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Originally Posted by Vossy
All electric vehicles should be fitted with a beeper that is audible at 20 metres away when traveling at less than 30mph, I have nearly been run over twice by the things, look, listen and look again and there it is ...
Better still a V8 sound that emits from a huge speaker on the roof
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I think the EU are planning to implement a law that means all electric cars will need to have a speaker installed so pedestrians can hear them, as right now they are almost silent and only emit a high-pitched hum.
As for the fake V8 sound, that's already a feature in quite a lot of modern cars today. Notably the BMW i8 - despite the fact it only has a turbocharged 3 cylinder engine, the speakers make it sound more like it has a V8 under the bonnet... Apparently, the new golf GTi does the same thing.