US EV drivers won't be able to choose vehicle safety alert sounds
US regulators have sensibly ditched proposals to allow electric car manufacturers to offer a choice of sounds to warn pedestrians that the unusually quiet vehicles are approaching.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration considered suggestions that buyers be allowed to choose their car's"ringtone" in 2019, but this week"The agency has chosen not to adopt... a proposal which would have allowed manufactures of hybrid and electric vehicles to install a number of driver-selectable pedestrian alert sounds in each HEV they manufacture," the regulator's final rule said.
However, since the regulations surrounding electric vehicles are still in their infancy, there was some debate as to whether this low-speed sound should be standardized or user-selectable. Basically, they argued that without a choice of sounds, customers would be put off buying electric vehicles. The NHTSA noted, however, that the groups provided no supporting evidence for their assertions.
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