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With every automobile manufacturer pouring resources into its electric car division, it's clear that the future of transportation is going to involve fewer roaring internal combustion engines. But as goes the ICE's familiar vroooom, so goes the sound that alerts us that somebody's about to cream us as we walk into the middle of an intersection while we're busy texting.

Luckily, automakers are anticipating the dangers posed by all-but-silent electric cars to the blind, oblivious and easily distracted, and are currently floating plans to incorporate simulated engine noise. But there's no reason why that simulated noise would have to sound like the car engines we're used to, and we're already seeing customizable engine sounds.

With that in mind, we've come up with some recommendations for what engine noises might be appropriate for various cars on the market, in the event they go electric.

Ford Mustang
The Mustang screams "Americana" like no other car, and its name screams "horse." With that combination in mind, it seems like any Mustang owner who's ever taken his for a ride out West would be proud to gallop down the highway with his ride replicating the sound that his 215-horsepower engine might make if it were actually 215 wild mustangs. For bonus fun, blind people will have to try to figure out if they're about to be run over by a car or trampled by a stampeding group of horses.

Mercedes SLK 55 AMG
The impossibly speedy SLK 55 AMG goes from 0-60 in 4.7 seconds, less time than it takes Albert Haynesworth to run the 40 yard dash, and tops out at 155mph. It's also German, which means that, whether cruising the Interstate or threatening to run down a pedestrian for a laugh, Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" would be an awfully appropriate sound to emanate from the engine.

Mini Cooper
The charming and humble British sensibility of the tiny Mini Cooper would seem to lend itself quite well to the sound of another trait of our friends across the pond: A polite English accent apologizing basically for its very existence. For a car so incredibly British that it's commonly adorned with gigantic Union Jack decals, an engine that mumbles, "Oh, um, so sorry" for being a nuisance as you're considering crossing the street just makes sense.

Hummer H2
Despite ever-dwindling sales figures due to rising gas prices and an ongoing campaign of shame, the H2 is still -- at least for the moment -- in production. A fully electric H2 would be a pretty unlikely feat, but were it to happen, we'd still recommend an engine noise that reminds people of all of the unneeded carbon emissions its gas-guzzling counterpart dumped into our lives. How about an ongoing string of righteous fart noises ushering from the H2?

If your current ride went electric, what sound would it make?