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Do you live next to the freeway? EVs will reduce car noise in low speed neighborhoods
by reidjs 5y ago
Do you live next to the freeway? EVs will reduce car noise in low speed neighborhoods
- rootusrootus 5y agoMy experience says otherwise. Our neighborhood is getting more EVs regularly, and you can really tell the difference. If a regular car is driving by my house and an EV is a block behind them, guess which one I can hear? The EV. And Hybrid Toyota Highlanders and RAV4s are the worst, though a Bolt isn't exactly quiet.
- jgwil2 5y agoMight be a lifetime of tuning out ICE vehicles is partially to blame?
- asdff 5y agoRoad noise sounds the same from an ICE or an EV for the same weight car in my experience, provided its not something old or sporty with a throaty exhaust. A new economy car just petering along you aren't going to hear any engine unless you step on the throttle.
- asdff 5y agoNo but I live next to a residential road and you can hear passing cars go hhhhhHHHHHHHHHhhhhh clear as day as they go by. Like I said above I only hear engine note on something old/sporty/motorcycle though.
- lupire 5y agoEV noise is higher pitched for some reason, which is more noticeable.