What are your thoughts on electric cars?

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Re: What are your thoughts on electric cars?

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potownrob wrote:no soundaktors for those ebikes?? :lol:
I hear they sell quite a few to deaf riders.
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Re: What are your thoughts on electric cars?

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NHTSA FINALIZES EV SOUND RULES
Anyone who’s been in an electric vehicle knows they are very quiet, especially at low-speeds. That’s why several years ago, it was proposed EVs must make some sort of sound at low speeds, so pedestrians and the blind can hear them in parking lots or at crosswalks. And yesterday NHTSA finally finalized those rules. By September of 2019, all hybrid and electric cars must emit some sort of noise when travelling in forward or reverse at speeds up to 19 MPH. The rules only apply to electrified vehicles with four wheels that weigh 10,000 pounds or less. Once all EVs are equipped with the system, NHTSA estimates that 2,400 pedestrian injuries will be avoided every year.
NHTSA says electric vehicles, hybrids must be loud enough for blind to hear
O'reilly? I aways thought that blind people could hear as well as people that weren't blind, so why not just say "Yada-yada decibels at yada-yada distance from the vehicle in the frequency range from yada to yada Hertz". Hanna-Barbera got it right years ago.

http://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2 ... /93800998/
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