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i too would be very interested in this! i am for now a petrol head but continue to be fascinated and also mildly irked by the varying EV sounds. some sound lik

i too would be very interested in this! i am for now a petrol head but continue to be fascinated and also mildly irked by the varying EV sounds. some sound like galactic spaceships, some like weapons, some like "blurred mechanical noise", and some are almost indescribable in words. some can be semi-nightmarish. i'd love to play with a soundboard that had all the different EV manuf sounds on it.

dylan604 2y ago
Shortly after moving into my current place, I would randomly hear this hum that for the life of me I could not figure out what it was. I had even looked at maps to look for some sort of place nearby that might make sense. It wasn't a constant hum, and there was seemingly no schedule for it. A week ago, I just happened to be in my drive way instead of the fenced backyard when I heard the noise. It was my neighbor's EV <facepalm>
- rootusrootus 2y ago
  There was a short moment when I thought the future looked like no fumes and no noise (well, at least no engine noise; tires are quite loud at speed). And then the government decided that EVs should not be quieter than ICEVs, in fact they should be louder. And some of the hybrids on the roads (looking at you, Toyota) are the loudest of them all. Different strategies for different cars, though. My neighbor's Highlander hybrid is audible a couple blocks away as it comes into the neighborhood. Our old Bolt EV was not quite as loud, but still distinctive and never a surprise to anyone as it came down the street. My Model 3, however, makes a white noise sound going forward that you don't really notice aside from very low (single digit) speeds in a very quiet environment. But in reverse, it howls pretty loudly, and is probably louder than any of the hybrids.
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dekhn 2y ago
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWxrK_3LlEr9WsfOL8N41eA30Wr_Br2oM https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWxrK_3LlEr9WsfOL8N41... I absolutely love the reverse sound my Toyota RAV4 Prime (hybrid) makes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUT94MBt_Ao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUT94MBt_Ao To me, it sounds like the future. Sort of a hovering UFO. People's heads definitely turn when I back out of my driveway.
- ttul 2y ago
  When I first got a RAV-4 hybrid, I had no idea that this sound was being pumped out of a speaker. I thought it was an artifact of the electric motor. As it happens, companies spend a lot of time designing their unique electronic sound as a signature of the vehicle. My dog has learned to recognize the sound and he barks when the car is as much as 1km away.
  - xnx 2y ago
    Video coincidentally posted today that details some of the design requirements of these sounds: "What should an electric car sound like?" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnAGXvVNMB8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnAGXvVNMB8)
- repler 2y ago
  I think you’re the only one. I wouldn’t mind as much if the volume wasn’t 5 times louder in reverse than drive.
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- WheatMillington 2y ago
  That sounds horrible.
- scoot 2y ago
  Let me make sure I've got this right... According to the video, if the driver of a Toyota EV reverses through a "cross walk", and hits a pedestrian, it's the pedestrian's fault for not getting out of the way? And, in order to prove that it must be the pedestrian's fault for not noticing the vehicle reversing through said cross walk, the vehicle omits an obnoxious noise at high volume?
smitelli 2y ago
My main objection to the newer EV sounds is that they are tonal enough to be recognized as a musical chord, but not a pleasant one. It’s either vaguely minor like a horror movie score, or a downright dissonant mash of pure sines.
Tao3300 2y ago
> semi-nightmarish There's one I hear regularly that sounds like a choir of demons.
- spdustin 2y ago
  Is it the Honda hybrid sound? I owned two hybrid CR-Vs (loved those cars, but got into an accident one year ago today that totaled a three month-old CR-V hybrid and car prices went up so fast we had to downgrade). We always called it "Hell Choir". It makes for an amusing contrast to the horn, which sounds like a clown car. https://youtu.be/K_7Hd3M2qrc https://youtu.be/K_7Hd3M2qrc

dylan604 2y ago

Shortly after moving into my current place, I would randomly hear this hum that for the life of me I could not figure out what it was. I had even looked at maps to look for some sort of place nearby that might make sense. It wasn't a constant hum, and there was seemingly no schedule for it. A week ago, I just happened to be in my drive way instead of the fenced backyard when I heard the noise. It was my neighbor's EV <facepalm>

rootusrootus 2y ago
There was a short moment when I thought the future looked like no fumes and no noise (well, at least no engine noise; tires are quite loud at speed). And then the government decided that EVs should not be quieter than ICEVs, in fact they should be louder. And some of the hybrids on the roads (looking at you, Toyota) are the loudest of them all. Different strategies for different cars, though. My neighbor's Highlander hybrid is audible a couple blocks away as it comes into the neighborhood. Our old Bolt EV was not quite as loud, but still distinctive and never a surprise to anyone as it came down the street. My Model 3, however, makes a white noise sound going forward that you don't really notice aside from very low (single digit) speeds in a very quiet environment. But in reverse, it howls pretty loudly, and is probably louder than any of the hybrids.
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dekhn 2y ago

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWxrK_3LlEr9WsfOL8N41eA30Wr_Br2oM https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWxrK_3LlEr9WsfOL8N41... I absolutely love the reverse sound my Toyota RAV4 Prime (hybrid) makes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUT94MBt_Ao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUT94MBt_Ao To me, it sounds like the future. Sort of a hovering UFO. People's heads definitely turn when I back out of my driveway.

ttul 2y ago
When I first got a RAV-4 hybrid, I had no idea that this sound was being pumped out of a speaker. I thought it was an artifact of the electric motor. As it happens, companies spend a lot of time designing their unique electronic sound as a signature of the vehicle. My dog has learned to recognize the sound and he barks when the car is as much as 1km away.
- xnx 2y ago
  Video coincidentally posted today that details some of the design requirements of these sounds: "What should an electric car sound like?" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnAGXvVNMB8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnAGXvVNMB8)
repler 2y ago
I think you’re the only one. I wouldn’t mind as much if the volume wasn’t 5 times louder in reverse than drive.
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WheatMillington 2y ago
That sounds horrible.
scoot 2y ago
Let me make sure I've got this right... According to the video, if the driver of a Toyota EV reverses through a "cross walk", and hits a pedestrian, it's the pedestrian's fault for not getting out of the way? And, in order to prove that it must be the pedestrian's fault for not noticing the vehicle reversing through said cross walk, the vehicle omits an obnoxious noise at high volume?

smitelli 2y ago

My main objection to the newer EV sounds is that they are tonal enough to be recognized as a musical chord, but not a pleasant one. It’s either vaguely minor like a horror movie score, or a downright dissonant mash of pure sines.

Tao3300 2y ago

> semi-nightmarish There's one I hear regularly that sounds like a choir of demons.

spdustin 2y ago
Is it the Honda hybrid sound? I owned two hybrid CR-Vs (loved those cars, but got into an accident one year ago today that totaled a three month-old CR-V hybrid and car prices went up so fast we had to downgrade). We always called it "Hell Choir". It makes for an amusing contrast to the horn, which sounds like a clown car. https://youtu.be/K_7Hd3M2qrc https://youtu.be/K_7Hd3M2qrc