Latest comic: Electric vehicles gone wrong
I'm fine with the soft, whirring spaceship sounds that some EVs emit as a safety feature to alert people that they're moving. The new Dodge Charger EV comes with a deafening 126 dB roar, which is just plain obnoxious.
#cars #ev #evs #transportation #gender #marketing
The Mïghty Kräcken
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •sabik
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •@BinChicken
Are the fake sounds at least projected in the direction of travel
(That'd be particularly an advantage over rear-engined ICE cars and buses)
Jen Sorensen
in reply to sabik • • •Rich Felker
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •@sabik @BinChicken Being a Dodge, it's designed to mimic the sounds of charging at antifascists you're about to murder.
That's literally their brand/target market now.
Graham Sutherland / Polynomial
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Hextore
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •2020 Chevy Corvette C8 Exhaust Sound Speakers Configured Exactly Like C7
Charles Jolicoeur (Motor Illustrated)Brian Tatosky
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Elliot
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Apple Annie :mstdn:
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Nathaniel Hörnblowér
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •J. "Henry" Waugh
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •"petro-masculinity" in a nut shell:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0305829818775817
> The concept of petro-masculinity suggests that fossil fuels mean more than profit; fossil fuels also contribute to making identities, which poses risks for post-carbon energy politics.
(Truly a fascinating paper when I first read it)
FlyVåpen_Pikk ✅️
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •@janerationx
My last vehicle was 2019 #Chevrolet #Blazer Premier. That said, I'd been waiting since I had it for the promised EV SS model.
About July of last year--3yrs after its model year, our local Chevy dealership finally got the EV Blazer but... it was the base model. They had 2 of them, both all white. Basically, they were business/fleet models.
Nope. Traded in my '19 Blazer for '23 #Camaro. It's an RS, but 3LT (loaded). Took off muffler, added 5" exhaust too--real sound.✌️
StarkRG
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •attractive nuisance
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •counterpoint: i've nearly been run over and nearly been t-boned by electric cars because the godaccursed things are (literally) deadly silent
some of them, you can't hear them coming AT ALL and they're a fuckin menace because of it
Tonydunc
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Jason Howard :sdf:
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in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Close Israeli Embassies
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Erwin Rossen
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Matthew Miller
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •ManniCalavera
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Maybe you get a kick out of this, if you don't know it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cipX_UcZdxg&t=81
Be A Man And Drive The New Pontiac Schvantz
YouTubeJen Sorensen
in reply to ManniCalavera • • •enoch_exe_inc
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Outi 🦊🌱🌍🌈
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •glutto
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Purple :verified:
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •I love my Volkswagen e-golf because of this, it's a sensibly sized car, quiet and doesn't look like it was made to feature in a sci-fi movie.
I remember EV's 8 years ago, they were cool and upcoming, I remember being impressed whenever I saw someone drive one.
Now electric cars like Tesla's join the rankings with BMW when it comes to being the worst and most annoying people on the road.
Where are the cute, small and practical electric cars we were promised? 🙁
RealGene ☣️
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •RealGene ☣️
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •https://youtu.be/4NgSZ8sjDgU
i3 with Jetsons Sound
YouTubeRyan Walmsley
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •As someone who's driven electric for over 5 years now, I just don't get why I would want it to have a loud fake engine sound? I saw a video of one trialing simulating gears for a mad reason!
I love the fact it is quiet, has a spaceship sound and doesn't have gears! But unfortunately the EV market is moving into trying to cater for petrolheads now.
JJ Allen 🏳️🌈
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Doug Jayne
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Dusty Attic
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Tony Wells
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •Athesis
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •the insecurity of some people is so damn stupid and sad. And I hate that car manufacturers don't build "normal Cars" anymore. In Germany station wagons were everywhere - Small and spacious, perfect for people who travel a lot, having a small family or people with dogs.
Now there are these stupid SUV everywhere, and there is no electric car in the size of an "Opel Astra H Kombi". It is so bad that I'm even thinking about converting one to electric if I need a new car.
🐧DaveNull🐧 ☣️pResident Evil☣
in reply to Jen Sorensen • • •WTF? However marketing asshole who came to with that idea should be sued…
126 dB is well above the danger threshold. People are not supposed to be exposed to 90-100 dB without par protection…
Or even 85 dB, actually, if it's long exposure…
USA: We make stupid ginourmous electric cars with fake engine sound at 126 dB.
France: We make anti-protesters grenades that produce a 165 dB blast to equip far-right-voting brailess militarized cops.
Fuck them all…
reftel
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