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Re:The new Jaguar cars sound like spaceships, thanks to Rich... by NeedMoreTea on Friday September 21, 2018 @07:10PM (#18043359)
Except that's not true, it does make sense. Electric vehicles are apparently 40% more likely to hit a pedestrian than a conventionally engined car.

There's been research going on for at least the last 10 years into both the risk and effective sounds that don't simply prove annoying (like a beep would), or lose directionality.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/06/new-law-...

https://www.rnib.org.uk/rnibconnect/silent-deadly-electric-h...

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Re:The new Jaguar cars sound like spaceships, thanks to Rich... by icc97 on Friday September 21, 2018 @08:07PM (#18043637)
Annoyingly that 40% figure is almost impossible to find, it's from a survey done by a Guide Dogs charity in the UK but their own page on it [0] now just refers to it and doesn't link to the original report.

[0]: https://www.guidedogs.org.uk/how-you-can-help/campaigning/sa...

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Re:The new Jaguar cars sound like spaceships, thanks to Rich... by NeedMoreTea on Friday September 21, 2018 @11:17PM (#18044265)
So it is. Can find lots of references to the report, even from gov.uk, but no actual links to it.
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Re:The new Jaguar cars sound like spaceships, thanks to Rich... by icc97 on Friday September 21, 2018 @07:50PM (#18043535)
I was being followed on my bicycle by an almost entirely silent hybrid driving on electric power. It really is quite freaky when you know it's behind you and can see it in your peripheral vision when you turn your head but can't hear it.
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