- The sound heard when a Tesla drives past is not the sound of the engine, but rather an artificial noise, as electric engines are almost completely silent due to the lack of combustion inside, and this silence can be dangerous for pedestrians or blind people walking near streets 10s.
- Governments around the world have passed laws requiring electric vehicles to emit artificial noise when driving at low speeds, which is referred to as the acoustic vehicle alerting system, in order to address the safety concerns associated with the silence of electric vehicles 42s.
- To create these artificial noises, car companies hire professionals such as Hollywood sound designers and musicians, rather than engineers, with examples including BMW hiring Hans Zimmer, a renowned composer who scored films like Interstellar and Inception, to design driving sounds for their electric cars 2m6s.
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