Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require motor manufacturers to add a noise component to electric cars to help visually impaired people to hear approaching vehicles.

Requirements to fit sound generators, known as Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems (AVAS), are mandatory for new electric and quiet hybrid-electric vehicles. These requirements ensure that vehicles that can be operated on electric power only will always produce a minimum level of noise.