https://www.inverse.com/article/37383-elon-musk-tesla-car-sounds Elon Musk Suggests 4 Weird Tesla Car Sounds for Software Update October 13, 2017 Mike Brown
[videos flash] Elon Musk has some big ideas for how electric cars could sound. Not content with the prospect of one setting for all of them, the Tesla CEO proposed a number of tongue-in-cheek noises for his company’s vehicles in a Twitter post on Thursday. “Hey, you need a firmware on the Tesla that simulates sounds of petrol cars. And simulates the shifting and aspiration. #DoItPlease,” YouTuber Barnacules said to Musk on Twitter. “To be more inclusive, how about a ‘pick your tech level’ setting,” Musk said. “Could make the Tesla sound like horses (coconuts!), chariots, steam engines, gasoline cars, …” The rise of near-silent electric vehicles offers a fun opportunity to come up with some unique sounds for the roads of the future. It doesn’t even have to be a regular vehicle sound; you could use crackling fire, running water, or your favorite song ... The Tesla also provides an ideal opportunity to change the sounds during regular operation. Each vehicle comes with a computer equipped for over-the-air software updates, making changes like these a breeze. Cars shipping since October of last year include the Nvidia Drive PX 2 computer, which enables semi-autonomous driving through an array of sensors. Future updates will improve the autonomy, but Musk could also include a hidden “car noise” feature for those who want it. Other manufacturers have gone in the opposite direction. Lucid Motors is developing an electric vehicle designed for near-silence in the car’s interior, using Noise and Vibration Harmony to cancel out even the sounds of wheels in motion and wind rushing past. It won’t mask the sound for passersby, but at that stage, the ability to control the simulated sound of a car may seem rather pointless. [© inverse.com] [dated] http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Kill-EV-noise-regs-Automakers-want-Donald-to-remove-co-tly-NHTSA-safety-stds-tp4687143.html Kill EV noise-regs> Automakers want Donald to remove co$tly NHTSA safety stds ... that hybrid and electric vehicles emit a noise was mandated by Congress in 2010, and it’s not clear if lawmakers would have to approve any change to the rule. The vehicles are nearly silent at low speeds, and the NHTSA’s regulation sought to reduce accidents involving pedestrians, especially the blind... Jun 25 2017 ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/52M-yr-Quiet-Electrified-cars-alert-sound-rules-by-2019-09-tp4684467p4684490.html $52M/yr 'Quiet (Electrified) cars' alert-sound rules by 2019/09 Nov 15, 2016 ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Noisy-EV-campaign-gets-backing-from-the-blind-video-tp4663983.html EVLN: 'Noisy EV' campaign gets backing from the blind (video) Jul 02, 2013 ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Buyers-snub-Gov-noise-law-sputters-amid-policy-quagmire-tp4658973.html EVLN: Buyers snub Gov noise law: sputters amid policy quagmire Oct 28, 2012 ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVs-pihs-hevs-Now-Louder-With-More-Noise-tp3743296.html EVs/pihs/hevs: Now Louder, With More Noise! Aug 14, 2011 ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-EVs-making-ice-noise-Silence-is-far-from-golden-tp3814611.html EVLN: EVs making ice noise: Silence is far from golden Sep 14, 2011 ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVs-pihs-hevs-Now-Louder-With-More-Noise-tp3743296.html EVs/pihs/hevs: Now Louder, With More Noise! Aug 14, 2011 ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Vroom-Vroom-Silent-EVs-are-changed-into-noise-polluters-tp3540319.html Vroom-Vroom: Silent EVs are changed into noise polluters May 21, 2011 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
