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New Tesla Superchargers blocked by union efforts in Sweden: report

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Tesla Sweden is seemingly facing its toughest challenge yet in its ongoing conflict with trade union IF Metall. As per recent reports, sympathy strikes from the Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees (Seko) and the Electricians Union have successfully put a stop to Tesla Sweden’s expansion of its Supercharger Network.

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Tesla Sweden strikes ease as IF Metall lets most repairs continue

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Tesla-certified repair shops in Sweden will now be able to start repairing cars again starting this week, after being largely put out of service due to sympathy strikes lodged by union IF Metall. Tesla Sweden also spoke out against the strikes last month, after IF Metall used a number of tactics against the automaker in the preceding months.

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IF Metall’s Tesla Sweden strike leads to 20 workers losing jobs

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IF Metall’s sympathy strikes against Tesla, Sweden forges ahead. Tesla Sweden prioritizes employee safety as they receive threats Tesla changed aluminum suppliers for Giga Berlin, and production has hit new milestones. The post IF Metall’s Tesla Sweden strike leads to 20 workers losing jobs appeared first on TESLARATI.

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PowerCell Sweden and Hitachi ABB Power Grids deepen collaboration within stationary power solutions

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PowerCell Sweden AB and Hitachi ABB Power Grids have signed an agreement regarding an in-depth collaboration around fuel cell based stationary power solutions. In June last year, PowerCell Sweden and Hitachi ABB Power Grids signed a memorandum of understanding regarding a collaboration around fuel cell-based stationary power solutions.

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Sweden inaugurates its first electric road

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Sweden inaugurated a test stretch of electric road on the E16 in Sandviken, thus becoming one of the first countries to conduct tests with electric power for heavy transports on public roads. The current conductor can connect automatically at speeds up to 90 km/h (56 mph). The test stretch on the E16 is two kilometers long.

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Solaris participating in electric road trial in Sweden

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The demonstration site is to be situated in the city of Lund in southern Sweden, where a one-kilometer section of the road will be equipped with conductive rails, each of them one meter long and laid atop the road. The power can only be supplied in the areas where the pick-up receivers are able to connect with the rail and receive power.

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Klimatklivet awards Liquid Wind €15M toward production of eMethanol

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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency works on behalf of the Swedish government, conducting and coordinating Sweden's environmental work within Sweden, the EU and internationally. FlagshipONE will be connected to Övik Energi’s combined heat and power (CHP) plant Hörneborgsverket in Örnsköldsvik, in the north of Sweden.

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