• cynar@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    A lot of places have a minimum noise value for cars. It helps the blind particularly. Also, a lot of people REALLY don’t like things to be bothered powerful and silent. A company invented a quiet, but powerful vacuum cleaner. It flopped. People felt like it wasn’t working.

    The UFO noise seems to have become the default fix for EVs. I’m just glad that no one has jailbroken them to put custom ringtones on them. E.g. crazy frog would be horrifying.

    • SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip
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      9 hours ago

      Thanks, I do know why EVs make the noise; it’s still disruptive and stressful to people living on the street. But I guess that’s to be expected; cars ruin cities.