Electric cars are not only powerful and more than efficient, but they also offer a unique level of comfort, which is not to the taste of all customers. Especially when it comes to sound and insulation. Hyundai has patented an ingenious and peculiar system in the United States, responding to the requests of its customers, which it will implement in the future.
The absence of noises and sounds in the electric cars, in which practically nothing is heard more than a whistle or the noises of aerodynamics or rolling do not finish convincing all customers and owners. For many, such an elevated silence is superfluous, and some are committed to including an electronic modulator that artificially reproduces the sound of a combustion engineespecially when accelerating fully, with results that, in most cases, leave much to be desired.
But this is not the issue that concerns some customers, and that Hyundai’s Koreans have detected in an internal survey. something that will surprise you a lot: the total absence of vibrations. As minimal as they are, customers want to feel the heart of their electric cars, but today it is not possible unless it is a specific technology that generates the vibrations. And Hyundai has taken care of that, just a couple of days ago it requested the registration of a specific system in the United States Patent Office.
Hyundai and KIA electric futures will offer pleasant vibrations
The purpose is that customers can perceive a vibration in certain parts such as the steering wheel or the seatsa detail that the South Korean brand has perfectly understood as a demand from customers, understanding that electric cars are particular that they don’t really reproduce the same feel of a thermal combustion car. Of course, dynamically it is not the same and neither is the driving itself, but it is not an impediment for the simulation to get close to the maximum.
Although Hyundai Motor Group has been responsible for the patent, together with the engineers who have participated in the development of the system, KIA is also present among the applicants of the protection register of the new equipment. What gives an idea that the future electrics of the two brands will be the ones that will mount this virtual vibration generator system, not being clear for now if it will be something standard or will be an option, at the choice of customers who require it, since there is no reference to the possibility that it could be disconnected, although Korean intelligence invites us to think that this option will not be ruled out.
For now, it is completely unknown when it will be applied in production models, but the patent makes it clear that it will also take into account the pressure exerted on the accelerator and brake pedalsincluding also setting a virtual motor speed level for offer the vibration of a vehicle at idlewhich is not available on zero emission models.