Ducati CEO confirms ‘The future is electric’, says electric Ducati is coming

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19 pointsjseliger4 comments

I wonder if it comes with a loudspeaker that makes it go "Vroom"

https://www.slashgear.com/bmw-i8-will-force-fake-engine-nois...

How curious. That article's (from 2014) description does not seem to be a thing any more, at least in the US-based models. I can see the brand (both BMW and Harley Davidson) wanting to maintain its characteristic appeal, though in the case of Harley's, I agree with @rumudiez's comment - a lame nod to the "loud pipes".

There was/is a fair bit of discussion to be had about making EVs a bit easier to detect by sound as they roll at slow speed, and US DOT even made it a rule [1]. So, there is that. Not sure if that rule applies to motorcycles, though.

[1]https://chargedevs.com/newswire/us-dot-finalizes-quiet-cars-...

The electric motorcycle Harley-Davidson just announced is rumored to be engineered to sound like a jet. I think that’s a lame call out to their “loud pipes save lives” audience, and that other makes (Euro and Japanese especially) will not be interested – there’s very little overlap between those markets despite them all being motorcycles.

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