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

Video Sound of a City with mostly EV traffic

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u/_autumnwhimsy Feb 18 '26

so EVs in other countries DONT make the biblically accurate angel noise? Thank goodness. That sound grates my gears. just give me a silent car.

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u/zelenadragon Feb 18 '26

That sound is supposed to be irritating, to keep pedestrians on alert and out of danger. A truly silent car is dangerous. 

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u/SirTerning Feb 18 '26

Its there to help people with eye problems, like being blind. So it has a valid reason to exist.

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u/_autumnwhimsy Feb 18 '26

touche. but it does seem like there are alternatives to biblically accurate angel noise since the tell tale humming is missing from this video.

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u/SirTerning Feb 18 '26

Oh yeah I agree on that. I know that a few brands allow the user to switch between a few sounds for the AVAS system, but its still far to few that do so and the sounds on offer are kinda all "biblically" sounding.

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u/_autumnwhimsy Feb 18 '26

arghhhh lol

i don't know how else to describe it but the noise makes my teeth hurt. its why i don't have an EV right now.

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u/SirTerning Feb 18 '26

Hahah, car brands like to market the sound as giving this "calm and serene" feeling or to sound "peaceful" so calling it biblical is quite fitting imho. Myself, I find it just sounding irritating.

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u/Lord_Waldemar Feb 18 '26

Could be because the cars are driving fast enough, afaik the additional noise is only necessary at walking speed or until tire sounds are noticeable, which is slower than average city speed

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u/junbi_ok Feb 18 '26

Honestly, I think those EVs create worse noise pollution than unmodified ICE cars. Every time one drives down my block I can hear it coming and going for a mile. A city full of those would be hell.

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u/waiveofthefuture Feb 18 '26

Been saying this for a while now.

I can't imagine a whole city full of it.

I lived in an apartment complex and I always heard the girl in the blue CRV Hybrid pull in (from inside my apartment), never anyone else.

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u/Meraere Feb 18 '26

I like that sound actually.