Anyone in Sweden Tesla drives, may have to be patient at the moment. The reason is long queues in front of some charging stations.
The IF Metall union is currently preventing Tesla from supplying new Supercharger stations with electricity in order to bring the company to the negotiating table. The background is the dispute over a collective agreement at the car manufacturer that has been going on for more than a year.
Tesla’s head of charging, Max de Zegher, blames union strikes for the failure to power more than 100 new superchargers across the country. “Tesla Superchargers are critical infrastructure, especially for peak travel days. More than 100 charging stations in Sweden would have been supplied with electricity this winter if there had not been sympathy strikes.”
Musk is not a fan of unions
Tesla boss Elon Musk (53) is not a big fan of unionizing his employees. However, collective agreements are the basis of the Swedish labor market model. Almost 90 percent of all employees have a collective agreement.