Kymco may have the answer to one of the biggest problems with electric motorcycles by allowing riders to dial in their own motorcycle sound! The Taiwanese scoter company is branching out with their ...

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 ...

Mercedes-Benz wants drivers to be able to choose the sounds that future electric cars make. In place of engine noises, future electric cars from Mercedes' EQ sub-brand could get "selectable ...

Electric cars mark a Wild West period in many areas, but there's one drivers likely don't often think about: the sound a car makes. The norm has been a soundtrack from whatever internal-combustion ...

Just listen to that scooter engine purr. Segway released a strappable speaker that can simulate engine noises for its e-scooters and e-bikes. They’re describing it as an “engine sound simulation ...

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 – ...

Last year London's 8,000 or so buses traveled 279 million miles and completed 2.23 billion journeys – more than half of all bus trips completed in England. But they're not green enough. Yet. According ...

The need for an artificial sound for electric vehicles materialized around the time the first EVs hit the market, even though plenty of gas-engined cars had been quiet enough not to be noticed by ...

However, the noise from the average motor vehicle can serve a useful purpose. A running engine acts as an auditory warning to those nearby. This is particularly useful to help people avoid walking in ...

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. The federal government is ...

The German composer worked on the sound design for the BMW Vision M NEXT. The 600-horsepower supercar on display in Munich typified the future for German automaker BMW: bold, visionary, powerful.

Today's electric cars sound like vehicles from a sci-fi movie. They emit sounds ranging from ethereal to high-pitched whines to rocket-like noises and simulated flatulence. Those sounds pair with slow ...