On a new episode of Top Gear that aired a week or two ago, they spent some time driving an all-electric Mercedes. The car is so quiet that they included options on the in-car computer to play engine noises over the stereo… there was a bank of a dozen or so different Mercedes models you could pick from.
I find it horribly stupid, but unfortunately no one asked my opinion.
(I think the law mandating that electric cars make more noise is ridiculous too)
