Elon Musk sells some unexpected products, including these shorts, through Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company.
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Elon Musk has created a range of products other than cars, rockets, and underground tunnels.
Tesla recently added to the list a $450 bottle of mezcal.
Here's a list of the weird merchandise Musk has sold, including flamethrowers and surfboards.
Elon Musk is known for building cars and rockets, but he's actually a man of many products, including tequila, surfboards, and flamethrowers.
Musk's latest innovation? A lightning bolt-shaped bottle of Tesla Mezcal that'll set you back $450. (Big missed opportunity to call it Tezcal if you ask us.)
Under Musk's leadership, SpaceX, Tesla, and The Boring Company have sold a number of quirky wares, oftentimes taking inspiration in name or design from Tesla vehicles or SpaceX rockets.
"Dang we broke the website," he tweeted, three minutes after posting about the shorts.
The "S3XY" refers to Tesla's Model S, Model 3, Model X, and Model Y vehicles, while the shorts could be a mocking nod to short-sellers who bet against Tesla's stock.
Tesla briefly put 200 surfboards up for sale at $1,500 each.
Tesla's surfboards, in limited supply, resold for much higher online.
Only 200 were put up for sale — and they quickly became a collector's item, going for sky-high prices on resale sites like eBay.
The carbon-fiber surfboards were painted red and black in the same matte and gloss paints used on Tesla cars.
Tesla has launched its own brand of tequila for $250 a bottle. Musk dubbed it "Teslaquilla."
Elon Musk joked about a product called "Teslaquilla" years before Tesla started selling $250 tequila bottles.
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More than two years after Musk first referred to "Teslaquilla" in an April Fools' Day tweet, Tesla released its own tequila in November 2020. Hours after the product went on sale, it sold out.
The tequila came in a bottle shaped like a lightning bolt and cost $250 for a 750ml bottle.
Those who got their hands on the drink sold the empty bottle online for a hefty markup. Dozens of bottles sold on eBay for $500 to $800.
Off the heels of "Teslaquilla," Tesla released sipping glasses for $75.
Tesla has also sold glasses to go with its tequila.
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The limited-edition set includes two glasses. Tesla said on its website that they were inspired by the company's tequila.
After SpaceX's first attempt at launching its Starship rocket was called off in April 2023, Musk tweeted about the company selling a new Starship-shaped torch.
SpaceX announced a 1:200 scale model of its Starship rocket.
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The $175 Starship Torch sold out and was supposed to start shipping in the third quarter of 2023, according to SpaceX's website, but appeared to be delayed. It's named after Starship, the rocket that SpaceX wants to fly to the moon and Mars.
The windproof torch, which refills with butane canisters and comes with a safety lock, can light candles, melt cheese, sear steaks and meringues, and caramelize sugar, the company said, also clarifying that it was "100% not a toy."
SpaceX says the torch can be used as a statue of Starship when it's not in use.
Musk peddled a fragrance called "Burnt Hair" for $100 a bottle.
The Boring Company sold more than 10,000 bottles of its "Burnt Hair" fragrance, according to Elon Musk.
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In 2022, Musk released a fragrance through The Boring Company, which he called "the finest fragrance on Earth."
The perfume cost $100 a bottle and was described as "the essence of repugnant desire."
Musk said he'd sold more than 10,000 bottles of the "Burnt Hair" fragrance — which would translate to $1 million in sales — within the first six hours of the product being listed.
And for your pets, how about a Cybertruck-inspired cat bed?
Tesla's cat box mimics the design of the Cybertruck.
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