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Re: Normal Operating Sounds

#5

What's the UX reason to use a chime rather than an (customisable) announcement? I suppose I'd get used to the alarms if I used the car but all of them on a page is confusing.

Text would take a lot longer to convey information than a short chime. You would also have to localize all the sounds.

Re: Normal Operating Sounds

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post #2

> Cabin Noise during Acceleration with Ludicrous Enabled This one is pretty good.

The sound of a teenager driving dad’s midlife crisis just moments before smashing into the side of a building

Re: Normal Operating Sounds

#7
This one is pretty cool and definitely surprised me.

> Motor Humming or Whirring when Navigating to a Supercharger

> In some circumstances (such as cold weather), it is normal for the motor(s) and components to make noise, such as humming or whirring as it generates heat to warm the Battery.

Super cool that the motors can be used for things other than moving the vehicle. It reminds me of how ESCs for RC vehicles use the motors to generate audible chirp tones to indicate status.

Motors are multi-purpose devices!

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post #7

This one is pretty cool and definitely surprised me. > Motor Humming or Whirring when Navigating to a Supercharger … > In some circumstances (such as cold weather), it is normal for the motor(s) and components to make noise, such as humming or whirring as it generates heat to warm the Battery. Super cool that the motors can be used for things other than moving the vehicle. It reminds me of how ESCs for RC vehicles us…

I always thought about this growing up. How the engine’s heat is used directly to heat the cabin and there is no heater.

Also my gaming PC in the winter. It feels like free compute given I’m heating anyways.

Re: Normal Operating Sounds

#9
Feels like a good opportunity to in addition to having the normal system diagnosis, have a process that listens to the sound the car makes and recommend bringing it into the shop if the sound sounds weird or off.

Re: Normal Operating Sounds

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This one is pretty cool and definitely surprised me. > Motor Humming or Whirring when Navigating to a Supercharger … > In some circumstances (such as cold weather), it is normal for the motor(s) and components to make noise, such as humming or whirring as it generates heat to warm the Battery. Super cool that the motors can be used for things other than moving the vehicle. It reminds me of how ESCs for RC vehicles us…

I always thought about this growing up. How the engine’s heat is used directly to heat the cabin and there is no heater. Also my gaming PC in the winter. It feels like free compute given I’m heating anyways.

It's free electricity, but a computing device still makes for a pricey space heater.
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