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Aug 8, 2008, 11:17 AM
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DH News MOD
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Lotus Technology Adds Noise to Hybrid Cars
Electric vehicles are hot right now and for the most part people see them as great for the environment and a welcome addition to the roads around the country. However, there is a down side to the electric vehicle -- other than a short range -- and that is that they make virtually no noise.
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Aug 8, 2008, 11:23 AM
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DH's Dormant Dragon
Join Date: May 2002
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what.. no noise is awesome...
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Aug 8, 2008, 04:02 PM
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For someone who owns two Priuses, I can say that when running on battery, you can't hear it. For a blind person (which is where this is coming from), it's actually dangerous, as they can't hear the vehicles at all. NPR ran a report on this some time back.
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Aug 8, 2008, 04:07 PM
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DH's Dormant Dragon
Join Date: May 2002
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in a number of places it's still not practical at all for it.
people will likely just cut the wires or remove it all,
and seriously a 300 watt speaker...... they'd like use it for something else.
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Aug 8, 2008, 05:47 PM
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DH's Asteroids' Dominator
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: UK and Hellas, mostly
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Before I clicked this thread, all I could think was "how is lotus 1-2-3 going to add noise to hyrbid cars", now i know.
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Aug 8, 2008, 05:52 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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OMG, Lotus 1-2-3? You still remember that dinosaur?
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