Musk: “It’s crazy.” Retailers, ports, post office and cleaners strike against him in Sweden

The strike is thus spreading like a big wave, hitting the impenetrable wall of misunderstanding of Tesla boss Elon Musk. He has been against unions for a long time and his companies do not sign collective agreements.

“It’s a huge culture shock for him,” he commented happenings in Sweden independent analyst of the automotive industry in Europe Matthias Schmidt in the Financial Times.

Buying and driving a new Tesla on the road in Sweden seems like a difficult task these days. Nobody unloads electric cars in the ports, and dust falls on the otherwise shiny hoods – there is no one to polish them now. And if a customer does buy a Tesla today, they won’t even get a new license plate because of the strike.

The Swedish market as such is not that important for Tesla, last year it sold “only” over 9000 electric cars of this brand. But there is a danger that the strike movement will spill over to other countries: Norway and Germany, where the only Tesla factory in Europe is located.

“Of course, the biggest risk is Germany