The Problem With EV ‘Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems’ That No One Is Talking About
The debate over how to make electric vehicles loud enough for non-drivers to hear them is missing critical considerations about the disparate impact of noise pollution in poor communities.
By
Kea Wilson
4:43 PM CDT on August 5, 2022
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