CategoryMobility

Daimler electrics get fake 'vroom' to thwart silent threat

For Daimler's e-Smart city car, engineers invented a “sonorous purring” that was pitched higher than conventional vehicles. (Bloomberg)
DT
By:
Dorothee Tschampa
December 31, 2013 05:00 AM

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