>There is simply no traffic noise. No hooting, no engine noise, not even much of the noise of cars accelerating on tarmac.
Cities aren't noisy; ICE cars are noisy.
Cities aren't noisy; ICE cars are noisy.
ICE cars are noisy if you design them to be noisy. I remember Toyota's first or second hybrid car was almost completely silent.
It caused other problems, primarily the issue that they could sneak up on unaware pedestrians like myself.
Unless I am missing something. The only noisy cars I face these days are performance cars, some trucks, and that one ahole in a sports bike.
Since at higher speed, tire and wind noise drown ICE noise, you don't hear them and they feel nearly as quiet as electric cars.
ICE-only cars are definitely noisy. Though maybe you are used to that noise and it doesn't register (like a lot of people, me included), but they are definitely loud enough that a place without any car feels "quiet" (even if it's otherwise busy).