{"id":73560,"date":"2017-10-28T23:43:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T06:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/nissans-evs-will-swap-engine-noises-for-song"},"modified":"2017-10-28T23:43:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T06:43:22","slug":"nissans-evs-will-swap-engine-noises-for-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/nissans-evs-will-swap-engine-noises-for-song","title":{"rendered":"Nissan\u2019s EVs will swap engine noises for \u2018song\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p4cjPk8mqEM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The US Department of Transport (DoT) recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/press-releases\/nhtsa-sets-quiet-car-safety-standard-protect-pedestrians\">decreed<\/a> that all hybrid and electric vehicles must make a noise to protect pedestrians, especially folks who are blind or have limited vision. Rather than just saying, \u201cokay, we\u2019re adding a noise to our EVs, you guys,\u201d Nissan made a big production about releasing its \u201csong,\u201d even giving it a name. \u201c\u2018Canto\u2019 has been developed to help with pedestrian safety, as well as to provide \u2026 a sound that is energizing and confident,\u201d the company said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.nissan-global.com\/releases\/release-1fc537356ae3aaf048d0201b77002745-nissan-sings-with-debut-of-canto-at-2017-tokyo-motor-show\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The sound changes tone and pitch when the vehicle speeds up and slows down, and is activated at speeds of around 12 to 19 mph. In the US, the standard is 30 km\/h (19 mph), a rule the DoT said \u201cwill help prevent about 2,400 pedestrian injuries each year once all hybrids [sold in the US] are properly equipped.\u201d Nissan says its own sound is also made to \u201cenrich the aural environment of a typical city street\u201d and be clearly audible, but not disturbing to city residents or vehicle occupants.<\/p>\n<p>Nissan says that \u201cCanto\u201d comes from Latin and means \u201cI sing,\u201d adding that the sound is still subject to change. To me, the harmonic tone (below) sounds like a cross between an orchestra warming up and THX\u2019s \u201cthe audience is listening\u201d theater sound trailer. If you\u2019re crossing the street when one of its future vehicles shows up (the EV above is the Leaf Nismo concept), it\u2019s certain to make your activities feel more dramatic, anyway.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/10\/25\/nissan-ev-hybrid-cantor-future-warning-sound\/?sr_source=Facebook\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/10\/25\/nissan-ev-hybrid-cantor-...e=Facebook<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of Transport (DoT) recently decreed that all hybrid and electric vehicles must make a noise to protect pedestrians, especially folks who are blind or have limited vision. Rather than just saying, \u201cokay, we\u2019re adding a noise to our EVs, you guys,\u201d Nissan made a big production about releasing its \u201csong,\u201d even giving [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}