It was a setback for Tesla in the Solna district court.
Postnord does not need to distribute the number plates to the company while waiting for the case to be decided.
They must be allowed to speak first and have three days.
- We will now use the time to analyze and make an assessment of the mood that the district court has now shared, says Postnord’s press manager Anders Porelius.
Postnord does not need to distribute the number plates to the company while waiting for the case to be decided.
They must be allowed to speak first and have three days.
- We will now use the time to analyze and make an assessment of the mood that the district court now has On Monday, it was jacked up a notch, when the news came that Tesla is suing the Swedish state through the Swedish Transport Agency at the Norrköping district court and Postnord at the Solna district court.
On November 16, Tesla ordered 28 registration plates for new cars from the Swedish Transport Agency - which are now stuck with Postnord, according to the lawsuit that was submitted to the Solna district court on Monday.
On Tuesday, a decision was made in the Solna district court regarding Tesla’s request for a so-called interim decision - i.e. the requirement that Postnord distribute the registration plates while the legal process is ongoing.
It was rejected. Postnord gets to comment first and has three days.
“It has not emerged that it would be the question of such harmful effects and such a lack of time that justifies an immediate decision,” writes the Solna district court in the decision.
- They want to get our views on this matter. We will look into that, says Anders Porelius, Postnord’s press manager.
The blockade behind the mood The background is the trade unions Seko’s and ST’s blockade of Postnord, which means that employees do not handle Tesla’s mail. This, in turn, has led to Tesla not getting the number plates for new cars distributed.
According to the Swedish Transport Agency, the framework agreement for postal package distribution that all government agencies follow prohibits them from using a supplier other than Postnord. Tesla is also not allowed to pick up the signs themselves, according to the agreement with the manufacturer.
Tesla’s letters and packages have thus been left lying around.
In connection with the lawsuit, the electric car giant also requested a court order to collect the license plates from the manufacturer while the legal process is ongoing - and the Norrköping District Court followed Tesla’s line.
The idea is that Tesla owners should be able to pick up the signs directly from the manufacturer, but there are no procedures for how this should be done in practical terms, writes TT.
- Registration plates are not something we want to end up in the wrong hands. We make sure that signs go where they are supposed to, says Anna Berggrund, department director for vehicle information at the Swedish Transport Agency, to the news agency.
But why did it have to be this plant? Why not convince the banking unions instead and just keep the jobs?
Whether or not this specific place strikes doesn’t matter, it’s just the strike as a whole needs to keep escalating.
Tesla will just import the profiles from China or the USA until they find another option near the EU, but NOT in Sweden. Those jobs are almost certainly gone from Sweden forever.
Edit: E.g Tesla needs someone, anyone to deliver the mail. Even after this strike, they have no choice but to use some sort of mail carrier in Sweden, so the mail strike impacts Tesla, but doesn’t threaten Swedish jobs long term. That’s not the case with this aluminum company.
Would prefer it to not be in your backyard?
I would prefer to know why they chose this over the banking unions which successfully forced Toys R Us to sign, and not throw the jobs away potentially unnecessarily.
I see your point, but how about a counter-point: Tesla didn’t originally choose the Swedish plant out of the goodness of their heart. They chose it because it made the most economic sense. If they choose a manufacturer somewhere else, they’re going to have to eat the long term costs associated with logistics, tolls, etc. that come along with importing those profiles from the US, China, or somewhere else. That makes them less competitive.
At the same time, the Swedish plant has available capacity, that they are burning to use for something, and which Teslas competitors may be happy to pick up. Choosing away the best economic option out of principle (which it looks like Tesla will be doing) is rarely a good business decision.
Just another thought on this, as we both agree this will cost Tesla money in the short term.
Do you know why Tesla is the most vertically integrated car company though?
It’s because suppliers wouldn’t work with Tesla early on as they were a nobody, so they had to make their own stuff. They’re even making a lithium refinery because they can’t get enough of it.
If there are no other legitimate EU options, they might just use the expansive piece of land at their Berlin factory to spin up an aluminum profiles production line.
They surely have the knowledge and capabilities and long term it would actually make them more competitive.
That’s too far ahead to really know, but it could actually backfire and make them stronger.
You’re right, this is going to cost Tesla money, probably for at least 6 months, probably a year, but he’s shown he’s willing to throw money at the problem.
Everyone has ignored my main
questioncomment and suggestionWhy didn’t they bring the banking unions in instead.
Save the jobs, force Tesla to sign like Toys R Us as it would cripple them even more than this aluminum thing.
There’s no guarantee that anyone else will want their excess capacity or be willing to make orders for millions of cars. Existing manufacturers are just going from ICE to EV, they aren’t making more cars necessarily. It would probably have to be new entrants like BYD to pick up the slack and create volume. It’s possible, but like you said no guarantee. (Edit and they still could have had BYD in addition to Tesla)