Amen, Lee. If quiet cars are truly the problem, the requirement should be universal. Singling out EV's certainly has the appearance - even if not the intent - of hostility and intentionally limiting their appeal. I tend to believe the current action is merely a case of narrow-mindedness, but one could easily see it abused for anti-competitive ends by the powerful and politically connected. Such tactics are commonplace in business.
I used to be vehemently opposed to EV noise regulations - I can't stand noise pollution! However, the sound my wife's Prius V makes is much less obtrusive than I feared and serves as a good model for how this can be done well. In fact, I didn't even realize for several weeks that it wasn't just normal fan/inverter operating noise, even though I'd owned an earlier-gen Prius. Still not as pleasant as my own silent EVs, but definitely something I can live with, especially if it saves lives. -Ben On Nov 15, 2016, at 12:56 PM, Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > Peri Hartman via EV wrote: >> While there are obvious virtues to have EVs emit sounds, and I will not >> oppose the effort, what can we do to ensure the sounds are quiet enough >> and pleasant? > > It's always seemed to me that my EVs make plenty of noise (tires, wind, > transmission and differential gear noises, motor whine, controller whistles, > etc.) without having to add any explicit noisemakers. They're about the same > as most new ICEs. Some luxury ICEs are even quieter. > >> Now, I don't expect the rulings to call for something that obnoxious. >> But still, without some pushback, we may increase the amount of noise >> from our current levels. That would be bad, in my opinion. > > If we're going to set some new standard, I think it should apply to *all* > vehicles, ICE as well as EV. That will prevent EV-haters from legislating > obnoxious standard *on purpose* to discourage EVs. It would also put the > general public on our side, as they don't want their ICEs to be deliberately > made noisy or obnoxious. > > -- > It is the responsibility of every American to be informed. Those who expect > to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be. -- > Thomas Jefferson > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
