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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

  • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    When accelerating my Leaf makes a “woooooooooooOOOOOOOOP” noise I’ve seen described as the “UFO sound”

    Tbh I like it a lot more than the vroom of even my motorcycle cuz it’s funny

    • algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org
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      5 months ago

      I do love the whine of the drive units when going full throttle on EVs, it reminds me how much current is surging through those wires