• Diplomjodler
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    23 hours ago

    This is mainly relevant in parking spaces. My car is basically completely silent when I’m going below 20 kph or so.

    • [deleted]@piefed.world
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      16 hours ago

      Some of the electric cars have artificial noise that is far, far louder than any combustion engine. There is one that sounds like a spaceship hum from the movies that I can hear in my apartment despite not reallly hearing any ICE engines other than delivery trucks.

      Whoever designed that one went overboard.

    • AskewLord@piefed.social
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      21 hours ago

      they aren’t though… all i can hear when they are on is the loud whirrring of the electronic motors. i like of hate it tbh, regular cars aren’t as loud to me.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        21 hours ago

        The whirring is from a speaker. The electric motors are insanely quiet. On cars that don’t pretend to have sounds through a speaker, you’re basically just hearing the tires on the floor and the HVAC fans.