Car news is just totally ELECTRIC these days! And so are the cars themselves. More and more manufacturers are adding, and keep adding, new electric vehicles to their production road map. And Maserati is the latest to get on board.

The company has been promising some electric car news and teasing the world with little bits of information about the electric cars fans have been hoping to see for a couple of years already – making some of their followers impatient.

Now, Maserati has decided to let the world know of their grand plans with a unique taste of the car that few would ever have anticipated: its sound.

The truth about sports cars is that their fans truly live for the sounds of their engines, many refusing to ever taint it with music or, Lord forbid, chatter. But apparently, Maserati is taking a unique approach to this concern: What, if anything, will the Maserati EVs sound like?

They’ve released a preview of the meticulously engineered hum – a compensational token to soften the blow of their other announcement: that the production is undergoing a slight delay.

It was actually all the way back in 2014 that Maserati announced that their V8-engined Alfieri concept was good to go for production as both a fully electric vehicle and a plug-in hybrid.

It wasn’t all happy news at the time – the news was synonymous with the death of the existing GranTurismo generation and the GranCabrio generation, which would both be replaced by the new generation of 100 percent electric models. The original launch date for these new models was announced as 2020 at the time, but now that the year has finally rolled around, they’ve let us know that it’s been pushed back a year.

But at least fans can rest assured that they won’t necessarily lose the soothing sounds of their engines, along with the actual engines themselves.

When mathematician Edward Lorenz first came up with the idea of the butterfly effect, it was in relationship to weather. Lorenz’s theory was that something extremely small – like a butterfly flapping its wings – could lead to significantly larger changes, such as a tornado’s path. Nowadays, we use the term to describe any situation where a small change leads to much larger overall consequences. The people on this list have all experienced this effect. Check it out for yourself!

Often, school kids are tasked with making quite large decisions that will impact their futures. One of those is the choice between various classes. As kids, the difference between attending a class or not might seem minor, but for this person, not getting into AP history really affected the rest of their life.

This person ended up attending a new gym class because they didn’t get into AP history, and that set the wheels in motion for a career as an ER nurse.

Our next person also credits their eventual career with a minor incident earlier in their life. This person was heading on a trip with their girlfriend and ended up bringing along an SLR camera and some camera equipment.

When the wildlife rehab center this person was working in was particularly quiet, they would sharpen up their photography skills. This eventually led to a career as a wildlife cameraman. Imagine if this person had left their camera at home!

Just as a heads up – there are rather a lot of people on this list that have met their future spouses as a result of the butterfly effect. This person is one of them, as they spontaneously went to a restaurant alone when their friend canceled their pizza plans.

When ordering dinner at the restaurant bar, this person struck up a conversation with someone and went on to marry them. If this person stayed in for pizza, what would have happened?

A lot of future outcomes can be decided by where you sit in a particular class. Lots of people are friends with the people they are because they sat near to them in elementary or middle school. So why would that be any different in college?

This person arrived late to a college class and took one of the few remaining seats. This seating choice led to this person’s future friend group, putting an awful lot of pressure on where we decide to sit!

As well as featuring lots of sweet stories, this list also includes some stories that are harder to hear. This person’s mom asked her parents to look after her daughter for a few hours and never came back. Despite how difficult this must have been, the daughter is thankful for that small action.

This person had a private education, opportunities, and a loving home, all as a result of her mom abandoning her. Plus, this person learned that motherhood isn’t just about giving birth.

Something as minor as finishing your drink shouldn’t end up having a significant effect on your life. But, if finishing your drink means that you’re a little later to your next destination, then that’s exactly what can happen.

The couple described in this next post was enjoying a meal on vacation. They hung around a little longer to finish their drinks, and that meant that they narrowly missed a horrific car collision. If they had left the drinks undrunk, they might have been in the vehicle’s path.

This person was also saved from a serious injury or even death because they were busy doing something else. This person noticed a cute little hedgehog when they were walking to school, and stopped to watch it scurry into a bush.

While this person was standing still, admiring the hedgehog, a large branch fell off a tree in front of them. That means that if they hadn’t momentarily stopped, they would have been crushed by a branch. The lesson? Always look at hedgehogs.

Making decisions based on a coin toss is like asking for the butterfly effect to come and wreak havoc on your life. By making choices like this, simple heads or tails can point you in a particular direction based on total random luck.

This person tossed a coin to decide which college to attend. They now put most of their life down to that coin toss, because their college shaped their future career, friendships, and love life. All because of a nickel.

Sometimes, we end up following our interests down a certain path, and that path can lead us to an enjoyable and exciting future career. This person was avoiding their homework when they came upon a musical production of Romeo and Juliet in Hungarian.

This person tried to learn the lyrics, which eventually led them to discover the field of linguistics – the study of language. It’s good to know that doing what you enjoy can lead to future discoveries about yourself. Keep doing it!

This next butterfly effect story is a little eerie for our liking. This person’s mom got homesick while she was studying in England, and ended up buying an early ticket to come back home.

She arrived home safely, but the plane she would have taken home was Pan Am Flight 103. This plane was bombed, killing all 243 of its passengers. The incident, known as the Lockerbie bombing, is the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of the UK.

From one dark story to another, this next person’s grandfather was also spared because of a minor part of his earlier life. This person’s grandpa had taken a typing class while in school in the 1930s. Amazingly, this meant that they avoided being drafted during the Battle of Okinawa.

This battle, fought between the US and Japan at the end of World War II, was particularly deadly. 10s of thousands of people lost their lives. However, because of a typing class, this family survived.

Our next example of a butterfly effect is from someone who was able to see goodness as a result of a tragic event. This person lost their mom while they were at community college, and decided which college to attend based on which one their mom loved the most.

This person never expected to get in, but felt they should honor their mom’s memory by going. That decision led to a life on the beach and a happy career studying science.

We’re particularly fond of this next example of a butterfly effect. This person was singing a gibberish song as a child when her mom asked what it was. In response, and being just a little snarky, this kid said she was singing Evelynese – a language she had invented herself.

Because of this, she then actually did come up with the language, and a fake country for people that spoke it. Not just that, the teen Evelyn then invented a complex society.

This person was feeling down and out when they decided to join the US Marine Corps. Rather than going into the infantry, this person took his recruiter’s advice and opted to learn IT instead. This got him sent to Japan, and eventually, he found himself enjoying a night in the city.

As a result of choosing a technical field, this person met their wife, emigrated to Japan for good, had a son, and landed a fulfilling career. What a happy ending!

The person who wrote this next post exists thanks to two separate events. On one side of their family, their grandfather managed to avoid being killed or injured in a Russian attack during WWII, because he had returned home to see his newborn child.

On the other side of their family, this person’s other grandfather was saved from the Nazis because he was an adept pharmacist that had saved the town’s cows. This family nearly ceased to exist but managed to continue living.

Here’s another butterfly effect story that’s related to the pain and suffering of WWII. This one is set in Auschwitz, where this person’s grandmother and mother were waiting in line. A cruel Nazi soldier ended up separating the two and sent the child away to a different line.

It turns out that this action saved the child’s life, and she survived until the camp was liberated. She then went on to marry her husband and have children, which very nearly didn’t happen.

And here we have yet another war-related butterfly effect story. This one comes from The Sri Lankan Civil War, which was fought between 1983 to 2009. During this time, this person’s father and their family were chased out of their home. They ended up taking shelter in a cousin’s home.

While there, this person’s father struck up a relationship with the neighboring family. They chatted across the fence, and eventually tied the knot. Without these specific circumstances, would they have ever met?

Here’s another person that made a decision about a certain class, and went on to feel the effects for a long, long time. In this case, someone chose to study music rather than a foreign language.

Because of that choice, they worked in radio, met their former wife, and had children. Then, that led to a new partner and a different career. While it mightn’t be super clear to us, this person is convinced that their fifth-grade choice shaped their entire life.

It’s shocking how leaving a comment or adding someone as a friend online can ultimately lead to major life changes. This person was scrolling through a meme site and ended up leaving a comment on one of the pictures. This led to a conversation with someone, and eventually, that led to texting.

Fast forward a little and these two internet commenters are the proud parents of a baby girl. Despite various medical issues, the pair ended up with a healthy little girl. Congrats!

It’s quite shocking that major life milestones might never have happened if it weren’t for a singular moment in time. This poster went to a soccer match on a Thursday and ended up with a serious passion for the sport.

Not just that, but this person made new friends and branched out by attending a supporter’s club. The supporter’s group led this person to their future spouse, which led to a new city, a first dog, and a kitten. Oh, and Reddit!

A small moment in childhood can end up igniting a spark that doesn’t ever go out. This person went on a sixth-grade field trip to go whale-watching and was blown away by what they saw.

That evening, they saw a commercial for a TV series on the majestic mammals and were inspired to go on to work with whales. Because of that early interest, this person went on to work in marine preservation with the military. Now that’s a butterfly effect!

What we’ve learned from all of these butterfly effects is that you might as well do whatever you want. If being alive or being in a different profession depends on the way someone looks at you or whether you finish your drink, then why not just do whatever you feel like?

For example, this person was hanging around after work to flirt with a colleague when they witnessed a car crash. This led them to become a paramedic. The lesson? Flirt away!

Commercials seem to be great ways to inspire people, becoming butterfly effects when the right person sees them. In this case, a little boy saw a commercial for a movie about the boy scouts. He begged his mom to take him to Blockbuster and then watched it multiple times.

That commercial led to a lifetime of scouting, which then led to new interests, meaningful relationships, and the opportunity to go to college. All of that from a commercial for a 1966 movie!

The Louisiana black bear, perhaps unsurprisingly, is a subspecies of the American black bear that’s mainly found along the Mississippi River. These majestic creatures have been known to stray outside of their usual habitats and are capable of traveling very long distances.

It makes sense then that this poster came across one of these bears while driving at night. The creature was so stunning that this person decided there and then to focus on wildlife management. In just one second, a lifetime was shaped.

Our next poster’s butterfly effect began when they entered a poetry competition at aged 17. They ended up winning the contest and had their work published. As a result, another group of teens ended up studying the poem, and one got in touch with the author on Facebook to ask some questions.

After discussing the poem and arranging to hang out, these two literary lovers got together and are now almost married. We have to ask ourselves, without that poetry contest, where would they be now?

Like some other stories in this list, this anecdote is proof that good things can come out of bad situations. This story starts off with a broken marriage, where a man’s wife betrays him with his own best friend.

As a result, the man wants to go to Australia and start again. However, his ex-wife wants him around to pay child support. So, because he did not end up going, this man went to a party and met his future wife.

This post is an impressive tangle of butterfly effects, with multiple families being made because of one trip to the bank. This person spoke with a bank teller who helped them get a job at a local restaurant. Once there, this person befriended someone who would go on to marry his sister.

This story just keeps snowballing, because various people keep getting introduced and going on to get married and have kids. It really makes us wonder, was this written by Cupid?

We’re back with the intense and properly life-altering kind of butterfly effect. Sure, all butterfly effects are technically life-altering, but ones involving war and separation are all the more touching.

This Redditor explains that their family had rice plantations and assets in North Korea, where they were initially from. However, they decided to leave everything behind and head for the South. Thankfully they did because 7 days later, Korea was split in two. That decision led to a prosperous future elsewhere.

Alright, this is a long one, but it’s worth it. Like our previous post, this story is also quite poignant. Here we have a couple that was driving around Las Vegas going to multiple McDonald’s trying to find a branch with milk. This couple could have given up, but they kept going until they got what they needed.

It turns out that driving around looking for milk spared this pair from this 2017 Las Vegas shooting. Till now, this is the deadliest mass shooting committed by an individual in US history.

Sometimes, a simple encouraging comment can lead to a lifetime of job satisfaction. You never know what effect your words will have on others, so if you have something nice to say, you might as well say it. And as the saying goes, if you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say it at all.

This person ended up with their career because their ex-girlfriend’s brother told them they’d be good at it. Plus, this relationship made this poster a cat person.

Buckle up folks because this story is a wild ride. We start with a UK family on vacation in Germany. When they’re there, the family plans to spend some time in Denmark visiting Legoland.

When this poster came down with an illness, the family decided to just stay in Germany. Because of this, this person’s aunt was by the pool at just the right time to save someone’s life. If the family had gone to Legoland as planned, they wouldn’t even have been in the country.

Here’s another person who managed to avoid a possibly tragic accident. This person takes the bus home from work at around the same each day, but one day she decided to catch the next bus because she needed the bathroom.

Just because this person had a weak bladder, their entire life was saved. If this person had peed during their lunch break or drank less coffee, they might not be around to tell this tale.

It’s amazing how many people’s families wouldn’t be the way they are if it weren’t for minor and random details. Introducing someone to another person could lead to a connection that lasts for an entire lifetime. Or, it could send you down a path that takes you to a totally different destination.

This person’s parents met because they were both invited to the same dinner party. As this poster points out, if their mom had stayed home that night, they mightn’t have been born. What a trippy thought!

While it makes sense that choosing a particular class or attending a certain party would affect the rest of your life, we wouldn’t say the same thing about getting your ears pierced. However, this person would disagree.

This poster got their ears pierced after graduating high school, and lost their job at McDonald’s as a result. This led them to pursue other work options and ultimately led to them becoming a qualified nurse. Who knew such a wonderful outcome could come from pierced ears?

We feel bad for this person, who must have had a really bad day when their car broke down and they lost their temp job on the same day. Even though they got their car back on the road, their company told them not to bother coming in. Harsh!

As a result of this terrible day, this person decided to go back to college. They ended up graduating with honors, with a future career in mind. At least we know that clouds can have silver linings. Now, instead of feeling bad, we feel happy for this person!

This romantic love story takes place against the backdrop of the multi-player online video game World of Warcraft. As you can see, two people were able to find each other, get married, and have a child all because one of their friends called the other a rude name while playing online.

This pair ended up chatting online and were surprised to find out they were both living in the same country. Now, they both live together in a different country.

This person managed to escape a potentially life-threatening car pileup because they happened to forget to pick up their water bottle. When they got to the car and realized, they walked back to the house and grabbed their bottle. The whole thing took less than a minute, but every second counts.

If this person had decided to just buy a bottle of water at work, they would have been closer to or involved in, a terrible road accident.

Our next post about the butterfly effect has multiple twists and turns. You might think you know where this story is leading, but we bet you don’t. Basically, this person had multiple medical tests that resulted in them being diagnosed with coeliac disease.

After building their entire life around this gluten allergy, this person discovered they weren’t coeliac at all! This person’s misdiagnosis gave them a fulfilling career, and in the end, they could still eat donuts – win, win!

This butterfly effect story is pretty eerie and makes us wonder what we really think about fate. This person was deciding between two jobs – their current position in a team they loved, or a higher paying position with their top competitor. In the end, they decided to stay where they were and ended up meeting their husband on a business trip.

Flash forward, and this person is on their honeymoon in St. Lucia. Ridiculously, the other firm had taken their employees there to celebrate.

Have you ever been in a bad relationship? Well, usually people in terrible relationships stay despite the terrible things their partner keeps doing. Then, someday, with just the right conditions, some minor thing happens and suddenly you realize just how terrible your relationship actually is.

This person had their eureka moment when their fiancé wouldn’t stop playing music in public. After realizing how annoying he was, she applied to a different school and sailed off into the sunset. Bon voyage!

Here’s another war story where a family came into existence because of a seemingly unrelated incident. This story sees someone’s great-grandfather fighting for the German army during World War II. When he ended up with an elbow injury in Russia, he was sent home unable to fight.

It turns out that this relatively small injury saved this person’s entire future family. A week after returning home, this person’s entire platoon was killed. This means that if this soldier was uninjured, he would never have gone on to have grandchildren.

This is a nice simple butterfly effect, where the end of an unsuccessful relationship leads to a much better life for one of its participants. This person went through a rough breakup and treated themselves to a vacation to get over it.

Once they were there, this person loved the place they’d traveled to so much that they decided to emigrate there for good. Yet again, a failed relationship actually leads to much bigger, more significant personal successes. Our advice? Just dump him!

Just as a heads up – this butterfly effect story is tough. This story features a woman whose husband left her and their children because she has a physical disability. As a result, she became bitter and had few visitors come to the house.

Years later, the woman’s estranged brother knocks at her home when his car breaks down nearby. She doesn’t respond when she’s called, and the family realizes that she’s unwell and in danger. Thankfully, the brother’s call saved this woman’s life.

Here’s another medical butterfly effect that saved someone’s life. This person was sent inside by their parents so they wouldn’t hear an adult conversation. While inside, they saw a commercial for psoriasis treatment and remembered the number. Then, they passed the info onto their Dad, who wrote the number on a box.

Eventually, this person’s Dad did call the number and attended a health test. The test revealed serious medical issues which wouldn’t have been discovered if it wasn’t for the commercial.

Finally, we round out our list of butterfly effect stories with a person that decided to follow his fortune cookie. We’re not sure we recommend this strategy, but it certainly worked out in this case.

This poster opened a fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant and unfurled a message about teaching. As a result, he signed up to be a language teacher and ended up in Taiwan. While there, he found his wife, had kids, and got a dog. Sounds like it all worked out for him!