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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.

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[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 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 4 points 4 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

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