Is Elon Musk launching a Tesla-themed tequila?
After electric cars, space rockets, tunnel-boring technology and high-speed transportation systems, Elon Musk appears to be branching into booze.
Musk had Twitter tongues a-wagging, after posting a simple tweet that read "Teslaquila coming soon..." and linking to a CNBC article revealing that the entrepreneur had filed an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the name "Teslaquila."
That tweet was followed by a photo titled "Visual approximation" featuring a red bottle label with a banner that reads "Teslaquila" under the company's signature Tesla logo.
Teslaquila coming soon … https://t.co/AtoVGOtvVR
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 12, 2018
The trademark is for "distilled agave liquor" and "distilled blue agave liquor," says CNBC.
Followers of the prolific entrepreneur may remember a cheeky Tweet posted as an April Fool's Day joke earlier this year, in which he claimed Tesla was going under and that he had been caught passed out in a Tesla Model 3 car surrounded by "Teslaquila bottles."
Elon was found passed out against a Tesla Model 3, surrounded by "Teslaquilla" bottles, the tracks of dried tears still visible on his cheeks.
This is not a forward-looking statement, because, obviously, what's the point?
Happy New Month! pic.twitter.com/YcouvFz6Y1— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 1, 2018
While there's little else in the way of official information about the Tesla-themed tequila, CNBC points out that the company filed an "intent to use" trademark for the name, which means they have "good faith intention" of using it in the future.