Simple two-tone warning sounds on electric vehicles make it harder for pedestrians to locate cars, especially when multiple vehicles are present Traditional engine noise performs significantly better ...

Daimler Vans USA, LLC (DVUSA) is recalling certain 2025 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter vehicles. The vehicles fail to make sufficient pedestrian warning sounds when in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail ...

As electric vehicles grow more popular, their warning sounds may not be doing enough to protect pedestrians. A Swedish study shows that these signals are hard to locate, especially when multiple ...

A new study conducted by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and published in March examined how well the average person could locate three common types of warning sounds from ...

Some sounds can signal danger even before your eyes see it or your body feels it. Like the ominous ‘whumph’ before an ...

Stellantis North America's Dodge brand has issued a safety recall comprising 8,390 examples of the all-electric Charger. The subject population is hindered by incomplete amplifier software, resulting ...

The Ford Motor Company has identified an issue affecting a great deal of Police Interceptor Utility and Lincoln Nautilus hybrid vehicles. In the affected population, which also flaunts the Phoenix ...

Using a toy gun converted into a laser pointer, a test subject in Chalmers' acoustics lab tries to locate warning sounds from electric cars. One of the most common signal types turned out to be very ...