Toronto, Ontario — Stellantis has filed a patent for a new Active Sound Enhancement (ASE) system and Active Vibration System Enhancement (AVE) to mimic internal combustion engine (ICE) vibrations in an electric vehicle.
Filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the patent functions by recreating the vibrations that would normally be experienced with an ICE vehicle by mimicking exhaust and shaking the body of the electric vehicle.
While Dodge, a division of Stellantis, has already showcased its Fratazonic Chambered Exhaust that aims to generate artificial exhaust notes for the Charger Daytona, the AVE system, if employed, would specifically work by using a force generator to vibrate the chassis of the vehicle, with various sensors sending information on driving parameters in key touchpoints in the steering wheel and driver’s seat.
Complimenting this, the ASE system would add interior and exterior speakers to recreate engine sounds in addition to “exhaust.”
While there is no guarantee that this patent will ever make it to a manufacturing stage, Stellantis is not the first automaker to attempt to make electric vehicles feel more like their ICE components. Toyota has similarly filed patents to make electric vehicles that stall to help feel more “real” to non-electric vehicles.
