Musk seemed to confirm that a liquor was in the works on Friday with a tweet<\/a> claiming itwas “coming soon.” He followed up with a photo<\/a> of a Teslaquila bottle, which he called a “visual approximation.”<\/p> Friday’s tweets weren’t Musk’s first references to Teslaquila. The first time he mentioned the product, though, it seemed like a well-timed joke:<\/p> On April Fool’s Day, Musk tweeted that<\/a> he had been “found passed out” near bottles of the liquor, “the tracks of dried tears still visible on his cheeks.”<\/p> Of course, a trademark application is no guarantee that a product will actually hit store shelves.<\/p> The liquor could be a clever marketing stunt or a source of short-term revenue for the troubled energy company<\/a> <\/strong>— or, more likely, some combination of the two.<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> Elon Musk’s Tesla seeks to trademark ‘Teslaquila’<\/a> [CNBC<\/em>]<\/p> More on Tesl<\/strong>a: <\/strong>The Five Funniest Things about the SEC’s Lawsuit against Elon Musk<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p> Read the original here: Drink and Drive Tesla is getting into the alcohol business. On Monday, Elon Musk\u2019s electric car company filed a\u00a0 trademark application \u00a0for\u00a0an agave liquor it\u2019s calling \u201cTeslaquila.\u201d Musk seemed to confirm\u00a0that a liquor was in the works on Friday with a tweet \u00a0claiming\u00a0itwas \u201ccoming soon.\u201d He followed up with a photo of a Teslaquila bottle, which he called a \u201cvisual approximation.\u201d Passed Out Friday\u2019s tweets weren\u2019t Musk\u2019s first references to Teslaquila. Continue reading Passed Out<\/h2>
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