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Nissan Gives Electric Cars Blade Runner Audio Effect

Posted by timothy on from the downloadable-cartones-just-$10-each dept.

mateuscb writes "A campaign backed by automakers and some lawmakers to make electric or hybrid cars noisier in a bid to increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists has taken a strange, Blade Runner-type twist. Nissan sound engineers have announced that the Leaf electric car set for release next year will emit a 'beautiful and futuristic' noise similar to the sound of flying cars — or 'spinners' — that buzz around 2019 Los Angeles in Ridley Scott's dystopian thriller based on a Philip K. Dick science fiction novel."

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  1. But... by e4g4 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...one of the nice things about electric cars is that they're so quiet. Can you turn the sound off?

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