A Dodge Charger EV Driver Got a Ticket for a Loud Exhaust

The Dodge Charger EV does not have an exhaust; it is an electric car. It may sometimes make noises like it does, but it doesn’t, and that can make it awkward when a police officer pulls you over for allegedly creating a public nuisance with a “super loud” muffler—just as one state trooper did to a Charger EV owner named Mike earlier this summer in Minnesota. We got in touch with Mike He was stopped at an intersection, “about eight cars deep,” and when the light turned green, he said the lead car “peeled away loud as hell.” “I was...