Elon Musk’s The Boring Company is indeed living up to its namesake and boring tunnels, but its primary source of revenue still seems to be selling stuff branded with its logo. First there was the hat, then the ‘not a flamethrower,’ and now Musk has said that the company will produce and sell large, “lifesize” […]
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Elon Musk’s Boring Co. flamethrower ships in time for summer BBQs
Elon Musk raised a significant chunk of money for his tunnel boring venture, the aptly named Boring Company, via sales of a heavily marked up ‘flamethrower’ with Boring Co. branding. Those pre-sales are all concluded, but now people who put down cash to reserve one are finding out when they can get their flame on. […]
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Elon Musk has shifted his pans for The Boring Company: While it will still focus on digging tunnels to provide a network of underground tubes suitable for use by high-speed Hyperloop pods, the plan now is to use that Hyperloop to transport pedest…
View More Elon Musk shares updated pedestrian-first Boring Co. Hyperloop transit planHere’s how to make The Boring Company’s flamethrower
Obligatory disclaimer: Don’t be dumb. What follows is a video showing high level instructions on how to build a nearly exact copy of The Boring Company’s flamethrower. Basically, gut this $125 Airsoft gun and insert a propane torch. The total bill of goods should be under $200, well under the $500 The Boring Company was charging until it sold out of the 20k units. As many pointed… Read More
Video perfectly demonstrates how Elon Musk is actually a genius
With constant news coming out about Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company, it’s really easy to get bogged down on the many developments with Elon Musk’s companies.
But take a step back, and it’s easy to see that Elon Musk is an absolute madman.
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Predictably, people are reselling Elon Musk’s flamethrower on eBay for jacked-up prices
Elon Musk’s Boring Company flamethrowers are as good as sold out.
Naturally it means people out there will be will looking for one, and lo and behold, people are flipping their flamethrowers for inflated prices online.
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Too late, Elon Musk’s flamethrowers have sold out
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2018’s hottest new toy has sold out.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company $500 flamethrower has certainly been the talk of the internet, but if you were umming and ahhing over whether you should get one, you’re too late.
Musk confirmed via Twitter on Wednesday evening that he has sold all 20,000 flamethrowers available for preorder, only four days after they went on sale. That’s $10 million in flamethrowers.
Flamethrowers sold out
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 1, 2018
The flamethrower has faced opposition from one Californian lawmaker, Miguel Santiago, who said he’d bring in state legislation to ban its sale. Read more…
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View More Too late, Elon Musk’s flamethrowers have sold outElon Musk has now sold 15K flamethrowers, earning $7.5M for boring
The Boring Company is getting decently well-capitalized on the back of sales of its flamethrower (yes, flamethrower). The no-doubt overpriced piece of knack, which can be make yourself at home using likely around $30 in parts, is selling for $500 and has already netted Elon Musk’s digging venture $7.5 million. That’s after just over a day of being on sale, and not counting the… Read More
Someone is already trying to stop sales of Elon Musk’s flamethrower
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Elon Musk’s plan to sell Boring Company branded flamethrowers is certainly a fantastic bit of marketing, and it’s no wonder pre-sales are on fire.
While Musk has made assurances that the flamethrower will meet national guidelines by emitting a flame less than 10 feet, one Californian assemblyman wants to put an end to the idea for good.
Democrat Miguel Santiago announced Monday he will introduce legislation aimed at blocking the sale of the $500 flamethrower, in the state of California at least.
“I honestly thought it was a joke when the article was read to me — while I was sitting in Los Angeles traffic,” Santiago said in a statement on Twitter. Read more…
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View More Someone is already trying to stop sales of Elon Musk’s flamethrowerElon Musk’s flamethrower has already made well over $3.5 million
Hats… and now flamethrowers. Elon Musk’s Boring Company has so far been more of a ‘lifestyle’ brand (and a weird one at that) than a company that, you know, digs massive tunnels through the earth as a going concern. But it’s making bank. The hats, which retailed for $20, were capped at 50,000, thus netting The Boring Co. a cool $1 million. The flamethrower, which… Read More
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. flamethrower is real, $500 and up for pre-order
So that flamethrower that Elon Musk teased The Boring Company would start selling after it ran out of its 50,000 hats? Yeah, it’s real – and you can pre-order one now if you want need a ridiculous way to spend $500. Musk revealed the flamethrower on Saturday, after some digging tipped its existence late last week. The Boring Company Flamethrower is functional, too, as you can see… Read More
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. pitches plan to build a tunnel under Culver City to LA
The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s most unassumingly named tech venture, has presented a plan to build a 6.5 mile tunnel between Hawthorne (where SpaceX HQ is located) and West Los Angeles, undercutting Culver City in between to link the two. Boring Co. executives presented the plan to the Culver City city council on Monday night, trying to sell the local regulators on the idea of a… Read More