Enlarge (credit: Boring Company) A California state bill that would have more heavily regulated the use of flamethrowers has now effectively fizzled out in a legislative committee. In light of this development, there’s nothing to stop Boring Company customers in California from receiving the company’s sold-out flamethrowers. On May 26, the day after the bill […]
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Elon Musk sells all 20,000 $500 Boring Company flamethrowers
Just a few days after opening pre-orders for $ 500 Boring Company-branded flamethrowers, Elon Musk has announced that all 20,000 have been sold. That’s $ 10 million in sales for a product that will ship in spring (hopefully) on a website that admits it’s overpriced and said: “You can definitely buy one for less elsewhere.” […]
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. is selling flamethrowers
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. is meant to provide an underground transportation solution that will decongest heavy traffic. But now, they’re making and selling flamethrowers. No, we’re not kidding. What do flamethrowers have to do with digging tunnels and transporting people from one area to the next? No one knows, other than the mad scientist otherwise […]
Elon Musk sells 10,000 flamethrowers in 48 hours [Updated]
Enlarge (credit: Boring Company) Over the last 15 years, Elon Musk’s companies have had a big impact on the rocket, electric car, and battery markets. This weekend, Musk entered yet another new market: flamethrowers. Musk’s Boring Company began selling branded novelty flamethrowers for $ 500 apiece. “Obviously, a flamethrower is a super terrible idea,” Musk […]
Elon Musk gets fired up to sell flamethrowers
A flamethrower you can buy — what does that have to do with digging tunnels and transporting people? Yet it’s the latest idea to spring from the paripatetic mind of Elon Musk, who just demonstrated his flamethrower by rushing a camera with one on social media. And, branded with the name of Musk’s Boring Co., […]