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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Yeah but petrol cars go brum brum

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (5 children)

There is that! I've been thinking of marketing exterior sound systems, that go Brum BRum, for EVs. Do you think it would help?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I believe I recall reading about one EV brand that was going to let customers 'design their signature sound' or something along those lines.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

This was originally allowed in the USA, but NHTSA banned it: https://www.teslarati.com/nhtsa-wont-allow-evs-to-have-unlimited-or-custom-pedestrian-alert-sounds/. Otter countries might still allow it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Otter countries are famously permissive.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I hear they even allow hand holding in public.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not even going to fix that typo. We need more otter countries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

It's the very definition of a happy accident.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can see it making sense. If you're blind and you hear the sound of a waterfall approaching you, you're not going to immediately think "that's a car."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

LoL, the best comment!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

League of Legends?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The BMW i8 has exactly this, a large subwoofer in the rear to make it sound like a heavy engine, even though it's electric.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I have a large subwoofer in the rear so I can make my rearview mirror shake listening to clipping.

Also the same beginning of my sentence but a sexual furry joke

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Absolutely fucking not. Wanna fake some orgasms with AI while you're at it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Check out Texas’ Slab culture for some heady exterior audio hahaha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

brum brum

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Funny, that's why I picked EV as a family car. I could turn on the AC and let my daughter and my dog sleep without any brum brum.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I have a proposed solution to this ....

Straight cut gears