[VIDEO] Borla Can Make Your EV Sound Like a C8 Corvette

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[VIDEO] Borla Can Make Your EV Sound Like a C8 Corvette


Finally, we are seeing some real innovation in adding sound to electric vehicles. During this week’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas, aftermarket exhaust maker Borla is showing off a system that can give your EV the sound of a revving C8 Corvette.

Bora demonstrated the system on a customized Shelby Mustang Mach-E at SEMA, and it was captured by Car and Driver:

@caranddriver Borla is making “exhaust systems” for EVs. How does that make you feel? #SEMA #MustangMachE #Borla #exhaust #sounds #carsoftiktok #cartok ♬ original sound – Car and Driver team


The system utilizes a speaker, wiring harness, and computer/controller to generate the sound. Users will be able to select and customize the sounds via an app.

“We had customers coming to us, particularly with the Mach-E, and asking for more aggressive sound,” said VP of sales and marketing, David Borla. “Shelby said, ‘Help us out, we need to add some sound to these,'” says Borla. “When you lose sound, you lose vibrations, it’s a different experience.”

Borla says the sound is very customizable, and it only takes about an hour to do the installation.

[VIDEO] Borla Can Make Your EV Sound Like a C8 Corvette


So far, there are three specific exhaust notes offered that feature the C8 Corvette Stingray, the Mustang GT500 and the Chevrolet Camaro. Borla says that future options may be offered to give EV users a sound that is much different than the traditional rumble of a V8. “We’re working with a synthesizer company right now to come up with notes that have nothing to do with internal combustion,” he said.

We wrote about a similar system from Thor Tuning that offers a one or two-speaker system with volumes rated up to 50db with prices starting at $1,045.

Whether you’re a traditionalist that prefers internal combustion engines or an EV adopter who wants a little more from the latest technology, the good news from Borla is they can make whatever you drive sound better. Here’s another example from Borla:


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Borla and Car and Driver

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9 COMMENTS

  1. Oh, Whoop-dee-doo!! That’s really exciting – reminds me of playing the air guitar or watching porn…
    🙂

  2. Why? What a waste of time and effort. One of the dumbest ideas I’ve heard in a long time. Borla can’t find anything better to do with their expertise??

  4. I used to record the sound of playing cards in my bicycle spokes attached with clothespins and then play it back over the boom box strapped to my handle bars with the volume turned way up as I rode through the neighborhood. I didn’t really, but this idea is about as stupid. 🤦

  5. That’s even worse then putting Ferrari and Mclaren badges on your C8. Of course it’s being marketed to the Mustang crowd.

  6. There was a EV race car at a couple of our races this summer. My only description is” It’s like having sex in a closed dark closet with ear plugs on”. I will drive my C8 until there is no gasoline, before switching to a EV Corvette.

  7. It’s like the kid in my neighborhood driving his toy Corvette that makes a revving sound. It would be cheaper to just put your VR headset on and pretend you own a Corvette.

  8. There is nothing like the thunder and vibration from my catless Corvette as I bang the gears.

  9. I feel for these companies; having the ground forcibly diminished below their feet, but there is – almost – nothing worse than a poseur, and this/the phony EV “exhaust” Dodge recently showed off are just embarrassing!

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