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> Sound waves are captured from electro-mechanical vibration in the axles that are equalised, amplified and delivered alongside visual feedback to inform the dr
by oytis 5mo ago
> Sound waves are captured from electro-mechanical vibration in the axles that are equalised, amplified and delivered alongside visual feedback to inform the driver
In other words, they made an EV do wroom-wroom?
- hoytschermerhrn 5mo agoIsn’t this quite literally how a microphone works?
- vachina 5mo agoI love Ferraris trying to sound like Yutong buses.
- notatoad 5mo agoYes, but it still seems like a cool choice worth talking about. They could have made a totally fake engine noise, instead they mic’d up the axles.
- oytis 5mo agoOr, like, keep it silent as it is? Imagine iPhone converting signals an data lines to sound to imitate dial-up modem noises
- notatoad 5mo agomost jurisdictions mandate some minimum noise level for pedestrian safety, and cars have to implement artificial noise at low speeds to meet that requirement. (above a fairly slow speed, the tire noise is more than loud enough)
- oytis 5mo agoThat's a reasonable requirement, but it clearly says the noise is for the driver, not pedestrians
- rdtsc 5mo agoI can’t decide if that’s dumber than generating a fake sound or not. Kinda think it is, just because it’s more things to break and needing fixing. Also “a cricket crawled in there so now my half a million dollar Ferrari sounds like a cricket” would be a funny possibility I think.
- lifestyleguru 5mo agoI don't understand why electric cars cannot simply stay silent, except maybe some pedestrian warning ambient noise. Are the operating noises of the electric car somehow repulsive?
- rubzah 5mo agoThe Mustang Mach-E makes a fake engine sound: https://www.drive.com.au/news/ford-mustang-mach-e-v8-exhaust-speaker/ https://www.drive.com.au/news/ford-mustang-mach-e-v8-exhaust...