Tesla Cyberwhistle toys sold out immediately after being promoted by CEO Elon Musk on Twitter. This, despite their inflated price and what they appear to represent: A poor-taste joke about whistleblower lawsuits the company has faced.
Shaped like Tesla's delayed Cybertruck EV pickup, the stainless steel, noisemaking inside jokes went for $50 each and appear to come in a nice box. Tesla has not said how many were sold, nor has the company said whether the item will be restocked or when; the website for the item also now 404s, meaning it was taken down. The whistles do not appear to come with a lanyard, but incorporate an "integrated attachment feature for added versatility," which could be a very obtuse way of saying "lanyard"—specifically, one that isn't included.
Typical whistles used by coaches and referees are usually made of brass and can be bought at any sporting goods store for around $5. Plastic pieces are even cheaper. The material cost between brass and stainless steel is generally negligible, though stainless steel is more difficult to work with, which might justify a somewhat higher final price. Not being made of iron, brass is actually more resistant to corrosion than stainless steel, hence its use in a device that gets a lot of moist air blown through it.
The item description does not specify how loud the whistle is, what note it plays, or if it contains a ball for that classic whistle tremolo.
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