[JohnK]

Wow, Lyle! That makes the Volt dancers look good! I was beginning to think the Brrp, brrp sound was kind of lame (have not heard a sound track yet), but that should be much better than the sounds of the Leaf!

 

[RRRB]

I guess I have to scratch Leaf and get my $99 back.
There is just no way I can live with those sounds, much less my neighbors.

 

[neutron]

Get me the wire cutters or a way to have mud get splashed in the speaker or ......


In short that sound is ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!


Can I substitute a big v-8 rumble or a Harley sound.


I say get these cars with this "sound" in front of a bunch of congressman and other decision makers and have them explain how "good" this will be for anyone on the street???

And in slow traffic WOW what a good time all of us will have!

 

[Zachary_Taylor]

Actually, synthetic jet-like sounds are preferable to

"BEEEP ... BEEEP ... BEEEP ... BEEEP ..."

However, I would prefer that any EV sound be emitted more directionally -- towards the likely location of pedestrians rather than the 360 degrees apparent in the videos.

 

[Starcast]

"Combined with early test reports out of Japan indicating LEAF ranges of as low as 47 miles in some tough driving conditions"


LOL 47 miles? Are you kidding me forget it. 47 miles is not going to cut it under any conditions. And that's when the batt is new. I can see it now 5 years later you can't make it out of your driveway.

Like said many times "we don't know much about the Leaf yet" The more I hear the worse it gets.

Lets see now we have a ugly catfish looking little car. That sounds funny, may need to stay within 20 miles or so of it's charger, and the manfacture isn't going to sell to people who might drive it 300 miles in a day.

Ya that's going to be a big seller.

 

[Kent1]

It's so obvious that Nissan is much better at marketing and promoting the LEAF than GM is with the Volt. Nissan came to the game much later than GM and it already has prototypes for their loyal following to test and us VOLT faithfuls don't even know a price yet! I think GM is losing a bit of their advantage every day.

 

[David - Napa]

Oh, for God's sake are you kidding me!! If the Volt goes down that road count me out. Ok, I get the cultural thing - there are Japanese noise gadgets that make noise in the bathroom so others don't have to hear you tinkle or fart. But, you put that above chime on an Americn car and you're going to get a re-Volt!

 

[statik7]

I'm no fan of that sound. The only good part of the press release was the 'can be disabled' until the car resets on the next ignition cycle.

 

[pinetree]

neutron : Get me the wire cutters or a way to have mud get splashed in the speaker or ……In short that sound is ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!Can I substitute a big v-8 rumble or a Harley sound.I say get these cars with this “sound” in front of a bunch of congressman and other decision makers and have them explain how “good” this will be for anyone on the street???And in slow traffic WOW what a good time all of us will have!  

The article says there's a switch to turn it off, although it resets to "on" with each "ignition" (we're going to need a new word for that in a car with nothing to ignite). I could probably live with pushing a button every time I get in to a car, and the annoying noise will quickly teach me to remember to push it.

 

[Allan4]

I would much prefer NOT to have the sound! However, I think I could get used to it. It goes with the "futuristic" idea of the electric car. And let's be honest, are we going to buy a ICE car just because an electric car sounds like it's from a Sci-Fi movie?

 

[logistiker]

I'm not so worried about my car since if it makes that noise, I'll be disconnecting the speaker ASAP (and no I don't want to have to push some button every time I start the car). I'm more worried about other people who aren't so inclined to do that or forget to push the button and I have to listen to their car making that stupid noise.

 

[Starcast]

I think if I was blind that jet sound would scare the hell out of me. Even not being blind if that jet sound came up behind me.

 

[Range_Anxiety_=_dependent_on_foreign_oil.]

Well, at least it's an EV. The backup ding is rather obnoxious.

 

[BLIND GUY]

Although I would have prefered the manually operated soft horm to use when you think appropriate, the forward sound could be alot worse. I think a speaker at the rear of the vehicle would be more affective when you have the vehicle in reverse than having the sound come from the engine compartment at the front of the vehicle. I am sure most people will choose to turn the switch off while they are driving.

 

[EV_Driver]

Oh man, I've heard reports of 27 miles per charge in snowy conditions and even worse when beating ICE performance cars off the line. I mean, it must take a toll on the battery pack when you can go from 0-60 in 5 secs. Well, this is not going to cut it for me. Guess I'll have to order my LEAF with two battery packs. ;-)

Lucky that every Nissan dealer up & down the I-5 in Washington is required to install 440V quick chargers for their customers, whew! Here comes the infrastructure we're told that was needed! Yes!

Make way for the Jet Engine/Batmobile sounding car! Glad I ordered mine in black!

GO EV!!!

Starcast : “Combined with early test reports out of Japan indicating LEAF ranges of as low as 47 miles in some tough driving conditions”LOL 47 miles? Are you kidding me forget it. 47 miles is not going to cut it under any conditions. And that’s when the batt is new. I can see it now 5 years later you can’t make it out of your driveway.Like said many times “we don’t know much about the Leaf yet” The more I hear the worse it gets.Lets see now we have a ugly catfish looking little car. That sounds funny, may need to stay within 20 miles or so of it’s charger, and the manfacture isn’t going to sell to people who might drive it 300 miles in a day. Ya that’s going to be a big seller.   (Quote)

 

[twist]

I'm in shock. The driver should be aware of the area about the car. And activate a pedestrian friendly alert when needed. If a forced noise must be used. Make it a steady electric sound.

No need for the classic 'garbage truck in revervse' beep beep sound. The important thing is that the car makes some sort of sound. Please don't mimic a garbage truck.

=D-Volt

 

[twist]

June 11, 2010

South Korean Company Moves Lithium-Ion Battery Plant To Michigan

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2010/06/11/south-korean-company-moves-lithium-ion-battery-pla.aspx

=D-Volt

 

[Kup1]

I work in the disability community and found much of the comments on the previous "brup...brup...brup" thread very disconcerting. Without even hearing the proposed sound people were railing against an idea that could very well save lives. The sentiment amongst many seemed to be "screw the blind, I want a silent vehicle". I personally was hoping that the people studying this and putting some serious thought behind it would come up with something that would increase safety without negatively impacting the appeal of EVs.

Now that the some preliminary data is in regarding the sound I must say that I'm not a fan and hope that the American version (it appears all American EVs will have the same sound) is far different.

I favor a massive electrification of the taxi industry in cities such as NYC but can you imagine standing on a corner in lower Manhattan listening to 10 taxis passing by you at 15 mph? It would have to be an incredibly off putting experience that would tend to cause anger at the very concept of EVs.

As a person that is enthusiastic about EVs and passionate about improving the lives of the millions of Americans with disabilities, I believe that if they cannot make the sound system better in America we really need to explore the concept of equipping people who are blind with systems that will warn them when an EV is near-- just as people on this thread have suggested.

And because Tag is on vacation I will steal his line and say "Be Well".

NPNS
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