Are You Able to Cope with Electric Cars?

[Mini-itx]

Just throwing a question here. Combustion engines will go the way of the dinosaur one day. It seems that electric powered cars (probably electric motors) is the way to go for the future.

 

Once that happens, the exhaust noise that some people love will be gone as well.... You will no longer hear the engine noise and exhaust boom booomm booomm...... Its going to be extremely quiet when car is idle (not even idling cause motor will not run at all). When you step on the throttle, you feel the surge of power but you hear nothing. Maybe just a soft high pitch whine from the motor.

 

The big question is..... Are you able to cope and get used to such quiet cars?

[Kangadrool]

I think in Japan, they mandate it that these electric cars must blast out some artificial sound.

[Zyrofillica]

wont miss the sound of bread and butter models. only gripe is if even the super bikes and supercars turn to superelectrics, then i will be very sad.

[Fortunaz]

  On 5/26/2010 at 6:30 AM, Kangadrool said:

I think in Japan, they mandate it that these electric cars must blast out some artificial sound.

 

A electric and a "fake" V10 sound would be sweet!

[Osiris]

  On 5/26/2010 at 6:27 AM, Mini-itx said:

Just throwing a question here. Combustion engines will go the way of the dinosaur one day. It seems that electric powered cars (probably electric motors) is the way to go for the future.

 

Once that happens, the exhaust noise that some people love will be gone as well.... You will no longer hear the engine noise and exhaust boom booomm booomm...... Its going to be extremely quiet when car is idle (not even idling cause motor will not run at all). When you step on the throttle, you feel the surge of power but you hear nothing. Maybe just a soft high pitch whine from the motor.

 

The big question is..... Are you able to cope and get used to such quiet cars?

maybe for sportier models, they will incorporate fake exhaust noise, BOV, etc etc.

 

or sell this fake noise as an upgrade package for b&b cars.

[Kangadrool]

I think they (the manufacturers and government agency) have yet to agree on what standardized sound though.

 

Maybe, dong dong dong sound like beh chia.

 

Models exported to Singapore will be have "siao arrh siao arrh, siam siam siam".

Edited May 26, 2010 by Kangadrool

[Mini-itx]

  On 5/26/2010 at 6:32 AM, Zyrofillica said:

wont miss the sound of bread and butter models. only gripe is if even the super bikes and supercars turn to superelectrics, then i will be very sad.

 

I believe bikes and supercars will go electric one fine day. I would say its only a matter of when.

 

May not be within our lifetimes but I believe it will happen. Oil won't last forever thus sooner or later we will need alternate fuel/power sources.

[Mini-itx]

  On 5/26/2010 at 6:38 AM, Kangadrool said:

I think they (the manufacturers and government agency) have yet to agree on what standardized sound though.

 

Maybe, dong dong dong sound like beh chia.

 

Models exported to Singapore will be have "siao arrh siao arrh, siam siam siam".

 

Or may sio arh! sio arh!! siam saim! Like what uncles in coffeeshop like to say.

[Joseph22]

  On 5/26/2010 at 6:27 AM, Mini-itx said:

Just throwing a question here. Combustion engines will go the way of the dinosaur one day. It seems that electric powered cars (probably electric motors) is the way to go for the future.

 

Once that happens, the exhaust noise that some people love will be gone as well.... You will no longer hear the engine noise and exhaust boom booomm booomm...... Its going to be extremely quiet when car is idle (not even idling cause motor will not run at all). When you step on the throttle, you feel the surge of power but you hear nothing. Maybe just a soft high pitch whine from the motor.

 

The big question is..... Are you able to cope and get used to such quiet cars?

 

If anyone got this problem, just record the sound in a conventional Sports car now. next time just play it as you drive

[Wuga98]

too expensive

[Thedream]

electric? how about hydrogen?

 

 

[Vlad1973]

i am all for quiet cars. maybe coz i'm not a petrol-head and i value comfort in the car.