“The Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust—the name refers to a Dodge logo— combines various chambers underneath the Charger’s body with some woofers and mid-range speakers, all driven by a dedicated 600 W amplifier. The system is also designed to transmit vibrations into the chassis through elastomeric bushings, mimicking an internal combustion engine and its motor mounts.”
This should only be allowed if the sound is directed onto the cabin vs outside Let them nerds hear their fake sounds and leave the rest of us in peace
dedicated 600W amplifier
Strange that anyone would voluntarily trade electricity (which must be generated) for car sounds… explicitly reducing total driving range the louder you get 😂
It is ridiculous, but it’s also exactly what is happening with loud combustion engines. Any sound coming from it is just higher-entropy (i.e., unused) energy being produced and promptly lost instead of contributing to power.
Thanks for the mansplanation. I am well aware of those facts as a mechanical engineer.
This is ridiculous as fuck. What kind of moron actually wants this?
The type of person who feels emasculated driving an electric car.
I dunno. Is it like “tofurkey” masquerading as turkey? It’s not fooling anyone. I’m not against EV at all, and maybe we need to fake an exhaust note to cover some egos in the transition to EV, but I’d rather just call a spade a spade. Throw some straight cut gears and some hard shifts into the lower gears to get some noise or something.
Most EVs just have one permanently engaged gear, so yeah, not really possible
