Lotus's new Halosonic sound generator

Lotus solves pedestrian safety problem with spaceship and V8 sounds for hybrids

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Lotus
• Halosonic
• Harman
• Hybrid
• Sound
• Generator
• v8
• safety

[mjkobb]

Two words: Fucking awful.

Why would you make a passenger car sound like a delivery truck when it backs up? Ridiculous.

I've driven electric cars for 10 years. Rarely, somebody does not hear me coming, and what I want then is a way to alert them manually without startling them. I don't need a constant racket!

Just this morning, I came up behind three people walking in the road (no sidewalks there). They heard me and moved aside, even though my car is very quiet.

Rolling tires make noise!

[LoriCiani]

I think the Futuristic sound 1&2 are sort of creepy in a B movie/Lost In Space kind of way. Reverse and there's Robbie the robot shouting, "Danger Will Robinson, danger!

[carlylespicks]

@mjkobb That is interesting because people don't seem to hear my GAS sports car or bike coming. Hard to hear when you not paying attention or with iPod.

[vikkiandbradley07]

@AlumarsX awwww.



[DreamOf944]

if any, i'd take the first futuristic one, just as a fun gadget - but seriously, this stuff doesnt make sense - the car still has a horn, and people are supposed to watch out, not just listen.

[AlumarsX]

Every 4-cylinder car should come with this. Cause they sound like shit. I hate my car's sound. I can't wait till I finish college and get a proper V8 or a I6.

[bagggggyo]

That's pretty badazz in my opinion. Sounds like the future is here!!! LoL Star Trek comes to mind. i wonder what it sounds like when it goes warp speed HAHAHA I'm sure it'll just take a little "aftermarket" modification to make it sound like a Ferrari or maybe a old school rumbling muscle car V8 or whatever you want it to sound like. Now that would be something. Maybe that would relieve the girly tree hugger stigma that hybrids usually convey.

[jason123456789210]

put it in your ford fuckus electric and try it

[uszoninyc]

Why make a sound for an automobile sound like a JETSON's vehicle? It should sound car-like. I just heard the Chevy Volt sound tests (with blind testers), and I thought that was worse than this - but, tat STLL doesn't make these sounds better. Simplest is usually the best. If you're not familiar with an EV, then making it sound anything different than an oncoming car, is silly.

[kayvee53]

Iv heard games that sound better than this.... why didnt they just ask Microsoft for a few sound banks off forza or some shit? that sound SHITE!!!

[EnhancedNightmare]

Well, I guess there is a point in this. I almost got hit by some ultra silent car. Good thing about this invention is that the sounds are customisable, so if some sounds are awful or pointless it isn't hard to get a new one.

[MercuryMorrison1]

One of my biggest problums with EV's is that they have NO SOUND. I love my V8 engine noise. And if EV's are going to be the wave of the future, It'll be much easier for myself and others like me to accept them if we can still get that good ole V8 engine noise.