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Comment by seoulmetro | Hacker News Reader

God, the Hyundai sounds are terrible in Korea. They sound like a UFO and are very loud. They tried to go too hard with the future vibe and it drives me nuts living in the small streets of a very busy Seoul.

Oh my god it actually sounds like a more high pitched version of the Jetsons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NgSZ8sjDgU

Edit: Found it, look how loud this shit is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgvUu2YZ5ps

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I did notice this when I had a city apartment with a window facing the street: regulators have not taken noise pollution into consideration. They made it very loud so as to be sure to alert all pedestrians, which is good, but it is also far more noticeable than a quiet ICE in several situations. If I’m in a building, I really do not want to hear a vehicle! Noise pollution is a real problem and the current regulations unfortunately do step backwards in my opinion.

It will happen eventually... hopefully. I'm usually ahead on my complaints to the average Joe. So since I started complaining a couple years ago I give it til next year to start being enforced.

Having a loud/annoying low-speed sound would be a dealbreaker for any EV purchase.

That's the thing. When you're driving you most likely can't even hear it unless it's dead quiet (and when it's dead quiet these things don't adjust, they are LOUD).

Holy crap, is that modified or do they all sound that loud? And not just in reverse? Not the future we were promised.

They all sound like this (the newer models obviously, probably as far back as 2020)

I'm sure there's a way to hack it and turn it off... but who's going to do that?

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