Could this innocent e-mail to Elon Musk be responsible for the Cybertruck launch?

by iJ Atlantic

An imaginative car design suggestion

On Saturday, 3 August 2019, I sent a message to this email address:
ElonMuskOffice@teslamotors.com

Message sent to ElonMuskOffice@teslamotors.com on 3 August 2019.

Email text — English corrected for clarity:

“Hi, Elon Musk and Tesla! Your cars have a smart design, but couldn't you make them more imaginative in terms of their shapes, like the ones drawn by my brother in the attached file, for example?”

The Cybertruck presentation and the Superinfluencer idea

Three and a half months later, on 21 November 2019, Tesla presented the Cybertruck. The epitome of an imaginative truck. It is certain that the cars in the drawings are not similar to Tesla's Cybertruck, but maybe my email was the spark that inspired this outcome.

One thing I sometimes like to do is influence influencers. Whether I achieved what I wanted is unclear, but the facts are there. This is my speculation: I have no evidence that my message was read or that it influenced the Cybertruck.

Those who influence influencers anonymously can be called Total Influencers or Superinfluencers. The requisite is to obtain an influencer's email address and contribute your perspective without expecting anything in return. Dare to do it. CEOs' email addresses can be found on the following site: CEOemail.com.

Drawings of imaginative cars

In the following video, Dan Lok explains why he considers the Cybertruck presentation a success, in spite of its flaws or perhaps because of them.

Watch Dan Lok's video on YouTube.

And remember, if you want to be a good basketball player, never train like a bodybuilder.

For more imaginative vehicle drawings, visit Más autos locos, locos on our Spanish caricature blog.

More imagination, from cars to basketball

For another imaginative story involving Elon Musk, read Elon Musk and Adam Silver's Plan for a 2041 NBA All-Star on Mars, a satire combining space travel and basketball.

For a practical use of imagination in sport, read AI Basketball Training: First, Collect My Misses, where I consider a robot assistant that would collect and return the ball during shooting practice.