I've driven the Ioniq 5 and I can easily hear a high pitched motor whine at speeds between 45 and 60 mph. I cannot hear any noise below 45 or above 60, other than the intentional pedestrian warning sound.

I suspect as I age my ability to hear such high pitched whine will be gone.

The fact that this page exists feel like they're having a lot of creaking/rattling complaints. Why else have it.

It would highly depend on the brand and model: one would expect Rolls-Royce EVs or even some like Lexus not to make any annoying noises.

No need to make it illegal. The laws just need to be fixed to stop making it mandatory, and every automaker will drop it immediately.

All the blind people will definitely not want that...

I can see, and yet I've been scared more than once by an unusually quiet car behind me.

They added the artificial exhaust noise because it's a legal requirement

This isn't a problem in my neighborhood, the opposite has now happened. I can hear my neighbors more than a block away. And it's actually not the EVs that are the worst offenders -- it's Toyota hybrids. They -howl- and are much louder than the non-hybrid equivalent. My Model 3 just makes white noise. Same volume as any other unmodified car at low speeds. Tire noise quickly dominates in either case, of course, above 10-15 mph or so.