3. Sound system for silent vehicles

The issue of sound systems for silent vehicles (VS) lies at the crossroads of a number of disciplines: acoustics, psychoacoustics, cognitive psychology, digital audio and human-machine interfaces. It raises questions about alarm typology, functionality and sound ergonomics, as well as acceptability, aesthetics and noise pollution.

As such, this issue falls squarely within the field of sound design, a scientific, technical and artistic activity that focuses on sound as a vector of information and aesthetics, technical and artistic activity concerned with sound as a vector of information and aesthetics, or more precisely – according to Susini's precise definition