Piping fake engine noise into an EV's cabin can be cringe, but there's a way to do it right and a few automakers figured it ...

A red Corvette with a license plate reading "Suprtoy" sits amid exotic European sports cars, handmade hot rods, a 1934 Ford owned by a retired Ford car designer and even one of the first 1968 Ford ...

LOS ANGELES — Your next car may come with its own soundtrack. Faced with the utter silence of electric cars – as opposed to the cacophony of engine noise emanating from conventional vehicles – ...

Engineers at Jaguar Land Rover had a problem. Like all electric vehicles, the new I-PACE was almost silent at lower speeds, and that made it potentially dangerous. In fact, research suggests that ...

If you live anywhere near a busy street, you already know: Cars make noise. If the rumbling of engines, incessant honking, and the repeated whoosh of them going by hasn’t ruined your day (or night’s ...

Less than two years from now, barring action by the Trump administration, a National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration rule will require hybrid and electric cars to produce an audible noise ...

At the beginning of November, the NHTSA will determine whether automakers can add custom sounds to their electric and hybrid vehicles, which will alert pedestrians of their approach, as well as the ...

Electricity is all around us, and even inside us. The presence of electricity has really skyrocketed in the past century, however, with the development of electronics. Today, our homes and communities ...

Electric cars will be making even more of an impact from today as carmakers are now required by law to install pedestrian warning sounds. Jaguar I-Pace drops UFO-like ...

As electric cars become more popular, engineers, driven by government regulators, are crafting the sounds that will define the highways of the future. By Niraj Chokshi Two years ago, Nissan hired the ...