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60 Minutes Dubbed Engines Noise Over Tesla Model S

Posted by timothy on from the at-least-they-didn't-detonate-it dept.

cartechboy (2660665) writes "Did you watch the Tesla 60 Minutes segment the other night? If you did, you might have ended up on the floor rolling around laughing like I did. Since when does the Tesla Model S electric car make audible engine noises? Or downshift? Turns out, 60 Minutes dubbed engine noises and a downshift over the Model S running footage. The show claims it was an editing error. Call it what you want, it was absolutely hilarious. A little note to TV producers assigned to cover Tesla Motors in the future: Electric cars don't upshift or downshift." At least they didn't fraudulently blow it up!

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  1. Dubbing car noise over the original footage? by Sockatume · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess you could say they gave it some axle foley.

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  2. Re:I need ... by CanHasDIY · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought I missed the sound of a 28.8k modem establishing a connection, until I set it as my ringtone.

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  3. Re:Top Gear was worse. by Cytotoxic · · Score: 4, Funny

    It was a complete puff piece, but I did really like one voiceover quote:

    "In the history of space exploration, four entities have sent a capsule into orbit and successfully recovered it. Russia, the United States, China and Elon Musk."

    If I was Elon, I'd have that on a continuous loop somewhere.