Elon Musk's Battle with Swedish Unions Is Now Impacting Tesla's Charging Stations
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The months-long battle between Nordic labor and the petulant billionaire has led to perpetual humiliations for the electric vehicle company.

Elon Musk’s Battle with Swedish Unions Is Now Impacting Tesla’s Charging Stations | The months-long battle between Nordic labor and the petulant billionaire has led to perpetual humiliations for th…::The months-long battle between Nordic labor and the petulant billionaire has led to perpetual humiliations for the electric vehicle company.

  • cbarrick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    283·
    10 months ago

    I’m pretty sure China is the biggest EV market. There just simply aren’t enough people in Sweden.

    The population of Sweden is 10M. A little bit more than the population of metro Chicago.

    As a percentage of population, EV adoption is extremely high. But the ceiling for the EV market is nothing compared to China.

    • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      Not sure why you’re being downvoted. There are a LOT of Chinese EVs here. Volvo recently launched a new EV too that’s super popular.

      There’s also Volkswagen and Polestar of course. That said you see a lot of BYD, MG, Lynk & Go here. I don’t keep track of all the brands, my roomie is more of a motor nerd, I’d ask him if he wasn’t sleeping.

      In short though, the Chinese EVs tend to be really good deals.

      • anguoEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        You misunderstand their comment, they’re saying to sell EVs to China.

        • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Ah, you’re absolutely right.

          To be fair, I think it’ll be kind of tough to get a foothold on the Chinese market for the same reason. There’s a lot of really good Chinese EVs so why go with something from a foreign market when the local stuff will do just fine?

          • anguoEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            Aaaand that’s why they’re getting downvoted.

      • hagelslager@feddit.nlEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Volvo released a new EV besides Polestar (which as far as I’m aware is also tied to Volvo (and it’s parent Geely)?

        • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Think we’re talking about the same car, the EX30?

          I know that Polestar is their like, “fancy” brand, but when I say Volvo I generally mean Volvo and not Polestar. Just like how I keep Opel and Peugeot separate.

            • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              10 months ago

              Yeah it’s so depressing. No one makes small cars anymore, they’re all gigantic battleships.

              Volvo to be fair has been making battleships for decades, like the V70 was like, the most popular car here for the longest time, and you still see Volvo battleships from the 70s rolling around here.

    • n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Nordic countries

      Also

      And from Norway

      Fellesforbundet also supports the Swedish Tesla strike by refusing to offload Tesla cars in Norway that are scheduled for delivery in Sweden. The federation has announced further boycott action to stop Tesla cars from reaching Sweden via Norway if no agreement is reached before 20 December.

      This fight isn’t limited to ONE country

    • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      10 months ago

      pretty sure China is the biggest EV market.

      Only a market for cheap vehicles (and a few expensive ones, but they need to be large, so that you can take your luxury back seat and have your driver in front). If there’s any country on the planet that really doesn’t need Tesla, it’s China.