Electric cars were supposed to be less noisy than internal combustion engines. In fact, they are so quiet that manufacturers have to add “pedestrian warning sounds” to make sure pedestrians can hear cars and make way for them. However I can hear them when sitting in my apartment with the windows open. Or when I’m just walking around in the city. In the end, I find some of them more noisy and annoying than internal combustion engines when they are moving at low speed.
So far the most noisy electric cars to me are Hyundai and Chevrolet.
I know they are just complying with safety regulations in their own way. After all, people can’t drive a two ton lethal silent vehicle at speed in compact and dense urban environments without at least making some sort of alien spaceship noise, for safety. But it’s making some electric cars annoying to me. So in the not so distant future, living in a city will sound like this?!
So, aside from those two, what are the other brands that are making their electric cars more noisy and annoying than cars with internal combustion engines?
Any ones of them going fast.
This is the truth. It isn’t the fake scifi noises you should be annoyed with, any car going faster than 30-50km/h will sound exactly the same due to road noise from the tires.
“which electric cars are the noisiest”
“All cars are noisy if they’re going fast enough”
Lol ok, but not what we’re talking about.
Lemmy threads are full of people with opinions on automotive technology who are clueless.
It’s also incorrect, do they think that the engine just makes zero noise at higher rpms? And that electric vehicles using low resistance tires also has zero effect?
Above about 30 km/h you don’t hear the engines from traffic, but just the general “woosh” traffic noise. EV or ICE doesn’t matter much in that regard. Exception being obnoxiously loudly ‘tuned’ engines, but those should just consequently be confiscated imo, especially if driven at night, while that is on purpose disturbing thousands of people’s rest, it’s sociopath behaviour
That is wrong. EV tires are different to reduce noise, EVs have lower air drag, also to reduce noise. The phenomenon engineers have addressed is called tire roar, it is minimal in EVs because of tread design and an inner foam liner.
I’m confused, are we on the same side or not? Cars are cars, just because they have a battery doesn’t make them any better for us. A Toyota RAV4 makes the same amount of road noise as a Hyundai Ioniq 9
That’s wrong. Several people have blurted this and it’s wrong.
EVs have different tires, they have less rolling resistance and a foam liner to absorb sound, because otherwise all the driver would hear is tire noise.
https://www.michelinman.com/auto/auto-tips-and-advice/electric-mobility-guide/quiet-and-comfortable
EVs also have lower air drag, which makes less noise.
By far, the most noise on roadways is from chunky tread brodozers and 18 wheelers.
Yes but I’m not living near an expressway (anymore). Most people also don’t. AFAIK most people living in an urban environment will be near a low speed street. So as mentioned, I’m in my apartment with the windows open and can now hear the the noises of electric cars’ pedestrian warning systems when they pass in front. Or I’m walking along a slow street to go to the grocery and of all the cars on that street, only the electric one can be heard. Even when I have my headphones on.
Sure, electric cars are as noisy as cars with internal combustion engines at high speed. But what I’m specifically concerned about is how much more noisy those things make in an urban environment when at low speed.
Electric car advocates are often saying those are much quieter than cars with internal combustion engines, and that it’s a positive. That electric cars will make our urban environments much more relaxed and quiet. However, because of all those pedestrian warning systems making different types of noises at different volumes and frequencies, they often end up noisier than cars burning gas.