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What started as an April Fool's joke A branded deposit and Elon Musk tweets may soon become a reality: there may soon be a Tesla themed tequila.

A trademark application filed by Tesla on Monday aims to protect the name "Teslaquila" and identifies the product as "distilled agave liquor;" blue distilled agave liquor ".

On April 1, 2018, Tesla's chief executive, Musk, tweeted about "Teslaquilla" (spelled with the aid of two "l"), saying that Tesla had gone bankrupt and that it's "s & rsquo; Was fainting against a Tesla Model 3, surrounded by "Teslaquilla" bottles.

After CNBC reported the story on Friday, Musk tweeted a "visual approximation" of the product.

According to CNBC, while there is no guarantee that the product will be on the market, the brand means that the company has "a good faith intention" to develop the brand.

Musk and his electric car business have recently made headlines for a variety of reasons. Tesla was sold for the first time in the United States by Mercedes-Benz and Musk agreed to relinquish Tesla's presidency as part of a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Musk has also generated a number of controversies in recent months for his carefree behavior, including smoking marijuana on a video podcast.

Contributor: Nathan Bomey, United States TODAY & # 39; HUI.

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