Lights illuminate Tesla’s Gigafactory 3 plant on Friday in Shanghai’s Lingang Industrial Zone. The U.S.-based electric-vehicle maker announced the completion of the factory’s innovation and data centers on Monday. Photo: VCG

Model Y and Model 3 vehicles fresh off the assembly line sit parked outside the Shanghai factory in January. Tesla started production at the Gigafactory 3 in 2019, delivering its first Model 3s to 15 of its employees on Dec. 30. Photo: VCG

A man walks in front of the factory’s entrance on March 12. Photo: VCG

Tesla employees work inside the factory. Photo: Courtesy of Tesla

The robotic arms that the company uses to assemble its vehicles stand inside the factory. Photo: Courtesy of Tesla

A robotic arm lights up the bottom of a automobile frame at the Gigafactory 3’s research facility, which focuses on the development of software, hardware, and processes. Photo: Screenshot from Tesla

A Model Y frame is set at the factory’s paint shop. Tesla started to produce Model Y vehicles in Shanghai at the end of 2020. Photo: Courtesy of Tesla

Workers inspect the plant’s power transmission facilities on Sept. 2019. Photo: Zhang Hengwei/China News Service, VCG

Ongoing construction inside the factory in June 2019, one month before its completion. Tesla would continue to plan on expanding the plant. Photo: VCG

Tesla’s sprawling factory development in May 2019. It took 168 work days to finish building the factory. Photo: VCG

A Tesla flag planted on the future construction site of the company’s China Gigafactory, located in Lingang Industrial Zone of Shanghai on January 2019. Photo: Zhang Hengwei/China News Service, VCG

Tesla’s Chinese plant was built on a 210-acre plot of land. The company received approval to build it in July 2018. Photo: VCG