The Boring Company: Elon Musk sells $10m worth of flamethrowers in four days

Billionaire’s latest novelty product has sold out despite warnings from the Home Office and US politicians

The Boring Company has sold more than 10,000 flamethrowers in two days
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Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk has sold $10m (£7m) worth of “novelty” flamethrowers, just four days after the product went on sale, Reuters reports.

The South African-born billionaire confirmed on Thursday that all 20,000 examples of the $500 (£350) product have now been snapped up, with deliveries expected in the spring.

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