After decades of trying to make cars quieter, manufacturers are willing to bring back, and even brand, decibels. It’s clear that some vehicle manufacturers see prospects of warning sounds as a unique and possibly valuable form of branding. Maybe even to the point of a commercial prospect.

There are powerful arguments to be made that Electric Vehicles sounds should be standardized. Whatever sound is used, it needs to be a defined and standardized sound that is identifiable as a car in motion. Random sounds and tunes could be misidentified and abused.