As we try to find the find the answer to climate change, each eco-innovation may spur even more questions about their overall effects. Could the noise from wind turbines cause cancer? (Science says no ...

Piping fake engine noise into an EV's cabin can be cringe, but there's a way to do it right and a few automakers figured it ...

One of the many benefits of electric vehicles is that they are much quieter than traditional gasoline-powered vehicles. In ...

If you live anywhere near a busy street, you already know: Cars make noise. If the rumbling of engines, incessant honking, and the repeated whoosh of them going by hasn’t ruined your day (or night’s ...

Engineers at Jaguar Land Rover had a problem. Like all electric vehicles, the new I-PACE was almost silent at lower speeds, and that made it potentially dangerous. In fact, research suggests that ...

Approaching sounds from electric cars are primarily intended to protect vulnerable road users. Researchers are looking for the best sound for this purpose.

Electricity is all around us, and even inside us. The presence of electricity has really skyrocketed in the past century, however, with the development of electronics. Today, our homes and communities ...

Porsche launched its first EV, the Taycan, earlier this month, ushering in a new era of performance vehicles for the brand—one that doesn't include much exhaust noise. The company knows some of its ...

I sleep on the second floor, in a bedroom facing a residential street in Brooklyn. Through the years, my sleeping brain has grown used to the nighttime noises of motor vehicles: mainly the growls of ...

It was a pleasant June day in Munich, Germany. I was picked up at my hotel and driven to the country, farmland on either side of the narrow, two-lane road. Occasional walkers strode by, and every so ...