On: Cities Are Not Loud: Cars Are Loud, and Places Without Cars Are Quiet [video]

[dalanmiller]

But as the video states, 'rolling noise' becomes louder than ICE engine noise at 50km\h or higher. Tesla's driving by still make noise parting air and creating friction on the road.

[shusaku → dalanmiller]

> But as the video states

I’m pretty sure 90% of the comments here are from people who didn’t watch the video. Which is a shame because it was really well done.

[r00fus → dalanmiller]

Anecdata but my house is near a road that has a particularly bad section where sound bounces and I can tell you we can’t hear the EVs that drive by but standard ICE rumble a lot.

[FredPret → dalanmiller]

I'm astonished every time I hear a truck or a bus huffing and puffing dramatically as it accelerates from 0 to maybe 10

[throw0101a → FredPret]

At 7m30s the video states that rolling noise (tires) starts being same/louder than propulsion noise at 30 kph. Reducing speeds from 50 kph to 30 kph reduces noise by 6 dB (a change of 3 dB is halving/doubling).

So yes, it's not surprising that 0-10/15 kph you hear the engine more.

[numpad0 → FredPret]

Which is insignificant in the context. The noises that video author discusses comes almost purely from tires rolling, at speeds where ICEs are basically silent compared to it.