Q: Do electric cars have a sound added to them? I heard one drive past me the other day and it sounded like something from Star Wars. A: In 1886 the Benz Patent Motor Car made its debut as the first ...

Most of us know what it means when our car is chiming at us to buckle our seatbelt. But what about if it starts beeping and the wheel or seat starts shaking? That probably means your car is equipped ...

You see the world around you, feel the car you sit in, taste the drive-thru snacks you picked up, and smell the air as it wafts through your windows. But what about the sounds you hear? These are ...

Electric vehicles certainly seem to be the way of the future. More people are buying them, and while there are still questions about whether the United States is ready for an EV revolution, these ...

Talking surprising race car sounds, 'dirty air' and more with the 'F1' sound design team. Sound editor Al Nelson and re-recording mixer Gary Rizzo share their long history working with director Joseph ...

Dodge’s performance cars will not go quietly into the electric age. Cars powered by electric motors, even the powerful ones, tend to be very quiet. So much so, that the government has started ...

The Lexus LFA is one of the rare supercars remembered less for lap times than for the way it sounds when it tears through the ...

Ever since Pac-Man went mainstream back in the 80s, that ubiquitous wakka wakka wakka sound has been instantly recognizable. We’re a long way away from “Pac-Man Fever” but the game is still in arcades ...

For car enthusiasts, buying a car and leaving it alone can sometimes seem like an impossible task. Whether it would be in the name of personalizing your ride so that its look matches your own personal ...

Here at Jalopnik we love it when a car goes "nyooom" really fast on a race track. A high-rev V12 in the back of a cigar-shaped F1 car? Who doesn't love that? Honda recently had its 1965 RA272 out at ...

Saturday saw the running of the ELE Rally in the Netherlands, with organizers inviting e-Rally competitors to join the event for the first time. Spectators were treated to the sight of electric rally ...