![]() The white noise sounds that Brigade patented may be a better choice. I certainly hope we never let people customize the noise, or every car going by will be blasting the driver’s favorite tune and the roads will become a cacophony instead of more peaceful place. Current cars make a “choral” sound which is a bit distracting - it is meant to be noticed of course - but in many ways the sound of slightly noisy tires or a smooth engine might be a better choice, as they are well understood and recognized. Yankerville, a twisted town inhabited solely by puppets, is the setting for re-creations of actual crank phone calls. ![]() One question is “how present?” Is the sound needed if somebody is on the sidewalk who somehow might not notice the EV coming up behind them? Most EVs still make more than enough tire noise, and they can easily be equipped with a microphone to know how much noise they are making and how much ambient noise is present. We know that’s going to only be used for good purposes.) (Tesla just issued a new feature to cars with this speaker, the ability to use it for a Public Address to yell at pedestrians or other drivers. ![]() They could only make the sound when a pedestrian is present. The irony of course is that the Tesla is particularly good at knowing if there is anybody behind it when it’s backing up, or close to it when going forward. We already see this in some cars, like recent Teslas TSLA. More controversial have been the efforts to force quiet electric cars to make sounds, both when backing up or cruising slowly. BEEP is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MoLVT) with UNESCO support to provide flexible alternative education to out-of-school youth to complete lower secondary/basic education, equivalent to grade 9. If an electric car drives through a forest, and no pedestrian is around, does it need to make a sound? People hate this beep so much that a ballot proposition to ban it would pass in a heartbeat, I expect.
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