As Australia looks to the US and Europe on electric vehicle safety rules, carmakers are experimenting with sounds that will effectively warn pedestrians
Car manufacturers and designers have been thinking in different ways about the noises electric vehicles should make to warn pedestrians, especially those who are visually impaired.Car manufacturers and designers have been thinking in different ways about the noises electric vehicles should make to warn pedestrians, especially those who are visually impaired.Last modified on Wed 4 Jan 2023 21.
Australia is developing noise standards for electric cars that may follow similar rules set by the UN or US, industry experts say. But what exactly an electric car, and ultimately our cities, will sound like is under the creative control of carmakers. And each is doing something different.
But while carmakers say safety is the main objective of creating an EV noise, it’s also an opportunity to shed the confines of engine sounds and come up with a whole new sonic character. What each manufacturer thinks that sound should be varies wildly.Some are employing the most accomplished musical minds in the world to create it.
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