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Love everything except the sound..
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GT4 e-Performance EV unleashed at the Race of Champions Sweden
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So I am just guessing this car doesn't have any issues with cold temperatures.
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The sound is due to straight cut gears used in a race car. The street car will not sound like that.
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I've spent quite a bit of time driving the Taycan in the snow this winter and I have to say the gear whine is actually a pretty cool sound in our cars, although much more subtle than that GT4-e. I drive with PSM off anytime the road is covered so being able to get high motor/wheel speeds at relatively low vehicle speeds brings a whole new set of sounds that you'd never hear in an ICE car. I don't have sport sound either.
Love the GT4-e! ROC is awesome too, those Scandinavians must have an unfair advantage though.
Love the GT4-e! ROC is awesome too, those Scandinavians must have an unfair advantage though.
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I’m super excited about the eventual GT4/GT4RS versions of the electric Cayman. Hopefully my next car.
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I want straight cut gears. GIMME GIMME GIMME.
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the gear whine is quite loud in Taycans, probably due to the 2-gearbox.
I guess one of the reasons they added the Porsche e-Sound to drown that out.
it's hard to find some sexyness in the range between:
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how do you kids deal with that new sound that did not grew up with ICE?
I guess one of the reasons they added the Porsche e-Sound to drown that out.
it's hard to find some sexyness in the range between:
and
how do you kids deal with that new sound that did not grew up with ICE?
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My kids have grown up with an Audi inline 5 and an AMG v8 and they like the sports sound!
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I’m definitely not a fan of the spots sound though. BMW i4 had an acceptable artificial noise but always had it switched off. I suspect this will soon disappear from EV’s. Whine from my Taycan is quite loud but I’ve grown to like it.the gear whine is quite loud in Taycans, probably due to the 2-gearbox.
I guess one of the reasons they added the Porsche e-Sound to drown that out.
it's hard to find some sexyness in the range between:
and
how do you kids deal with that new sound that did not grew up with ICE?
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I've straight cut gears on my motorcycle EV (it's an Energica so it's basically the same bike as E moto GP), the sound fits a high performance vehicule but it's a bit too high pitched for a luxury car
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The Taycan, and probably most EVs, require a 2 stage reduction gearbox between motor and axle.
In the case of the Taycan there is additionally a 2-ratio gearbox at the rear.
Not sure how much additional noise comes from this but gear noise will be inevitable with 4+ meshes.
I didn’t like the faux sound on demo so didn’t spec it and haven’t missed it on my car. The gear whine isn’t bad IMO.
A straight cut racing gearbox would be noisier than an IC engine
In the case of the Taycan there is additionally a 2-ratio gearbox at the rear.
Not sure how much additional noise comes from this but gear noise will be inevitable with 4+ meshes.
I didn’t like the faux sound on demo so didn’t spec it and haven’t missed it on my car. The gear whine isn’t bad IMO.
A straight cut racing gearbox would be noisier than an IC engine
