Volvo's to my knowledge do not emit a noise, (according to Volvo) at the moment, they will of course will have to introduce it to meet the law, and will do, BUT and here is why I am not happy, as I contacted them before I took my car from them, as I had heard about this 6 months ago, and asked about the retrofit and cost, and why it was not all ready installed (Volvo being so safety conscience) if the law was to change to cover all electric cars.
Their answer was pretty well bull **** to say we will only do what is required by law at the time, there is no law change to cover older vehicles that they are aware of.
I was not happy and will be really peed off if there his a law change and I have to spend a fortune to modify something that should be standard on electric cars / hybrids for safety reasons, just common sense.
Even Jaguar have added noise emitter to the Ipace to future proof it.
Honestly I do think it is a danger and evidence have proved so far that people have been hit by moving, especially reversing electric cars / hybrids, but so far most never get reported as they are not hurt enough.
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