Between Model S recalls and Model 3 production snags, Tesla has been having a hard time lately — but not as hard as CEO Elon Musk made them out to be today in a hilarious series of April Fools’ tweets:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/980566101124722688
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/980566103356194816
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/980566116614291456
As you can imagine, many of Musk’s 20.8 million Twitter followers were delighted by his self-deprecating gibes, and Teslaquilla may well turn into a real product.
https://twitter.com/peteWcarle/status/980566613186326529
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/980566785803018240
https://twitter.com/AntVenom/status/980566468780875776
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/980568382591328256
https://twitter.com/vreeman/status/980568706660126721
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/980569082838700033
It’s not clear what effect Musk’s lightheartedness will have on Tesla’s troubles, but Musk’s tweetstream seems to resolve a different question.
Today provided the perfect opportunity to confess that his campaigns to sell Lego-like bricks and flamethrowers through the Boring Company were merely extended April Fool’s pranks. The lack of such a confession suggests that the 20,000 purchasers of the item now rebranded as “not a flamethrower” can look forward to deliveries in the weeks ahead.