PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Tesla threw an all-night party for the grand opening of its Austin Gigafactory in Texas on Thursday as the U.S. electric vehicle maker prepares to ramp up production at home and in Europe while its main production hub in Shanghai remains shuttered due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The opening ceremony in Austin, billed as a "Cyber Rodeo," kicked off at 4 p.m. and was set to run until midnight. Tesla applied for a permit to accommodate up to 15,000 people for what Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted might be "the biggest party on earth."
