01-29-2018NEWS

Elon Musk has sold $3.5 million worth of flamethrowers

No joke. After Musk’s The Boring Company sold 50,000 hats in December, the billionaire announced the company would start selling $500 flamethrowers. After 50k hats, we will start selling The Boring Company flamethrower — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 11, 2017 Many thought this was a joke, but as of today those flamethrowers have officially gone […]

[Photo: courtesy of The Boring Company]

BY Michael Grothaus

No joke. After Musk’s The Boring Company sold 50,000 hats in December, the billionaire announced the company would start selling $500 flamethrowers.

After 50k hats, we will start selling The Boring Company flamethrower

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 11, 2017

Many thought this was a joke, but as of today those flamethrowers have officially gone on preorder with Musk saying over 7,000 units have already been sold.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/957854470221660160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2018%2F01%2F29%2Felon-musks-boring-company-sold-3-point-5-million-worth-of-flamethrowers.html

That’s $3.5 million worth of flamethrowers. What could possibly go wrong?

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Michael Grothaus is a novelist and author. He has written for Fast Company since 2013, where he's interviewed some of the tech industry’s most prominent leaders and writes about everything from Apple and artificial intelligence to the effects of technology on individuals and society. More

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