The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N electric SUV on a foggy race track.
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N offers three sound themes and the simulated feel of gear shifts.
  • Some car companies think that fake engine noises will get drivers to consider going electric. 
  • Hyundai and Dodge have both unveiled EVs that blast fake exhaust noises outside the car. 
  • Electric cars are inherently quiet. 

A recent video introducing the world to Hyundai's latest performance car shows the new Ioniq 5 N tearing around a racetrack and through city streets, all while vroom-vrooming loud enough to wake the entire neighborhood. Typical car-ad stuff.

The clip wouldn't be all that strange — if the Ioniq 5 N had an engine.