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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

  • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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    5 months ago

    The majority of sound for cars are not the motor but the wheels compressing air, after I think 50kph, the sound of an ev or a ic is basically the same.

    • Ephera
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      5 months ago

      Well, in a neighborhood, cars won’t always be driving 50 km/h. And the engine will be especially loud, when they need to accelerate after a turn or whatever.

      Either way, I do hear the difference when an electric car goes by.