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Twenty Thousand Hertz

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How to Create a New Sound Experience

Connor got an assignment from Waymo, Google's driverless car project. To make electric cars safer, the government requires car makers to create a fake sound for their engines. The federal rules are super specific. Connor: "It was cool to just think, you know, what are other people thinking?"

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