All electric cars will need to emit a sound at up to 19 mph to protect pedestrians starting in 2019 - Polidicks

[QUOTE] The sound emitting device will need to be in all new electric and hybrid cars manufactured starting in September 2019. ... “Under the new rule, all hybrid and electric light vehicles with four wheels and a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less will be required to make audible noise when traveling in reverse or forward at speeds up to 30 kilometers per hour (about 19 miles per hour). At higher speeds, the sound alert is not required because other factors, such as tire and wind noise, provide adequate audible warning to pedestrians.” [/QUOTE] [url]https://electrek.co/2016/11/14/all-electric-cars-emit-sound-pedestrian/[/url]

I hope you can have customisable voice banks

cant wait to get custom car sounds so a electric car can pass me at 250mph screaming the chicken dance song while cops pursue it

This is going to make electric cars less appealing, unless someone figures out how to make it sound like a gasoline engine.

[QUOTE=IliekBoxes;51371198]This is going to make electric cars less appealing, unless someone figures out how to make it sound like a gasoline engine.[/QUOTE] BMW are pretty good at fake engine sounds. Realistically though most manufacturers will just have directional speakers to avoid the sound entering the cabin.

[QUOTE=IliekBoxes;51371198]This is going to make electric cars less appealing, unless someone figures out how to make it sound like a gasoline engine.[/QUOTE] Ford won't have any trouble then.

There goes my dream of quiet streets in the future. The article doesn't state how much noise modern cars make when going below 30kph and how much noise will these EV have to make.

[QUOTE=IliekBoxes;51371198]This is going to make electric cars less appealing, unless someone figures out how to make it sound like a gasoline engine.[/QUOTE] They're already stuffed full of sound insulation in order to limit wind, road and electric motor noise from the cabin. In fact, many of the cheaper EV's are recommended by the manufacturer to be fitted with the most quiet tyres available because the lack of sound from a internal combustion engine makes all the other noises much more annoying. [QUOTE=AntonioR;51371216]There goes my dream of quiet streets in the future.[/QUOTE] Because fuck blind and vision impaired people, right?

Cant wait to customize mine with a looping 'loudest nigra'.

[QUOTE=AntonioR;51371216]There goes my dream of quiet streets in the future. The article doesn't state how much noise modern cars make when going below 30kph and how much noise will these EV have to make.[/QUOTE] Latter part is pretty important. It'll have to be loud enough for the blind to hear them, and they'll probably experiment to figure out the right volume Honestly streets already are pretty quiet except for a few douches

Mine will be me saying "nyoom"

The Fisker Karma already does this doesn't it?

[Media]https://youtu.be/ydxIeO-2C2M[/media]

[QUOTE=Van-man;51371217]Because fuck blind and vision impaired people, right?[/QUOTE] I don't have weird dreams like that.

make it play this [video]https://youtu.be/8K3bBqKRaGA?t=137[/video] (2:17)

Que the Goku power up/ racecar noises.

There's hope for all those fake blow-off valves on ebay yet then.

Chocobo theme car when?

Here's the Leaf's version of it: [video=youtube;ihoXaHqpbpg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihoXaHqpbpg[/video]

I can finally have a car that sounds like a pod racer.

[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;51371227]Cant wait to customize mine with a looping 'loudest nigra'.[/QUOTE] I was thinking of something more along the lines of the 2002 Ludacris classic "Move Bitch". Not only would it be worth a giggle, but it'd deliver a message appropriate for a car going close to 20mph. ...speaking of which, I can't get that damn "hit me at 30" ad out of my head now. No good reason why, just that public message and the little girl's voice, somehow its dug its way out of the deep vault after all these years. British telly watchers of a certain age will probably know what I'm talking about.

[QUOTE=IliekBoxes;51371198]This is going to make electric cars less appealing, unless someone figures out how to make it sound like a gasoline engine.[/QUOTE] you make it sound like adding vroom noises will be hard or largely ignored as an option I'm liking the idea of being able to select different profiles from a sound bank. Nobody's going to make an obnoxious souped up window rattling machine but I have no doubt we'll have some decent profiles that sound like various types of auto engines at-speed [QUOTE=Wii60;51371185]cant wait to get custom car sounds so a electric car can pass me at 250mph screaming the chicken dance song while cops pursue it[/QUOTE] I was thinking about this [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrbaPi5J0Eg[/media]

[QUOTE=Morgen;51371259]Here's the Leaf's version of it:[/QUOTE] My god that audio compression, I can't hardly tell what it is supposed to sound like...

I'm gonna buy a Tesla and fucking ruin it by painting it bright yellow with purple rims and purple polka dots, put the camber at like 75°, and have the Benny hill theme playing whenever im moving except it gets faster the faster I'm moving

The future is here [video=youtube;QdWswvLPdE0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdWswvLPdE0[/video]

[QUOTE=Socram;51371288]My god that audio compression, I can't hardly tell what it is supposed to sound like...[/QUOTE] Imagine what a generic car from the utopian future would sound like.

reminds me of this [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n17B_uFF4cA[/media]

-Damn, late by a few seconds- This is good news to be honest, hopefully the sounds used aren't too obnoxious.

I can see it now, someone's gonna make one going "MOVE IT ASSHOLES!"

Tom's scream from Tom and Jerry? [video=youtube;EAcNqFTxQPg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAcNqFTxQPg[/video]