electric car blind

Recently, Nissan unveiled it's "Approaching Vehicle Sound for Pedestrians" (VSP), a wonky name for the noise added to the upcoming Leaf electric vehicle (EV) at low speeds. Doing so immediately ignited a debate about the aural aesthetics ...

When we first wrote about the threat that electric vehicles pose to blind pedestrians last fall, we got dozen of comments and we realized we'd tapped into an important aspect auto designers need to think about. If you're interested in a robust debate (along with some terrible, heartless comments) ...