Mercedes Benz e Sound DEMO Warning Sound for Electric Cars

Since July 2019, it has been mandatory to install a warning sound generator in electric cars. This is due to a new EU Directive. This stipulates that initially in newly certificated hybrid, electric and fuel cell vehicles also trucks and buses the Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS) must be installed for the protection of other road users. In the EU the acoustic warning is mandatory up to a speed of 20 km, h. The Directive formulates the parameters for how an AVAS warning may and may not sound in gre