# The New Yorker's John Seabrook writes about the history, present, and technology of sounds for electric vehicles

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> **[What Should a Nine-Thousand-Pound Electric Vehicle Sound Like?](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/08/what-should-a-nine-thousand-pound-electric-vehicle-sound-like)**
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> 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.

You can listen at [https://api.audm.com/v6/signed-article-m4a?article-slug=on-alert-seabrook](https://api.audm.com/v6/signed-article-m4a?article-slug=on-alert-seabrook)