You’re not imagining it: Silly sounds make EVs hard to hear coming down the street

Over the past several years, electric vehicles have garnered something of a reputation for their unusual sounds on the road. Otherworldly EV warning sounds have been compared to “a celestial choir,” a “flying saucer hum,” and, in one TikTok with 23.5 million views, the song that might play just before ascending to heaven. But the angelic warble that’s come to characterize EV acoustics might have a few drawbacks for pedestrians. 

A new study conducted by researchers at Chalmers University...