I recently read a story that soon electric cars should include some kind of simulated engine noise to warn pedestrians of their presence.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48815968
Put some baseball cards in the spokes of the wheels!
Think it was on the CBC comedy Royal Canadian Air Farce, where they had propellers on early jets so pilots would believe they’d fly.
I have actually heard right wingers say this, that it’s not a real car if it doesn’t make big, manly noises.
The non-relationship version of the adage “Men are Dogs.”
Oy!
They should sound like an electric weed whacker.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/americas-best-selling-cars-and-trucks-are-built-on-lies-the-rise-of-fake-engine-noise/2015/01/21/6db09a10-a0ba-11e4-b146-577832eafcb4_story.html
Tech innovations made engines become more efficient and quiet, but Americans love to feel and hear the horsepower. Solved.
Chapstick?
Just stop greasing that squeaky wheel.
Actually I had a tow truck driver tell me that he tows at least one electric Tesla car per day from the airport because the current runs constantly and the battery dies stranding the driver at the airport.
Because cars that make a lot of noise is a good thing? That’s why you have to put a muffler on your car, to contain all the awesome.
Wulff & Morgenthaler
juncarlo over 5 years ago
I recently read a story that soon electric cars should include some kind of simulated engine noise to warn pedestrians of their presence.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48815968
enigmamz over 5 years ago
Put some baseball cards in the spokes of the wheels!
syzygy47 over 5 years ago
Think it was on the CBC comedy Royal Canadian Air Farce, where they had propellers on early jets so pilots would believe they’d fly.
basilisk over 5 years ago
I have actually heard right wingers say this, that it’s not a real car if it doesn’t make big, manly noises.
jel354 over 5 years ago
The non-relationship version of the adage “Men are Dogs.”
Zebrastripes over 5 years ago
Oy!
PoodleGroomer over 5 years ago
They should sound like an electric weed whacker.
coffeeturtle over 5 years ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/americas-best-selling-cars-and-trucks-are-built-on-lies-the-rise-of-fake-engine-noise/2015/01/21/6db09a10-a0ba-11e4-b146-577832eafcb4_story.html
Tech innovations made engines become more efficient and quiet, but Americans love to feel and hear the horsepower. Solved.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 5 years ago
Chapstick?
mr_sherman Premium Member over 5 years ago
Just stop greasing that squeaky wheel.
nbwddd over 5 years ago
Actually I had a tow truck driver tell me that he tows at least one electric Tesla car per day from the airport because the current runs constantly and the battery dies stranding the driver at the airport.
Daeder over 5 years ago
Because cars that make a lot of noise is a good thing? That’s why you have to put a muffler on your car, to contain all the awesome.