Piping fake engine noise into an EV's cabin can be cringe, but there's a way to do it right and a few automakers figured it ...

As fuel economy and emissions requirements get stricter, automakers increasingly turn to engine downsizing and turbocharging. There's just one problem: many turbo engines don't sound that great. This ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Car engines derive power from thousands of miniature explosions contained within their cylinders every minute. We quickly become accustomed to ...

BMW's Active Sound Design tech replicates engine noise inside the M5's cabin using the car stereo's speakers. What ever happened to just rolling down the windows? Antuan Goodwin Senior Writer, ...

Sound coming from your engine bay is typically very normal, as it means the engine is working and providing power to help move your vehicle. Most drivers have an idea of what their vehicle should ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Recent developments by the author in the application of digital Fourier transform (DFT) methods, i.e., coherence and transfer function ...

How do we get an engine to sound impressive? Acoustic design for cars is becoming increasingly important. With a brand-new acoustic laboratory, Volvo Cars' sound experts can make further progress in ...

Charged with the task of getting the fuel economy of the 2011 Chevy Equinox down to 32 mpg on the highway and beat out the 28 mpg-rated Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4 and Ford Escape, GM engineers employed ...