And, let’s be honest, there is lots of background noise in a car traveling down the road with an internal combustion engine. Most of the noise is from the engine itself, but there are also sounds from the tires, wind, road noise, and other external noises. Typically, you spend so much time trying to drown out road noise when you are traveling in a gas-powered car. Rethinking the Pace of TravelHowever, in terms of actual travel, the traditional road trip is being drastically changed by the energy required to travel long distances. So what happens when speed is no longer the ultimate goal of a road trip?