Dave, Thanks. Did not know that. Maybe Tesla will add that in a future software update.
Barry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Davidson Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 2:44 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] silent EVs Barry, The Volt has such a horn. It just chirps instead of blasting and the driver activates it as needed. Dave On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Barry Oppenheim <[email protected] > wrote: > I used to think that the whole EV lack of noise thing was BS. But my > opinion has changed since getting a Tesla. As much as I hate to admit > it this is a real problem for some EV's. > > On my DIY EV it is not a problem because the sound of the DC motor is > easily heard. But the Tesla is whisper quiet at low speeds on asphalt > roads. > > I can tell you from personel experience that it is "creepy quiet". > Once I was standing in the driveway waiting for my wife to return > home. I turned to do something. A few seconds later I turned around > and almost jumped when I saw the car right next to me! > > On several occasions while driving through crowds my wife has > commented on the fact that the pedestrians are not even getting out of > the way. I told her it is because they don't hear us coming. > > I think a better choice for an EV noise would be to have a "pedestrian > horn". Just like the regular horn it would be operated as needed, not > on all of the time. The difference would be that the sound would > softer. Not as startling as a regular horn, but enough to make sure > the pedestrian hears you coming. > > Barry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Electric Blue auto convertions > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 11:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EVDL] silant EVs > > this is beyond dumb , just about all new cars are so quiet you cant > hear them, after they have mileage on them they get a bit noisy, maybe > they should put marbles in the hub caps to tell them a car is coming . > and why is there Braille on a drive up ATM ??? go figure that one out > .. My wifes car is 10 yesrs old and its very quiet, you only hear > tire/road noise when driving > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130702/3c4 > 24485 > /attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130702/59d37a92 /attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
