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Volvo delivers 20 electric trucks to DFDS in Gothenburg; part of 125-unit order

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Volvo Trucks is delivering 20 fully electric heavy trucks to the logistics company DFDS in Gothenburg, Sweden. The delivery is part of a total order for 125 electric trucks that DFDS has placed with Volvo. The deployment of electric, zero-exhaust emission trucks is part of the ambition of DFDS to become carbon neutral by 2050.

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Tesla Sweden stays firm amid IF Metall strike

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Tesla Sweden is staying firm against collective agreements amid IF Metall’s strike. Some have started to wonder if IF Metall should accept Tesla Sweden’s stance against collective agreements for its employees. After all, collective agreements in Sweden are common but not mandatory.

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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. Hydro Extrusions is a Swedish company that supplies aluminum parts for Giga Berlin’s Model Y production. Among its concerns was that Tesla could quickly replace the parts Hydro Extrusion produced with other suppliers. Its concerns proved to be valid.

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Northvolt to build 100 GWh/year cathode material plant in Sweden; reusing shuttered pulp and paper mill

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Northvolt and Stora Enso recently signed a letter of intent on a purchase of the Kvarnsveden Mill and the surrounding industrial area in Borlänge, Sweden. The factory is expected to start the first part of its operations in late 2024 and will employ up to 1,000 people, utilizing 100% clean energy from the region.

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Tesla Sweden strike estimate denied by IF Metall 

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Tesla Club Sweden took it upon itself to calculate how many workers have actually joined the IF Metall strike. However, the Swedish union has denied Tesla Club Sweden’s count and has yet to provide figures. Tesla Club Sweden calculated that 13 IF Metall union members have joined the strike against the Texas-based automaker.

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Tesla Sweden expands operations fueling IF Metall’s strike

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Tesla Sweden expands operations fueling IF Metall’s strike. Tesla is investing in a new damage workshop and ten new charging stations in Sweden despite IF Metall’s ongoing strike, which started in October 2023. However, not all painters in Sweden are part of the union.

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BMW Group plans to source steel produced with green power and hydrogen from H2GS in Sweden

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H2 Green Steel is building its steel production site in the province of Norrbotten in northern Sweden, close to the Arctic Circle. Swedish company Northvolt, which develops and produces battery cells for electric cars, is also exploiting the potential for green power in the north of Sweden.

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