The mandate for audible alerts will eventually help prevent 2,400 pedestrian injuries annually, according to government estimates.
The deadline for requiring hybrids and electric vehicles to produce pedestrian-alerting noises to warn sight-impaired pedestrians and bicyclists has been pushed back until March.
The sound cue is aimed at warning pedestrians and cyclists that a vehicle in electric mode is nearby.
TOKYO, JAPAN - Toyota Motor Corp. announced that on Aug. 30 it will begin selling in Japan an onboard device designed to alert pedestrians and others audibly to the presence of a quiet vehicle, such as a gasoline-electric hybrid.
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