Following the red satin shorts ($69), tequila ($250), the whistle "more practical than Apple polishing cloth" ($50), and the Cyberquad kids' pure electric off-road motorcycle ($1,900), Tesla's latest peripheral product, the $150 belt buckle (a total of 1,500), was sold out again, and was once again hung up on the Internet by netizens and hyped up as "sky-high". However, overseas netizens and media have said that this time there is more "connotation".
According to the official website, this belt buckle has a delicate design, and a striking T-shaped logo is embedded in the "Texas Lone Star". Each belt buckle is made from die-cast zinc and is engraved with an antique silver finish. In addition, I would like to suggest that I can wear up to 2-inch belts.
Tesla officials also explained that the reason for the launch of this belt buckle is to celebrate the imminent completion of the Texas (commonly referred to as "Texas") super factory, so the Tesla logo and "Texas Lone Star" are engraved with "Don't Mess With (Tesla)", which is also a tribute to the local people who like to say "Don't Mess With Texas" (Don't Mess With Texas).
The overseas media pointed out to the point that "Don't Mess With Tesla" is actually another spit on California (referred to as "California").
Since the 2020 California Fremont factory was forced to close due to the epidemic, Elon Musk has been criticized in the local area, seeing that the Texas factory is about to be completed, the car industry "Iron Man" announced in October this year that he will move his headquarters from Palo Alto, California to Austin, Texas (completed on December 1, the address is 13101 Harold Green Road, Austin), the outside world has speculated that this is a way for Musk to express his dissatisfaction. Of course, this move will also allow Tesla to avoid about $2.5 billion in tax bills.
According to the plan, the 2,100-acre (about 8.5 million square meters) Texas Gigafactory will be officially put into operation this year, the first phase will bring 5,000 local jobs, the future will create at least 10,000 jobs, including CyberTruck electric pickup trucks will be produced here, it is considered to be one of the largest jobs in Texas in the past decade.
It is worth mentioning that Tesla recently demonstrated the CTC solution of integrating the battery system with the vehicle chassis in the factory, and the industry generally believes that the technology is very close to the application of the ground, which is also regarded as another round of production and manufacturing revolution initiated by Tesla in addition to the integrated die casting process.
Interestingly, in Time Magazine's 2021 People of the Year report, Texas is portrayed as a playground for Musk's ambitions to be realized in the future, because all six of his companies are located here.
Of course, although the headquarters "fled" California, Tesla still attaches great importance to the California market and the Fremont factory, and it is said that the plant's production increase plan is also going very smoothly (planned to increase by 50%).