Over the weekend, a Tesla Cybertruck was seen carrying a trailer containing an Elon Musk statue in Texas; however, the reason for the bust is unclear at this time.
On Sunday, X user S.E. Robinson Jr. released video footage of the Musk monument and Cybertruck in Brownsville, Texas, captured by Sandra Helena Garcia. The Cybertruck appears to have a matte black wrap, and the encounter took place close to SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas.
Following the news, the NFT’s developers, ElonRWA, confirmed that they were responsible for the statue; however, they have yet to reveal where it is going or what it is for.
Musk gave $30 million to schools in Brownsville and Cameron County in 2021, and SpaceX is developing a $100 million industrial plant at Starbase. The location, at 52190 San Martin Blvd. in Brownsville, will eventually include a five-story office structure and what SpaceX refers to as a “special use industrial factory” of around one million square feet.
The corporation has also revealed intentions to invest approximately $15 million in a Brownsville shopping center, which will initially comprise a grocery store, a cafe, and a handful of retail shops. As part of the second phase of the project, the center will also receive an outdoor deck overlooking the Rio Grande and an additional restaurant with approximately 3,500 square feet of interior eating space, with a completion date originally scheduled for the end of this year.
Earlier this month, CNBC reported that SpaceX’s Starbase had polluted the seas surrounding Texas, claiming a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) violation involving the company’s water deluge system. In response, SpaceX wrote to X that the account was “factually inaccurate.” The company further stated that it had been collaborating with TCEQ and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and received approval to continue using the system due to its lack of adverse consequences.
“Throughout our ongoing coordination with both TCEQ and the EPA, we explicitly asked if operation of the deluge system needed to stop, and we were informed that operations could continue,” SpaceX posted to X. “TCEQ and the EPA have allowed continued operations because the deluge system has always complied with common conditions set by an individual permit and causes no harm to the environment.”