Sweden’s Transport Workers’ Union announced on Wednesday its decision to halt waste collection services at Tesla’s workshops across Sweden. This move is part of a broader campaign by various labor groups in the Nordic region to pressure the American electric carmaker into recognizing collective bargaining rights for its employees, reports Reuters. Tesla is currently facing […]
Tesla encountered a legal defeat in Sweden on Thursday, as tensions with Nordic trade unions intensified. A Swedish court ruled that PostNord, the national postal service, is not obligated to deliver license plates to Tesla, which are currently withheld by PostNord workers. This decision is part of an ongoing dispute over collective bargaining agreements, reports […]
Tesla has initiated legal action against the Swedish Transport Agency and the postal service provider PostNord, following a dispute over the distribution of license plates, as per court documents. Things are now heating up as Tesla wants vehicles delivered. The conflict stems from a strike by workers at PostNord, a state-owned entity, which began on […]
The ongoing IF Metall strike has escalated to impact Tesla’s operations in Sweden significantly. As of Monday night, a sympathy measure by Seko has resulted in Postnord halting all mail delivery to Tesla, including registration plates crucial for new vehicles’ service entry. Despite Tesla’s contention against what it calls “disproportionate action” by the Swedish Transport […]
Chinese electric automaker NIO powered on its first battery swap station in Sweden last week, as shared in a post on the company’s LinkedIn and reported by CnEVPost. The battery swap station is in Varberg, located next to a highway running from Gothenburg to Malmö in the country’s southwest region. The opening event included a […]
After SpaceX Starlink expanded coverage to all of Alaska, it’s now also clear that the satellite internet service now covers all of Canada, Norway and Sweden. Earlier this month, Starlink expanded to northern parts of Alaska and Canada, Sweden, Japan and more. Now, as spotted by Tesla North reader Nathan Owens, addresses that previously saw […]
As customers around the world wait for their copies of Tesla’s high-end performance sedan, the automaker is officially preparing to expand the vehicle into one more European country. Tesla is delivering its premium sedan, the Model S Plaid, in Sweden from November through December of this year, as shown in a confirmation email sent to […]
The Tesla Model Y was Sweden’s best-selling battery-electric vehicle (BEV) in June, selling a total of 1,876 units in the country, according to data from Mobility Sweden shared on Friday (via Clean Technica). Other notable sellers included the Volkswagen ID.4 in second (759), followed by the Kia Niro (703), the Skoda Enyaq (526) and the […]
May’s electric vehicle (EV) sales in Sweden saw fully-electrics taking nearly half of the automotive market share, with Tesla’s sales dropping a few notches on the list after a 22-day production halt for its Shanghai factory. Sweden’s battery-electric vehicle (BEV) market share reached 24.2 percent in May, with total plugin electric vehicles reaching an impressive […]
Sweden is adopting electric vehicles (EVs) at fairly high rates and recently surpassed some important milestones with Tesla at the forefront of the shift. Sweden’s first and second best-selling EVs in March were the Tesla Model Y and 3 with 1,363 and 990 units sold, respectively, according to data compiled from BIL Sweden by CleanTechnica. […]
As electric vehicles (EVs) shift to become the best-sold vehicles in the years to come, one European automaker has announced new investments for upgrading a production facility to be more EV-forward. Volvo announced plans on Tuesday to invest SEK 10 billion ($1.09 billion) into its manufacturing plant in Torslanda, Sweden to develop its next-generation of […]
In a recently published video, YouTuber Bjørn Nyland puts the Tesla Model Y Long Range through his custom-designed 1,000 km challenge during a trip from Norway to Sweden and back. Tesla’s Long Range Model Y is equipped with a 75 kWh battery and has an estimated EPA range of 525 km (326 miles) on a […]
With all the exciting electric vehicle (EV) news out there right now, it’s easy to forget that cars aren’t the only method of transportation getting an electric makeover. Swedish tour boat company, Eco Sightseeing Stockholm AB, has used recycled Tesla Model S battery cells to bring an all-electric passenger boat to life, as reported by […]
