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.world
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    9 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.

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      9 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.

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      9 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.world
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      9 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.