ELECTRIC ROAD VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH A REPRODUCTION DEVICE FOR THE REALIZATION OF A SOUND ASSOCIABLE WITH A GEAR SHIFT AND RELATED METHOD

Road vehicle (1) comprising: four wheels (2, 3), of which at least two drive wheels (3); a passenger compartment (5) configured to accommodate at least one driver (DR); at least one electric motor (4) configured to deliver drive torque to the at least two drive wheels (3); a gear shift system (19), which is configured to allow the driver (DR) to select one of a plurality of virtual gears and to switch from one virtual gear to another while driving; an acoustic system (6), which comprises at least one reproduction device (7) configured to generate a sound (8) associable with a switch from one virtual gear to another; a control unit configured to detect a gear shift request from the driver (DR) to the gear shift system (19) and control the acoustic system (6) to reproduce the sound (S).