All electric cars required to emit noise by Fall 2019
 

Manufacturers to install small external speakers

Beginning in the year 2019, all newly manufactured hybrid and light-duty electric cars will be required to make noise when they are traveling at low speeds so pedestrians can better hear and avoid them.

The change of rules comes from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which announced on Monday for a second time that it will require the audible alert when traveling at speeds below 18.6 miles per hour (29.9km/h) to help prevent roughly 2,400 pedestrian injuries per year. The requirement will apply to all hybrid and “electric light vehicles with four wheels” and a “gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less.”

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