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Re:Urban Birds Are Rising Earlier Because of Traffic Noise (... by kalessin on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @09:23PM (#48031016)
Weird, my experience has been that EVs are much quieter and that's a real improvement in densely populated areas. Past a certain speed the main source of noise is the tires and then EVs aren't much better than ICE vehicles (wrt noise).
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Re:Urban Birds Are Rising Earlier Because of Traffic Noise (... by culopatin on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @09:25PM (#48031025)
Im in a super dense area. Speed limit is really low. So tire noise is not that big of a factor and the WOOOOOOO of electric cars is prevalent over others. Obviously comparing apples to apples, a diesel truck is going to be super loud.
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