Future “Exhaust sounds?”

[Pattyboy08]

With the lightning being pretty quiet, I was wondering if an audible exhaust sound would be implemented for safety/coolness factors. Thoughts?

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[F150ROD]

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From Ford? Maybe, once Dodge starts selling the EV Challenger

 

[Pattyboy08]

Sounds awesome, signed up for them to notify when available

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From Ford? Maybe, once Dodge starts selling the EV Challenger

 

[RickLightning]

Borla is over 6 months late in releasing this. It's estimated cost is close to $2,000. Absurd price.

 

[Henry Ford]

Meh, I bought an EV so I don't have to listen to exhaust noise. What's next, a shaker motor to simulate engine vibration? Random jolts to simulate transmission shifting? Random dealership bills to simulate oil changes? Not for me.

 

[Peddyr]

This is a much better and cheaper option than the Borla. Exhaust Sound for EVs

 

[mattskr]

With the lightning being pretty quiet, I was wondering if an audible exhaust sound would be implemented for safety/coolness factors. Thoughts?

Lightning already has this. It’s called Propulsion Sound, but I believe only available on Platinum. It simulates a gas engine noise.

It’s on by default and i spent the first hour of my drive home after pickup trying to figure out what the hell i was hearing. Once I found the setting I was in love with the quiet. Fake noises either inside the cabin or out just don’t make sense to me.

 

[Zprime29]

I would argue that removing all the extra fake sounds from modern EV's is what makes them cool (although one could also argue less safe).

That said, Yamaha makes an electric motor that has a sound reminiscent of a jet engine which I did think was kinda cool. Worlds better than what Dodge demo'd.

 

[bydabeach]

Meh, I bought an EV so I don't have to listen to exhaust noise. What's next, a shaker motor to simulate engine vibration? Random jolts to simulate transmission shifting? Random dealership bills to simulate oil changes? Not for me.

Two things.

My Lightning is too quiet, and so much so that I hear an annoying creaking sound coming from the passenger side dashboard that my wife cannot diagnose while I am driving, and she refuses to drive the Lightning. So to compensate, I crank up loud music to drown out the creaking.

Second, drove my 1967 Mustang at our vacation home a couple of weeks ago, and it made me feel nostalgic about motor noises. I would go for motor noises.

 

[TaxmanHog]

My Lightning is too quiet, and so much so that I hear an annoying creaking sound coming from the passenger side dashboard that my wife cannot diagnose while I am driving, and she refuses to drive the Lightning. So to compensate, I crank up loud music to drown out the creaking.

I hear a rattle from the moon roof when the sun screen is closed, it goes away when I partly or fully retract the screen.

BTW, your Vehicles detail needs an update [lol]

 

[bydabeach]

I hear a rattle from the moon roof when the sun screen is closed, it goes away when I partly or fully retract the screen.

BTW, your Vehicles detail needs an update [lol]

Fixed! Thanks for pointing that out.

I'm fairly certain the creak is originating from between the A Post vinyl trim and the dashboard, or between the dashboard and the door. I need to move her seat up and I am going to give her a wooden shim to see if we can make that annoying creak go away, or turn the stereo up louder.

The other thing that is kind of odd is at very slow speeds, when leaving the driveway with the windows open, we hear the tires against the road, and it seems loud to us. Not annoying, just still not used to it.

I think I found my solution to meld my love of my 1967 Mustang sound and the lack of sound. I'm going to MP3 this and play this through the stereo (this engine is apparently a 390 ci, and mine is a 289 ci, but the sound is about the same):

 

[ivan256]

Two things.

My Lightning is too quiet, and so much so that I hear an annoying creaking sound coming from the passenger side dashboard that my wife cannot diagnose while I am driving, and she refuses to drive the Lightning. So to compensate, I crank up loud music to drown out the creaking.

Second, drove my 1967 Mustang at our vacation home a couple of weeks ago, and it made me feel nostalgic about motor noises. I would go for motor noises.

I, too, have a few toys with roudy engines and exhaust dumps. Nothing like the sound of a burbling V8, or a screaming straight 6. I'm a big fan of engine noise.

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But as big a fan I am of a loud exhaust, I'm even more against fake. The noise is awesome because of what it means. And if it means you turned on fake noises... well. Enough said.

I do wish that people (pedestrians) could better hear me coming in a parking lot though.

 

[jason95r]

I, too, have a few toys with roudy engines and exhaust dumps. Nothing like the sound of a burbling V8, or a screaming straight 6. I'm a big fan of engine noise.

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But as big a fan I am of a loud exhaust, I'm even more against fake. The noise is awesome because of what it means. And if it means you turned on fake noises... well. Enough said.

I do wish that people (pedestrians) could better hear me coming in a parking lot though.

I completely agree with all you said. I love loud ICE exhausts. But for fun time now instead of on a daily basis. There's nothing better than daily driving in silence in an EV.

But on the weekends there's nothing like my GT3 with a center muffler delete screaming at 9K RPM's...... That sure wakes you up

I had a 2013 Audi S4 that had an artificial sound track in the cabin that kicked in at certain RPM's. And you couldn't turn it off without coding. It was the dumbest thing ever.

 

[bydabeach]

Fixed! Thanks for pointing that out.

I'm fairly certain the creak is originating from between the A Post vinyl trim and the dashboard, or between the dashboard and the door. I need to move her seat up and I am going to give her a wooden shim to see if we can make that annoying creak go away, or turn the stereo up louder.

The other thing that is kind of odd is at very slow speeds, when leaving the driveway with the windows open, we hear the tires against the road, and it seems loud to us. Not annoying, just still not used to it.

I think I found my solution to meld my love of my 1967 Mustang sound and the lack of sound. I'm going to MP3 this and play this through the stereo (this engine is apparently a 390 ci, and mine is a 289 ci, but the sound is about the same):

As an update, the wooden shim has done some good, for the ride home from the office after the car has been sitting in the warm sun all day. In the morning, not so much, but I think the problem is still at where the dashboard and the A-Post vinyl trim meet. Don't have the time to go to the dealer and get the runaround about how they don't hear it or can't find the source.

 

[TheWoo]

As an update, the wooden shim has done some good, for the ride home from the office after the car has been sitting in the warm sun all day. In the morning, not so much, but I think the problem is still at where the dashboard and the A-Post vinyl trim meet. Don't have the time to go to the dealer and get the runaround about how they don't hear it or can't find the source.

I think I have the same issue. And haven't had the time to ride passenger to diagnose. It definitely sounds like two pieces of trim rubbing slightly, and likely wouldn't be noticeable in an ICE. It's the only downside to the amazingly quiet ride so far, IMO.

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