The world wasn’t ready for the EQS (article)
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Some electric cars are so silent, that pedestrians can’t hear them coming. They might walk right in front of one. It’s incumbent on the driver of these silent cars, to now expect that pedestrians will blunder their way to right in front of you. The same can be said about pedestrians wearing headsets, around any type of vehicular traffic.
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Some electric cars are so silent, that pedestrians can’t hear them coming. They might walk right in front of one. It’s incumbent on the driver of these silent cars, to now expect that pedestrians will blunder their way to right in front of you. The same can be said about pedestrians wearing headsets, around any type of vehicular traffic.
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Some electric cars are so silent, that pedestrians can’t hear them coming. They might walk right in front of one. It’s incumbent on the driver of these silent cars, to now expect that pedestrians will blunder their way to right in front of you. The same can be said about pedestrians wearing headsets, around any type of vehicular traffic.
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Having said that, that is one of the things I like about the EQS is that it doesn't make a sound that you can hear in the cabin. Thinking it probably doesn't make one outside either can't say for sure but assuming that is the case, to @MB2timer s point, that puts the burden on a driver to be mindful of pedestrian's lack of awareness of the presence of the car that they might have otherwise if it made the noise of an ICE.
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Yes our Niro EV makes a pedestrian warning noise during low speed forward and a beeping in reverse.
Having said that, that is one of the things I like about the EQS is that it doesn't make a sound that you can hear in the cabin. Thinking it probably doesn't make one outside either can't say for sure but assuming that is the case, to @MB2timer s point, that puts the burden on a driver to be mindful of pedestrian's lack of awareness of the presence of the car that they might have otherwise if it made the noise of an ICE.
Having said that, that is one of the things I like about the EQS is that it doesn't make a sound that you can hear in the cabin. Thinking it probably doesn't make one outside either can't say for sure but assuming that is the case, to @MB2timer s point, that puts the burden on a driver to be mindful of pedestrian's lack of awareness of the presence of the car that they might have otherwise if it made the noise of an ICE.
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It is a motor whine or artificially generated or purposely less insulated so it is audible outside? We don't have a lot of Lucid here but there is a showroom (display room) in a popular mall.
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The electric motor whine at 75 mph I'm talking about is a super high frequency sound that is associated with all electric motors. As for the low speed, the AMG EQS and likely other variants have a "spaceship" like hum from the exterior speaker when parked (motor on) or driving 20 mph or below. That particular hum can be heard inside the car. Whether that sound is heard through the cabinet or reproduced by the interior speakers is beyond my investigative hearing capabilities. At first experience, I was unhappy by a "humming" sound at 20 mph and lower speed in what is suppose to be a super quiet car. Going faster, the car is quieter. I've gotten over it.
Everything about the EQS is spaceship like per my daughter's suggestion. If it wasn't rolling on 4 tires, she said it might well be a space age vehicle. It makes transformer like sound with the alarm off and on, it's super quiet inside, and when in sport and sport+ mode, the sound it makes upon pressing the accelerator is NOT an engine sound, but some sci-fi soundtrack of sort of a power source increase power. So yeah, V8, v12, those raw exhaust notes from the pistons at idle sound really antique and lawn mower like. Hearing it rev it higher now makes me cringe because it feels like a blunt machete going through meat. But F1 is still intoxicating because it sounds refined like a katana.
Everything about the EQS is spaceship like per my daughter's suggestion. If it wasn't rolling on 4 tires, she said it might well be a space age vehicle. It makes transformer like sound with the alarm off and on, it's super quiet inside, and when in sport and sport+ mode, the sound it makes upon pressing the accelerator is NOT an engine sound, but some sci-fi soundtrack of sort of a power source increase power. So yeah, V8, v12, those raw exhaust notes from the pistons at idle sound really antique and lawn mower like. Hearing it rev it higher now makes me cringe because it feels like a blunt machete going through meat. But F1 is still intoxicating because it sounds refined like a katana.
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The electric motor whine at 75 mph I'm talking about is a super high frequency sound that is associated with all electric motors. As for the low speed, the AMG EQS and likely other variants have a "spaceship" like hum from the exterior speaker when parked (motor on) or driving 20 mph or below. That particular hum can be heard inside the car. Whether that sound is heard through the cabinet or reproduced by the interior speakers is beyond my investigative hearing capabilities. At first experience, I was unhappy by a "humming" sound at 20 mph and lower speed in what is suppose to be a super quiet car. Going faster, the car is quieter. I've gotten over it.
Everything about the EQS is spaceship like per my daughter's suggestion. If it wasn't rolling on 4 tires, she said it might well be a space age vehicle. It makes transformer like sound with the alarm off and on, it's super quiet inside, and when in sport and sport+ mode, the sound it makes upon pressing the accelerator is NOT an engine sound, but some sci-fi soundtrack of sort of a power source increase power. So yeah, V8, v12, those raw exhaust notes from the pistons at idle sound really antique and lawn mower like. Hearing it rev it higher now makes me cringe because it feels like a blunt machete going through meat. But F1 is still intoxicating because it sounds refined like a katana.
Everything about the EQS is spaceship like per my daughter's suggestion. If it wasn't rolling on 4 tires, she said it might well be a space age vehicle. It makes transformer like sound with the alarm off and on, it's super quiet inside, and when in sport and sport+ mode, the sound it makes upon pressing the accelerator is NOT an engine sound, but some sci-fi soundtrack of sort of a power source increase power. So yeah, V8, v12, those raw exhaust notes from the pistons at idle sound really antique and lawn mower like. Hearing it rev it higher now makes me cringe because it feels like a blunt machete going through meat. But F1 is still intoxicating because it sounds refined like a katana.
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Tesla, EQS, Rivian, Hyundai EVs, BMW EVs none of them have the same sound
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Yeah outside but you don’t hear that in the cabin. That’s designed to alert pedestrians that a car is there. We’re talking about electric motor whine.
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Other than that, I appreciate the quietness of the EQS when I just want a relaxing drive.
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