DID YOU KNOW
ELECTRIC CARS ’ SILENCE IS A PROBLEM .
DUE TO THE RISK OF INJURY IN URBAN AREAS — PARTICULARLY AT NON-HIGHWAY SPEEDS — CARS WERE GOING TO MAKE NOISE TO ALLOW PEDESTRIANS TO HEAR THEM .
WHILE REGULATORS HAVE BEEN BACK AND FORTH ON THESE REGULATIONS , WE EXPECT THAT EVs WILL NEED SOME FORM OF NOISE WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS , WHICH COULD BE TREACHEROUS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY-IMPAIRED .
WHILE COMPANIES ARE WORKING ON THIS , DRIVERS CAN ACTUALLY PROGRAMME SOUNDS INTO THEIR CARS : THE EV PLATFORM REMOVES LIMITATIONS ON THE TYPE OF NOISE A CAR MAKES .
“THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IS BEING REDEFINED BY A SOFTWARE-DRIVEN TRANSFORMATION ”
ALEXANDRE AUDOIN , HEAD OF GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE , CAPGEMINI
20 [ March 2023 ] EVMAGAZINE . COM