After the dodge charger electric fake V8 engine noise, Ferrari is following
I guess that people who buy these cars have a need for emotive support and very poor self esteem, and need to bother everyone else when there is absolutely no need for it.
Fuck cars
Car noise is generally from tyre, not the engine. Generally. If you ever have a chance to stand beside a highway where car usually zoom by at 100kmph++, you will hear mostly the tyre sound and rarely the sound of engine nor the exhaust. ICE car these day are so well-tuned to make less noise from the engine and exhaust, but they can’t control what tyre the owner put on.
The only thing electric car solved is eliminating tailpipe pollution, the rest is still there. There’s also danger on how quiet the car are in low speed, so whirling sound might needed to prevent pedestrians harm. It’s better than nothing though, but it’s still way worst than public transport or bicycle.
Thats true when the cars are driving fast, but don’t forget that much of the time cars are driving slower through the city than most bicyclists.
Yup, the “roar that matters” is the one people can hear when you quickly approach the speed limit in the city.
I think it depend on which part of the world that city is in, car is usually driving 60 - 80kmph in the city where i from. Tyre noise is only negligible when it’s below something like 40kmph, and most city in the world is badly designed. It’s only in the residential area where speed limit is under 40kmph and with speed bump to slow down car.
Now I’m curious, in which parts of the world is the usual city speed 60-80 kmph? In the united states, most citys have a speed limit of 25 mph (40kmph), while in Europe, 50 kmph seems more common.
Malaysia. In the capital, raised highway cut through city, street with 60kmph limit is common throughout the city(national speed limit), stroad like these is common sight in the heart of the capital, road like these goes right beside a residential area(which technically have 30kmph limit, but the noise come from that road instead of the street in front of the house).
And that’s for capital city/state with good-ish public transport. The rest of the country is car/motorcycle dependent, meaning terrible bus schedule, no train/tram, and little to no bicycle path, it’s worst. Not to mention a lot of motorcyclist here is a different breed of asshole, they even have a subculture for themselves, called Mat Rempit.
Sounds like you dont live in a city lol
I live in a city. Opposite a school in fact. I can hear the ICE cars every day. I can’t say the same about electric cars. I’m sure there’s some equivalency somewhere, but it doesn’t apply to my real world experience.
The same with riding in ICE versus electric taxis. My mum has a broken back and can feel the engine vibrations and the noise is annoying. That doesn’t apply to electric taxis.
Yeah, I don’t think it’s completely quiet and it also adds up.
I love the combination of auto stop/start, hybrids and electrics in the city. No idea what the real environmental impact is but the silence at traffic lights is amazing.
I do agree on the riding, while there’s load of insulation to prevent noise and vibration, it all has to depend on the owner to take care of it, and it’s inevitable some car is noisier and shakier inside than the other, especially at higher speed.
I live in an urban area, there are countless morons in motorbikes or cars that are loud as hell and makes my windows tremble. So I’d say the engine and exhaust pipes are the culripts at least in cities.
The motorbikes and scooters are the worst for noise pollution. I can’t wait until they’re all replaced by electric versions.
Yes, the random dude at 2.30am passing by and waking up the entire street.
I work at a place facing a 4 lane road with 80kmph speed limit, while moped and asshole with modded tailpipe did what they do best by generating a tons of noise, all car that zip by with speed passed 60kmph generating tyre noise greater than what their engine and tailpipe do.
Maybe this isn’t an issue for city with 40kmph speed limit road, but there’s more badly designed car centric city than those good one.
I’d wager people care more about noise at low speed than they do about high as the majority of people live and work near slow speed roads now high…
Good for them, i’m just stating fact, as OP said it’s just motor whirling at high speed so i’m talking about that specific case.
I always found the whirling noise surprising. One can clearly hear the wheels which are as loud as the speaker.
And if you’re deaf neither will help.