AVAS

See also: Appendix:Variations of "avas"

English

Noun

AVAS (countable and uncountable)

1. (automotive) Acronym of acoustic vehicle alerting system: a system in an electric vehicle that generates artificial driving sounds alerting pedestrians and other road users of the vehicle's presence.

   Alternative form: Avas

   • 2021 February 4, Stephen Williams, “E.V.s Force Carmakers to Reinvent the Wheel, and Brakes, and Mirrors …”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The coming Audi E-tron GT, for example, has control units that remix the sound effects based on the car’s speed or the position of the accelerator pedal. Also fitted to the Audi is an AVAS — an acoustic vehicle alerting system, required to alert pedestrians that an electric car is close by.

Anagrams

• vasa, AAVs, Sava