Three days of ownership and only two gripes

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First....I can't help it, but the low speed pedestrian noise and backup sound are really quite annoying. A neighbor remarked to me also "I thought electric cars were silent, that thing makes more noise than my truck". I have to agree. The noise is much more intrusive than the warning noises on my 2019 Leaf.

I am really really contemplating about putting the car up on ramps and finding and disconnecting that speaker that makes the noises. I guess it is a law that they have to put those on the vehicle but I cannot find where it is a law that I have to keep them enables. Wish there was a switch to turn them off.

Second...No matter what I set it to charge to it is charging to 100% each time...guess there is something I have not figured out.

Love the way the car drives even if the tires are too skinny......
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Theres a thread on the pedestrian alert. Some have put cardboard inbetween the speaker and speaker grille, you could also unplug it and put a resistor inline. It will give a warning on the dash if you just leave it unplugged.

For the charge times, you have checked the location and made sure you're setting it at the specific location?
 
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Best of luck with the noise maker. I attempted to fill the void between the grille and the speaker with paper, but it just made the infernal thing LOUDER...
 


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I put a piece of insulation in my speaker i sure love it now. Can only hear a small beep if the windows are open.
 

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I find the low pitched sci-fi hum kind of neat. As for the reverse beeper, itā€™s not loud enough to be super annoying in the cabin and itā€™s a lot less annoying than the reverse beeps that commercial vehicles have! All in all, Iā€™ll take the reverse beeper over some irate pet owner whoā€™s off leash pet stupidly ran under my moving car, then accused me of being at fault for having a car that didnā€™t make a sound to deter their pet!
 

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I get it but I would hate to be on the end of someone hurt by a backup when they do a vehicle inspection and find out you intentionally disabled a safety feature. That will help them get a lot more money.
 

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Not so much everyone around them as it is those around them who think they can walk through a parking lot with their nose buried in their phone.
 
 




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