Electric cars too quiet? Automakers add sound to their cabins - USA TODAY

Electric cars can be so quiet approaching pedestrians and bicyclists that regulations require they have external sound as a warning, creating yet another opportunity for automakers to find just ... Read More

Electric vehicles can keep quiet for a little while longer

Once the new rules are completed, automakers will have 18 months to make hybrid or full-electric vehicles comply. For most, this means installing a small, waterproof speaker somewhere on the car. Read More

EU rules making electric vehicles noisier take effect - CNN

As of Monday, all new models of electric and hybrid vehicles developed and sold in the European Union must come equipped with an acoustic sound system. Vehicles will have to produce a sound when ... Read More

Pump Up The Sound, Regulators Tell Makers Of Electric, Hybrid Cars

The U.S. government has finalized rules requiring so-called "quiet cars" to make alert beeps when traveling at low speeds. Officials hope pedestrians will be safer if they can hear vehicles coming. Read More

Quietest Cars: Do Electric Cars Make Any Sound? - Treehugger

Electric vehicles (EVs) are famously quiet. Unlike traditional combustion engines, electric motors don't require mechanical valves, gears, or fans. While idling, an EV motor hums quietly. When ... Read More

What will electric cars sound like now audible warnings are mandatory ...

Home; Tech; in depth What will electric cars sound like now audible warnings are mandatory? New EU law aims to ease concerns that quiet EVs put pedestrians at risk ... Read More

NHTSA 'quiet car' rules to require electric cars to make ... - Fox News

NHTSA 'quiet car' rules to require electric cars to make noise by 2020 By Gary Gastelu , Fox News Published February 27, 2018 8:14am EST | Updated February 27, 2018 9:04am EST ... Read More

The Silent But Deadly Solution: Electric Vehicles Need To Make ... - Forbes

Tesla vehicles on display at a Tesla store in Palo Alto, California. In 2010, a strange (and some might say ironic) problem began to crop up with some new cars: They were becoming too quiet ... Read More

Why Quiet Cars Are Getting Louder - The New York Times

From September 2020, the United States will require all fully electric vehicles and hybrids operating in electric-only mode to make a sound at speeds below 18.6 m.p.h. Read More

On the politics of electric vehicles, Trump says the quiet part loud - MSN

Last fall, for example, Trump told an audience that people who own electric cars become “somewhat schizophrenic“ because they can only drive their cars for 10 minutes. Around the same time, he ... Read More