Golfer
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The Mustang has long been defined by its aggressive exhaust note. But for the Mach-E, Ford's facing the same problem that a lot of automakers have grappled with. Electric motors, on their own, don't sound very good. In most applications, you can't hear them at all.
That won't do for a Mustang. While the company is still trying to clarify what exactly a car needs to be a Mustang, an exciting soundtrack helps. But, as Dave Pericak, Ford's global director of icons who headed up the Mach-E's development, told us, a Mustang has to be authentic. Dubbing a V-8 exhaust note over the whirring of electric motors wasn't going to work.
Instead, Ford worked with a team of sound engineers to create a score that suggested power and performance while still conveying the electric, futuristic image that the company is going for. As you can see toward the end of this ride-along video posted by Electrek (below), the Mach-E in "unbridled" mode mixes a "starship accelerating" whir with a subtle but grumbly background thrum.
It's unique. It's not imitating an internal combustion car but it certainly takes cues from the burbling of a V-8. That's not unique among Mustangs—the EcoBoost mustang also uses speaker-generated tones to try to better match its V-8 big brothers. Regardless of powertrain, though, fake noise strikes us as inherently inauthentic.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/a29838406/2021-ford-mustang-mach-e-fake-engine-noise/
That won't do for a Mustang. While the company is still trying to clarify what exactly a car needs to be a Mustang, an exciting soundtrack helps. But, as Dave Pericak, Ford's global director of icons who headed up the Mach-E's development, told us, a Mustang has to be authentic. Dubbing a V-8 exhaust note over the whirring of electric motors wasn't going to work.
Instead, Ford worked with a team of sound engineers to create a score that suggested power and performance while still conveying the electric, futuristic image that the company is going for. As you can see toward the end of this ride-along video posted by Electrek (below), the Mach-E in "unbridled" mode mixes a "starship accelerating" whir with a subtle but grumbly background thrum.
It's unique. It's not imitating an internal combustion car but it certainly takes cues from the burbling of a V-8. That's not unique among Mustangs—the EcoBoost mustang also uses speaker-generated tones to try to better match its V-8 big brothers. Regardless of powertrain, though, fake noise strikes us as inherently inauthentic.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/a29838406/2021-ford-mustang-mach-e-fake-engine-noise/
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