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Some automakers are saying that adding a fake engine noise – or some other warning sound – to plug-in vehicles would subtract that "cha-ching" sound from auto dealers cash registers. The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and some automakers outside the group say a mandate for ...

The issue of whether or not noise should be added to electric vehicles (EVs) always seems to elicit a heated discussion. On one side of the argument, blind advocacy groups push for added noises because they believe that ...

If you've ever tried to back a Prius (or any other vehicle capable of running in EV mode) out of a blind parking spot or alley, you know the icy feeling of being audibly invisible to every living thing around you – pedestrians, paperboys, small animals. It can be frustrating at best, ...