{"id":13757,"date":"2019-07-01T16:03:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=13757"},"modified":"2019-07-01T16:06:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:06:10","slug":"electric-cars-must-make-noise-for-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/electric-cars-must-make-noise-for-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric cars must make noise for safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">New electric vehicles will have to make a noise under a new EU rule which is coming into force on Monday.\u00a0\u00a0This rule has come into place after worries over low-emission cars and vans being too quiet as a result they put pedestrians at risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All new types of four-wheel electric vehicles must now be fitted with a noise-emitting device. This device will sound like traditional engine so pedestrians can hear them. As well as the traditional engine noise, a car&#8217;s acoustic vehicle alert system (Avas) must sound when reversing or travelling below 12mph.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">New regulations will require all new electric vehicles to feature a warning noise to alert pedestrians and cyclists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ud83c\udfa7listen to the warning noise below\u2b07\ufe0f <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EO6JPK0QUg\">pic.twitter.com\/EO6JPK0QUg<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 BBC Radio 5 Live (@bbc5live) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbc5live\/status\/1145214093495820294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Charity, Guide Dogs, has welcomed the change but said vehicles should make a sound whatever speed they are going. Roads minister Michael Ellis said the government wanted everyone to feel the benefits of green\u00a0transport, and understood the worries of the visually impaired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">New petrol and diesel cars and vans are to be banned by 2040. Friends of the Earth released a new study showing if the UK wants to meet its net zero target by 2050 all cars need to be electric by 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lisa Hopkinson, of Transport for Better Quality of Life, which carried out the research, said: \u201cWhile all other sectors have reduced\u00a0emissions\u00a0since 1990, transport is the only sector to have increased, while aviation emissions have more than doubled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cTransport is not on track to a net-zero target, and we need to urgently include aviation in revised carbon budgets and constrain demand for flying and driving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cAs well as helping meet carbon targets, this would have enormous benefits for UK local tourism, air quality and public health.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New electric vehicles will have to make a noise under a new EU rule which is coming into force on Monday.\u00a0\u00a0This rule has come into place after worries over low-emission cars and vans being too quiet as a result they put pedestrians at risk. 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