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As regulations encourage wider adoption of electric cars and more OEMs get into their electric-car stride, we're getting a better idea of what the synthetic tones we'll be hearing on our electrified streets. Not only will it be unlike anything we've ever heard, it could get pretty raucous according to a
Bloomberg article that surveys the sound engineers creating the notes sung by electric cars.
Daimler has 250 people in its powertrain acoustics department who are most used to finessing the din of an internal combustion engine. Lately they've been on the other side, creating tones like the "sonorous purring" for the
Smart ForTwo Electric Drive, the "huskier" whine of the
SLS AMG Electric Drive and the