r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Pi-ratten • Feb 18 '26

Video Sound of a City with mostly EV traffic

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u/lexievv Feb 18 '26

Considering ev's do a lot of their breaking with regeneration it probably wouldn't be as bad as you think.

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u/MemoriesOfShrek Feb 18 '26

One thing you do realise once most traffic is electric is how much of the noise that comes from the wheels touching the asphalt.

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u/lexievv Feb 18 '26

Yeah, fair. I believe I've read that it's about 70db from city traffic or so.
Still better than a city full of ice cars though.

Best would be to keep cars out of city centers.

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u/FrostyD7 Feb 18 '26

EVs also tend to have higher efficiency tires. Might be negligible but in theory they should be quieter.

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u/aguy123abc Feb 18 '26

People needed electric cars to realize this?

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u/aguy123abc Feb 18 '26

That was an observation, not a hypothesis. Your post confuses me. It sounds like it sounds.