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EV makers adding fake engine sounds spark comparison to horse-and-buggy era

Original: Thinking about EVs and how some manufacturers are trying to emulate gas engine noisy muffler sounds made me imagine abou

Electric vehicle manufacturers increasingly add artificial engine sounds to cars that are otherwise near-silent, prompting comparisons to an earlier technological transition. One observer imagines early automakers attaching recorded horse noises to Model Ts when cars replaced horse-drawn buggies, arguing that today's synthetic muffler sounds could look just as strange in hindsight.

Why now: Fake engine sounds in EVs are a current design debate, and the horse-sound analogy offers a fresh way to question the practice

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• Thinking about EVs and how some manufacturers are trying to emulate gas engine noisy muffler sounds made me imagine about the switch from horse and buggy to early automobile. Imagine if they somehow felt it necessary to add horse sounds to their model Ts or whatever. Perhaps… · Dianora@ottawa.place · 3

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