Are EVs without sounds/symphonies (from chips) truly the future?

There are a lot of sounds in an EV, I think soon we are going to see more interesting sounds coming from more interesting parts

Humans are analog beings so we'll figure out a way to romanticize everything

 

EVs have sound, just different. Throw in artificial and you can have any sound you like.

I know, but I once thought Diet Coke and Esports wouldn’t go anywhere either.

Quite frankly, 95% of folks roll their eyes when folks 'rev' an ICE in the city. Some rare exceptions and contexts, perhaps South Beach at midnight or the Vegas Strip. The freeway is another place where I've found ICE has no equal.

Ask yourself if what I say is not true?

A Tron/Star Trek sound I've found actually is what garners the 'oohhs' to that same 95% cohort - everywhere. I've seen it countless times. It simply doesn't offend and draws appreciation instead of consternation.

Most of the world has long moved on to being impressed by Mad Max, they now prefer Dune.

To an ICE enthusiast, rejoice - more for us. I never got mad when music went digital, nobody seized or made my vinyl or tube amps illegal. Apple Watch doesn't prevent me from buying a Richard Mille.

If it really bugs you, today's world has many options for a resto-resto-mod. Throw an elephant crate into a Model S if that's your thing.

 

EVs are not coming, as they have already been around for some time. Research shows one is 5 times more likely to buy one after driving one. From my experience a Tesla can make any sound you want and even omit fart sounds from the horn or interior seats! A feature you will never find in a Mercedes. Tesla makes some sound at low speeds to warn pedestrians and such, but the active noise cancelling as well as active road noise canceling are the latest features coming thru the air updates as we speak. That leads me to believe they are going to be void of sound by design.

 

It's not the future. At best it's a PC stop gap.

 

These EV cars like the Tesla Model X we had in the other day. When you put the car in reverse it made that old "war of the world's" UFO sound from the 50's. Brought a smile to my face.

Got into one to bring it in..and the car farted when I sat in the seat..that was pretty funny too. There are so many thing that can be done with these things.

I'll bet even a synthetic engine sound could be made to appease the driver, but be completely silent on the outside. Rev all you want..upshift down shift etc..get all the noise and effect without makeing yourself look like a butt head to everybody else. It can be done..and it will be done.

Can you imagine being able to select the sound you wanted that day? Ferrari v12 F1 car, muscle car, jet..what ever. And it would be so good you wouldn't even mind. They do it in the movies all the time..

Give it a chance folks. They will make it work.

 

I’d rather have it be silent.

Fake is fake.

 

I have been using macs for more than a decade now???

 

Doubt it..if given the choice between having engine sounds or never hearing it again while you drive..I'm betting you would pick engine sounds.

 

I actually love the relative silence of my Taycan. It’s amazing, but then again I have 2 6.0l V-12’s that make up for the silence.

 

I honestly wouldn’t.

I would just enjoy the EV for what it is. IMO the artificial sound is like wearing a fake Rolex or getting calf implants instead of working out. It’s a personal thing.

Of course that’s after they pry my ICE engine from my cold dead hands! Unless they outlaw my cars I’m driving them or I’ll get a vintage Ducati and bomb around at night like an outlaw.

 

The government works for you, not the other way 'round, vote!

 

Not really..

 

Do electrical/battery fires crackle and pop like the cozy ones we made camping?

LOL

 

They may ban the sale of new ICE cars, but they are not going to order people to permanently park their existing ones. There are over 250 million ICE cars in the U.S., many of them close to new, and they will continue to be used until they turn to dust. The government may tax gasoline to the sky in order to encourage most people to switch to EVs, but they aren't going to outlaw the use of ICE cars as of a date certain. It will be a gradual transition away from them, and I will drive them until I turn to dust too.

 

USA, not Canada...sorry

 

I wouldn't know usually the toxic fumes get me high enough

 

By law all EV's should be made to sound like this...........

 

LMAO - That made my morning.

 

My experience was 'oh, I see how people would like this, but feels like a golf cart.' so I was less likely to buy one even tho I understand why the average person likes them