    I've heard one BMW that sounds exactly like a car engine. I think some brands allow you to choose.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    Imagine if you could choose anything you want as the noise :D It would be hilarious, then horrible

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

    you could with Tesla's, I read some news articles a few years back about the ada or some other government agency getting pissy about it and requiring them to prevent it.

    edit: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-auto-agency-will-not-allow-ev-owners-pick-alert-sounds-2022-07-12/

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  • [–] -3 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

    A quieter version of the backup beep would be better. Everyone all over the world knows what it means.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

    You want that for slow forward driving? That's crazy. The whole city would be continously beeping in its harsh rythm.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 weeks ago* (4 children)

    It would be safer than making a noise people can’t identify and have a hard time finding the direction of.

    Make it as loud as the current ones, just interrupt it every second so it’s clearly a beep coming from something that could kill you.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    Destroying the mental health of everyone around, especially local residents by non-stop multifold beeping is counter productive, especially as it takes only a short time for people learning the space electro sounds being deadly EVs approaching, that sound is of course also just as directional. If that were confusing (which I find that it is not and we do have already plenty of exposure with EVs here in Austria) one can standardise the sound but at no point does it have to be harsh beeping as if the whole city were one big non-stop construction site. It is not about the loudness, it is about the very feature you demand, that constant abruptness all the traffic noise pollution. That is mentally much more tiring than the existing sounds for EVs.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    Alex from Technology Connections agrees with me so I’m not convinced.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

    Well, if you want to live in such an acoustic hell hole, you are welcome. I am happily not living in one and can easily hear slowly approaching EVs, at least any of the newer ones. Anyone who manages to hear ICE cars, can also hear those EVs. It is also really hard to mistake their sound for anything else, unless you are expecting being abducted by UFOs anytime now.

    Only those EVs are a problem that were produced before regulations requiring artificial sound at low speeds.

    PS: I am walking a fair share on my daily commute, so I do know that perspective, also in regards to EVs.

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