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Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The New York Times (Getty Images)Elon Musk’s electric car company has suffered a reversal of fortune in its ongoing battle with Sweden’s labor unions. Turns out, Teslas won’t be getting license plates in the nordic country—at least, not for the foreseeable future. Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedTesla has been in deep shit with the unions of Scandinavia ever since it failed to ratify a collective bargaining agreement with a group of Swedish mechanics in…

Photo by Matthis Volquardsen on Pexels.com Another day, another chapter in the weeks-long Tesla strike in Sweden – but this time a union in Denmark says it will stop offloading and transporting Tesla vehicles to Sweden as it joins in a sympathy strike with IF Metall, forming the beginnings of a Nordic port blockade against Tesla.  Today harbor workers and drivers at Denmark’s 3F union issued a statement saying they too will take action against Tesla, meaning that Tesla can no longer…

In recent weeks, Elon Musk’s car company has been locked in a labor dispute with the unions of Sweden. Now, as the dispute drags on, Tesla seems to have won a small victory amidst the broader fight: license plates. Did Elon Musk Regret Buying Twitter? | Walter Isaacson InterviewYes, you heard that right. To explain, Sweden’s postal workers recently stopped delivering license plates to Tesla, making it impossible for the car company to supply them to vehicle owners and, as a result, making it quite difficult for the…

Tesla sued Sweden’s transportation agency and postal service on Monday over a union strike blocking the company’s license plate deliveries in the country. The workers are striking to demand the non-unionized automaker sign a collective bargaining agreement, a standard practice that mechanics’ union IF Metall describes as “the backbone of the Swedish model.” However, the Swedish Transport Agency says it already received an interim decision from a district court ordering it to consent within seven days to Tesla’s request to…

Tesla is suing Sweden as the carmaker hits back at an attempt by local unions to disrupt its business in an ongoing battle over workers’ rights.In the lawsuit, filed Monday, Tesla says it is suing “the Swedish state through the Swedish Transport Agency” because local union members were refusing to deliver new license plates to the company, effectively blocking Tesla from selling new cars in the country. In a quick decision, the Norrköping district court said the company should be allowed to circumvent existing rules and…

More drama is unfolding as the dispute between Swedish unions and Tesla now involves a supplier of critical components for the Model Y, where workers have reportedly set down their tools in support of the IF Metall strike. They said they won’t be showing up for work, or will be given non-Tesla-related tasks, until further notice. Now around 50 workers at Hydro Extrusions in Vetlanda, a subsidiary of Norwegian aluminum and energy company Hydro, have reportedly joined a sympathy strike against Tesla…

Swedish postal workers began halting deliveries to Tesla offices and repair shops on Monday, in support of a strike launched by the metal workers' union IF Metall over the electric carmaker's refusal to sign a collective wage agreement. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk broke his silence Thursday on a strike against his company in Sweden, saying it was "insane" that it may block new car deliveries.…

Elon Musk is reportedly taking a zealot stance against union amid a strike in Sweden expanding and potentially now crippling operations for Tesla in the country. Earlier this month, Tesla service workers in Sweden started striking in order to get included in a collective agreement. The automaker has always had a hard stance against unions and it had been able to fend off unionization efforts at its manufacturing facilities. This new effort seemed to be manageable for Tesla since it would just…

Today, the world is at the mercy of China for raw materials to make their EV batteries. However that is set to change soom thanks to Sweden. A Swedish battery company, Northvolt has developed a breakthrough sodium-ion battery that is not dependent on lithium, nickel, graphite, or cobalt…

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk gets in a Tesla car as he leaves a hotel in Beijing, China May 31, 2023.Tingshu Wang | ReutersTesla shares closed down about 5% on Thursday at $209.98 after HSBC Global initiated coverage with a "reduce" rating and a $146 price target. In their note, HSBC analysts called Elon Musk both an asset and a risk to Tesla, noting he is a "charismatic CEO with a cult-like following" who "feeds into the innovator narrative."The analysts also pointed to "hope" already baked into Tesla's share…