Now Tesla’s official Weibo account has announced a new promotional partnership with McDonald’s China to sell 50,000 Tesla Cybertruck-inspired McFlurry spoons (translated from Chinese via Google):
Tesla and its friend McDonald’s blew a “cyber whirlwind”! There are surprises every day, happy and uninterrupted electricity ⚡️Surprise.
1️⃣- The car owner “as you like” collar: the “full battery cyberspoon” that shines in front of you and the “full battery wheat whirlwind” in a limited package will fill your life with buffs!
When the news started making it from Weibo to X, Tesla CEO Elon Musk commented on it – saying that it was “fake news”:
As far as we can tell, this is very real news. It is coming from Tesla’s official Weibo account, and it doesn’t seem to be a prank as some Chinese Tesla owners have claimed that they bought it.
Electrek’s Take
Obviously, this is quite a ridiculous thing to partner on with McDonald’s, but some of the dumber promotional initiatives can still prove successful.
As of now, this makes me want a McFlurry more than a Cybertruck, to be honest.
Either way, it is pretty funny that Elon himself didn’t think it was real. Some are suggesting that it is a sign he is disconnected from Tesla as he focuses so much on X, but I wouldn’t necessarily expect the CEO to know all the promotional tools his company is using in all markets.
And my first impression was also that it was fake.
