EVs are getting fake engine sounds, because they’re so quiet it’s dangerous

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By hrichmondApr 8, 2014, 1:03 pm43 pts
Hybrids can be so quiet you can’t tell if they’re on. Which is bad news for cyclists and pedestrians — especially walkers who are visually impaired. So the European Parliament just decided that EVs and hybrids have to add fake “vroom vroom” noises so drivers quit sneaking up on people, goshdarnit.…

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