Road vehicle, - with a drive unit for driving the vehicle, - with a drive unit control device for actuating the drive unit, - with at least one sound generator comprising at least one electroacoustic converter, - wherein the sound generator comprises an emission pipe that ensures that the sound generator and the emission chamber are in direct acoustic and fluid communication with other another, which emission pipe emits the sound generated by the converter when the sound generator is in operation, - wherein a generator control device is coupled with the drive unit control device to actuate the converter, and actuates the converter depending on the current operating state of drive unit, - wherein the generator control device actuates the converter to generate an engine noise of an internal combustion engine depending on the current driving output of the drive unit, characterised in that - the drive unit comprises at least one electric motor and one internal combustion engine, - the vehicle is only driven by the at least one electric motor, - the internal combustion engine is used for generating electrical power, - the generator control device actuates the converter according to the current operating state of the respective electric motor, - a protective grille is arranged in the emission pipe or at an outlet end of the emission pipe, - the converter is arranged in a housing of the sound generator, - a membrane of the converter separates a front volume from a rear volume in the housing, - the front volume is arranged inside a funnel, the inlet of which adjoins the converter, and the outlet of which adjoins the emission pipe, wherein an axial direction of the outlet is inclined with respect to an axial direction of the inlet, - a virtual operating state is transmittable to the generator control device with the aid of a manually operable operating means that is coupled to the generator control device independently of the actual operating state of the drive unit, and which overrides the actual operating state. - with a drive unit for driving the vehicle, - with a drive unit control device for actuating the drive unit, - with at least one sound generator comprising at least one electroacoustic converter, - wherein the sound generator comprises an emission pipe that ensures that the sound generator and the emission chamber are in direct acoustic and fluid communication with other another, which emission pipe emits the sound generated by the converter when the sound generator is in operation, - wherein a generator control device is coupled with the drive unit control device to actuate the converter, and actuates the converter depending on the current operating state of drive unit, - wherein the generator control device actuates the converter to generate an engine noise of an internal combustion engine depending on the current driving output of the drive unit, - the drive unit comprises at least one electric motor and one internal combustion engine, - the vehicle is only driven by the at least one electric motor, - the internal combustion engine is used for generating electrical power, - the generator control device actuates the converter according to the current operating state of the respective electric motor, - a protective grille is arranged in the emission pipe or at an outlet end of the emission pipe, - the converter is arranged in a housing of the sound generator, - a membrane of the converter separates a front volume from a rear volume in the housing, - the front volume is arranged inside a funnel, the inlet of which adjoins the converter, and the outlet of which adjoins the emission pipe, wherein an axial direction of the outlet is inclined with respect to an axial direction of the inlet, - a virtual operating state is transmittable to the generator control device with the aid of a manually operable operating means that is coupled to the generator control device independently of the actual operating state of the drive unit, and which overrides the actual operating state.