j_alexander_stanley wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote: > >> There's another question I have...and this applies to the Prius >> as well: is it correct to say that with electric motors, there is >> practically no sound when it is accelerating or going at a >> constant speed? >> > > Yep. The Tesla taking off slowly out of the parking lot sounds not at all > unlike that Prius backing out of a parking space right in front of > Revelations Bookstore in FF the other day. They're both basically silent > (until, of course, the gas engine fires up in the Prius). As far as I could > tell, the only things making significant noise in the Tesla are the fans and > electrically driven air conditioning compressor up front that are also used > to actively chill the battery pack's circulating liquid coolant.
Blind folks are complaining about the electric cars because of their silence. Wouldn't be surprised if manufacturers add some kind of sound when the car is running. Audio file of a motor running maybe? :-D
