Elon Musk He is a person who is used to surprising the world with his ideas. But, a few days ago he outdid himself when he announced that he was going to sell his own flamethrower. The idea seems to have caught on with consumers, because in a short time it managed to sell 20.000 units. This earned him about 10 million dollars. But, you have encountered a problem that you did not anticipate.
There seems to be a problem with customs. Since as Elon Musk himself has commented on Twitter, there are customs that do not allow a product with the name of flamethrower enters its territory. Therefore, he announces that the name is going to be changed.
With this name change It is expected to solve the possible problems found in some customs. Musk himself has already proposed several alternative names for this product. This was made known on Twitter by the CEO of The Boring Company. Since in a series of tweets he has proposed several possible names.
Among the names Elon Musk has proposed is "This is not a flamethrower.". Another option that it has also uploaded on Twitter would be "Device that increases the temperature." Although at the moment it seems that there is no definitive name for the flamethrower.
Or maybe "Temperature Enhancement Device"
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 3, 2018
Where there have been changes is on The Boring Company website. Since "This is not a flamethrower" has been added in the product photo. Also, the product name in the meta title of the page has been changed as well. But, throughout the web the word flamethrower continues to appear on various occasions. So the change is not final.
Moment Elon Musk has not commented on the final name of the product. Although we doubt that he will choose any of these that he has mentioned. Furthermore, it is not only customs that are against this flamethrower. As the state of California is also considering a bill that would prohibit the sale of this flamethrower.