For anyone other than the car owners themselves, pops and bangs' emissions programming is annoying. Now Audi wants to do it anyway.
Audi has applied for a patent for a new technology that can simulate certain sounds from the exhaust of cars with internal combustion engines. So for cars with internal combustion engines.
Among other things, the technology can reproduce the characteristic "pops and bangs" associated with cars built by certain tuners.
The sounds, which are actually a sign of an incomplete combustion, are used quite proven by several car brands. The Soster brand has, among other things, what is popularly called 'DSG farts'.
The name has a reference to the bangs from the exhaust that a quick gear change with the special dual-clutch transmission can give.
Today, however, the crackling sounds are often artificially created, and VW's sister brands are now building on that approach. Namely for electric cars and cars with actual internal combustion engines.
That's what Carmoses writes.
Audi's proposal builds on this approach. According to the patent application, Audi will place fuel injection nozzles at strategic locations in the manifold itself.
These nozzles must inject precisely measured amounts of fuel at well-planned times. When the fuel ignites, it will create sound waves and thus give the individual car 'a recognizable sound'.
What sets Audi's technology apart from its competitors is the high degree of precision and control that makes it possible to tailor the sound.
Audi points to several possible uses for the system:
- The technology can contribute to a more engaging experience at the crossroads in sports cars.
- It can reproduce a variety of sounds and sound waves with great accuracy.
- The sounds can be programmed to change depending on the driver's right foot and chorus setting.
- The system can also be used by other car manufacturers to give their models a unique sound profile.
This opens up the possibility for competitors to develop their own sound designs and thus create distinctive acoustic characteristics for their cars.
By imitating the classic exhaust sounds, Audi tries to retain some of the atmosphere associated with traditional combustion engines – also in the future predicted to fill much more.
At the same time, the technology allows car manufacturers to use sound as a way of distinguishing themselves, in a time when increasingly strict laws make cars more silent than ever before.
