In reality the noise is mostly from tyres anyway. You don’t feel your neighborhood is actually quieter when most cars are EV. For me the really nice thing is kids that are barely taller than exhaust pipes or being carted are exposed to absolute ZERO emission. As a parent in a parking lot you feel much less stress.

Not sure where you’ve experienced but when I was in Shanghai it was definitely noticeable, nowadays I’m in Tokyo and I can’t wait for all the mopeds and motorcycles in particular to get electrified.

Could be related to speed and asphalt and macadams. I travelled to Guangzhou a few months ago, the noise on the road is comparable to Beijing, despite having significantly higher proportion of EVs.

AFAIK engine noise dominates at city speeds and tire noise dominates at highway speeds.

Just yesterday I was watching a car slow down from 100 km/h to 70, much more noticeable than I expected.

IME, accelerating engine noise dominates, but at velocity tires are super loud on less than smooth roads — especially truck and SUV tires.

And suburban. At least in Texas, the road noise is inescapable, even in the early hours of the morning. It's never really silent.