What Should a Nine-Thousand-Pound Electric Vehicle Sound Like?
E.V.s are virtually silent, so acoustic designers are creating alerts for them. A symphony—or a cacophony—of car noise could be coming to city streets, John Seabrook writes.
On my first night in the country, however, I'm like Joe Pesci in "My Cousin Vinny," trying to sleep in rural Alabama: "What thefuckis that?"