My wife and I had never driven an electric car and were wondering if we might want a Tesla, so when we landed in Phoenix, we rented a Model Y from Hertz (with less than 1,000 miles on it) and drove to Sedona.

After enduring the variable pitch whine the whole way, we swore Tesla and electric in general probably aren’t for us. If such a noise is abnormal, we would have expected the car to detect and point out on the screen that service is needed.