I was absolutely expecting a Rick Roll.
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All Model 3s built since 9/1/2019 have a pedestrian warning speaker installed
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I was absolutely expecting a Rick Roll.
lnsh
Member
thanks, Funkmobile. Those sound more pleasant than what Toyota is doing, at least. Still seems inconsistent to me that the laws are targeting EV's -- they should be universally applied to anything that doesn't emit enough sound for pedestrian awareness.
(I was expecting a Rick Roll, too).
(I was expecting a Rick Roll, too).
This isn't too bad. As I'd rather not be forced to have my car make noise, being able to toggle the noisemaker off would be preferred, especially in quiet settings. But the noisemaker will be helpful in busy parking lots.
Dan203
Active Member
Are these required in the US? If not then I'd hope they'd just turn the sound off or offer us the option to turn it off
DopeGhoti
Active Member
Worst case, if the noise is too offensive, you can take out the exterior speaker and run an appropriate resistor inline where the speaker will have had been.
One caveat - it would presumably be illegal to defeat a required safety system.
Puddles
Member
I have my ice-cream-truck mix tape all ready to go.
Great. Now our government is forcing me to drive 20 mph or faster in parking lots. It looks like I might have to upgrade to a performance model. Does anyone know the 0 to 20 times for the M3 and the P3. It is already hard for me to stay below 100 mph on the highway….
DopeGhoti
Active Member
It depends on how the law is written. If it's written in such a manner that the OEM must make it present, that's one thing. As an example, in some states, there is an exemption for window tinting limitations if the tint was applied before the time of purchase.
Is there any actual data out there that shows this is necessary? Not to mention, even if it is then it should be based on decibels. Plenty of ICE cars or hybrids are just as quiet at low speeds.
0-20 is somewhere under 1 second I think
You, me and probably everyone who's been on the Internet for more than a week.
BluestarE3
Active Member
Yep. As of the first of this month, 50% of new EVs/hybrids from a given manufacturer must make noise while driving 19 mph or less. A year from now, 100% must have this "feature". This isn't optional for the manufacturer, so they're not going to provide a switch or setting to let you disable this.
mal_tsla
Member
Wow that sounds horrible. Porsche did a great job with their noise. Tesla should follow suit.
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BluestarE3
Active Member
Now, wouldn't that be something if the actual pedestrian warning sound was a Rick Roll? People will scream bloody murder and demand a repeal of the regulation.
TomServo
Active Member
My 2017 Volt makes a sound when moving slowly. Just the other day as I was creeping along a lane at SAM's some folks walking in front of me started to cut in front of me and at the last instant heard the "noise" and looked and stepped back. It's a sort of whooshing noise. I wish I could replace it George Jetson's car sound but so far no one has hacked that yet.
