QOTD: Do You Want Fake Exhausts?
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Electric vehicles don't make exhaust noise. Some EVs will be performance cars. Performance cars with ICE powertrains often make very cool sounds.
For some, the lack of those sounds will be a problem
Dodge's solution with the Charger Daytona will have a simulated V8 exhaust note.
Do you think that's cool or lame?
I have mixed feelings about that -- it does sound kinda cool but also it seems unnecessary. And sometimes the relatively since of an EV is nice.
I am sure, at least, that drivers will have control over whether to turn this systems on or off.
What's kind of funny is that, at least in theory, one could make a city-car EV sound like a V8. Imagine a Fiat 500e sounding like a Hemi.
Do you want this feature on an EV?
Sound off below.
[Image: Dodge/Stellantis]
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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