Re: Elon Musk is so not orginal.
Note that that is an application, not a patent. The patent office will gladly take the application fee. It just might not proceed very far.
Here is an excerpt from the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure at:
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From section 608.03 Models, Exhibits, Specimens [R-08.2012]
"Models or exhibits are generally not admitted as part of an application or patent unless the requirements of 37 CFR 1.91 are satisfied.
With the exception of cases involving perpetual motion, a model is not ordinarily required by the Office to demonstrate the operability of a device. If operability of a device is questioned, the applicant must establish it to the satisfaction of the examiner, but he or she may choose his or her own way of so doing."