> Sound waves are captured from electro-mechanical vibration in the axles that are equalised, amplified and delivered alongside visual feedback to inform the driver

In other words, they made an EV do wroom-wroom?

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rdtsc 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I can’t decide if that’s dumber than generating a fake sound or not. Kinda think it is, just because it’s more things to break and needing fixing. Also “a cricket crawled in there so now my half a million dollar Ferrari sounds like a cricket” would be a funny possibility I think.

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hoytschermerhrn 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Isn’t this quite literally how a microphone works?

	▲	notatoad 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yes, but it still seems like a cool choice worth talking about. They could have made a totally fake engine noise, instead they mic’d up the axles.
	▲	vachina 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I love Ferraris trying to sound like Yutong buses.

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lifestyleguru 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't understand why electric cars cannot simply stay silent, except maybe some pedestrian warning ambient noise. Are the operating noises of the electric car somehow repulsive?