On my walk to work the other day, something odd happened. While waiting for a light, I heard a strange wheezing noise coming from the street, like some odd bird cawing at me. I ignored it for a second ...

A new study conducted by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and published in March examined how well the average person could locate three common types of warning sounds from ...

You probably know that vehicles that can operate solely under electric power have a low-speed warning sound that it projects to let pedestrians – particularly blind or vision-impaired pedestrians – ...

Electric vehicles are fast and stealthy. With no combustion engine or exhaust noise, they have the ability to sneak up on pedestrians without much of a warning. This is bad enough for the average road ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Electric car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O), opens new tab is recalling 578,607 vehicles in the United States because pedestrians may not be able to hear a required warning ...

WASHINGTON — Tesla Inc. is adding more U.S. vehicles to a prior recall because of an issue that may cause the pedestrian warning system sounds to be obscured, increasing the risk of a crash. The ...