Minnesota Dodge Charger EV driver explains what happened after getting a ticket for his exhaust being too loud
Published on Sep 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM (UTC+4)
by Daisy Edwards
Last updated on Sep 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
This Minnesota-based Dodge Charger EV driver explained to the news what happened after getting a ticket for his exhaust being too loud.
You would think that buying an EV would mean you would no longer be pulled over for having too loud an exhaust, but this man managed to achieve the impossible.
The EV in question was fitted with a Fratzonic sound system to simulate engine noise, including modes like ‘sport’ that amplify the artificial sound.
Three months on from being pulled over, it looks as though the ticket hasn’t appeared in the Washington County court system, so there’s nothing he can do quite yet.
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A Dodge Charger EV driver got a ticket for his exhaust being too loud
Although most people find EVs almost disturbingly quiet, especially when they come sneaking around the corner unannounced, this Dodge Charger EV driver was pulled over by a state trooper for his car being too loud.
The original stop happened when a driver known just as ‘Mike’ and his car-club convoy were stopped at a red light downtown.
Despite his electric Dodge Charger not having any exhaust, Mike was given a ticket for a ‘loud muffler/loud exhaust’ along with further charges of ‘public nuisance to annoy/injure/endanger safety’.
Although the driver attempted to explain to the trooper that the car lacks a traditional engine, the state trooper was having none of it.
How can an exhaustless car get ticketed?
Mike’s EV was fitted with a Fratzonic sound system, which is made to simulate engine noise and amplify it purposely.
Specific modes like ‘Sport’ make it even louder, so he was maybe in a sound-amplification mode when he got pulled over.
More than three months after the incident, his ticket hasn’t appeared in the Washington County court system, which means that he can’t schedule a hearing, and he’s been checking weekly to see when the ticket arrives.
Mike is holding out hope that the trooper or court might drop or disregard the citation once the misapplication becomes clearer.
It shows that old noise laws might clash with newer tech and their artificially generated sounds. So maybe it’s time for a reevaluation.
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Daisy Edwards is a Content Writer at supercarblondie.com. Daisy has more than five years’ experience as a qualified journalist, having graduated with a History and Journalism degree from Goldsmiths, University of London and a dissertation in vintage electric vehicles. Daisy specializes in writing about cars, EVs, tech and luxury lifestyle. When she's not writing, she's at a country music concert or working on one of her many unfinished craft projects.
