Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the Swedish government's Transport Agency over a workers' strike that has blocked the U.S. auto maker's requests for license plates for new vehicles, business daily Dagens Industri reported on Monday.
Tesla can collect its license plates from the manufacturer Scandinavian Motorcenter.
If the Swedish Transport Agency does not agree to it within seven days, a fine of one million kroner awaits, Norrköping district court decided on Monday afternoon.
It is true that there has been a decision in which they approve Tesla’s lawsuit, says lawyer Johannes Ericson to Aftonbladet.
Via its Swedish law firm Setterwalls, Tesla submitted two lawsuits on Monday, against the Swedish Transport Agency and PostNord.
In the lawsuit against the Swedish Transport Agency - which was submitted to the Norrköping district court - Tesla also demanded that, on an interim basis, i.e. temporarily, get the registration plates that the Swedish Transport Agency has forbidden the manufacturer Scandinavian Motorcenter to hand out directly to Tesla.
Monday afternoon, the Norrköping District Court granted Tesla’s request:
Yes, it is true that there has been a decision in which they approve Tesla’s lawsuit, says lawyer Johannes Ericson at Setterwall’s law firm.
What do they approve of?
They approve the interim request. They say that the Swedish Transport Agency must give consent for Tesla to pick up the license plates from the manufacturer of license plates.
At a fine of SEK 1 million?
Exactly, that’s right. Within seven days.
What do you think of the decision from the Norrköping District Court?
I have no comments regarding the decision. Tesla will be responsible for any comments regarding the decision, says Ericson.
It only took a few hours to get the first court instance to rule in Tesla’s favor:
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Mo0V85/tesla-far-ut-sina-registreringsskyltar
I fail to see why Transportstyrelsen would have any motivation to appeal the court’s decision. They have no stakes in this game.
This isn’t a verdict in the actual court case though, it’s only temporary.
This won’t necessarily mean that Tesla will get their plates. Because I assume IF Metall has a presence at the number plate factory.