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Tesla electric vehicles are charged at a charging station in Anaheim, Calif., June 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Tesla recalls 120,000 cars over door malfunction

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

An unsold 2023 Model X sports-utility vehicle sits outside a Tesla dealership June 18, 2023, in Littleton, Colo. Tesla is recalling more than 2 million vehicles across its model lineup to fix a defective system that's supposed to ensure drivers are paying attention when they use Autopilot. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Tesla seeks Nordic guru as labor fight escalates in Europe

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022. Tesla has found itself locked in an increasingly bitter dispute with union workers in Sweden and neighboring countries. The showdown pits the electric car maker's CEO Elon Musk, who's staunchly anti-union, against the strongly held labor ideals of the Nordic countries. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

Musk and Tesla are battling unions across Scandinavia. What comes next in the labor dispute?

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

Tesla vehicles line a parking lot at the company's Fremont, Calif., factory, on Sept. 18, 2023. The conflict against Tesla in Sweden is spreading to neighboring Denmark where transport workers with the country’s largest trade union on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 said it was establishing a sympathy conflict against the Texas-based automaker. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Swedish transport union could quit picking up Tesla’s trash

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

An unsold 2023 Model X sports-utility vehicle sits outside a Tesla dealership June 18, 2023, in Littleton, Colo. Tesla is recalling more than 2 million vehicles across its model lineup to fix a defective system that's supposed to ensure drivers are paying attention when they use Autopilot. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Tesla pumps the brakes on self-driving, recalls its vehicles

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Norwegian transport union threatens to block import of Tesla cars

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk looks on, during an in-conversation event with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Lancaster House in London, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Musk, who's been under fire over accusations of antisemitism flourishing on his social media platform X, paid a visit Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, to Israel, where he toured a kibbutz that was attacked last month by Hamas militants and was set to meet with top leaders. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)

Musk seeks $1 billion for his xAI startup

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A group of Norwegian unions says it will act against Tesla in solidarity with its Swedish colleagues

Associated Press

Tesla vehicles line a parking lot at the company's Fremont, Calif., factory, on Sept. 18, 2023. The conflict against Tesla in Sweden is spreading to neighboring Denmark where transport workers with the country’s largest trade union on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 said it was establishing a sympathy conflict against the Texas-based automaker. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Danish union to take action against Tesla in solidarity with Swedes demanding collective bargaining

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Electric vehicle (EV) shock in America illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Electric vehicle shock coursing through America

By Robert Knight

Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck at Tesla's design studio on Nov. 21, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. The windows were broken during a demonstration intended to show the strength of the glass. Musk is expected to give an update on manufacturing problems with the long-awaited Cybertruck at an event Thursday marking the first deliveries of the futuristic, angular pickup truck. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Musk says if Tesla unionizes, ‘we failed’

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Tesla vehicles line a parking lot at the company's Fremont, Calif., factory, on Sept. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Tesla scores win against Swedish labor unions

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A Tesla charging station is seen, Sept. 28, 2023, in Woodstock, Ga. Federal prosecutors have expanded investigations into Tesla beyond the electric vehicle maker's partially automated driving systems, and they have issued subpoenas for information instead of simply requesting it, the company disclosed Monday, Oct. 23. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Crash lawsuit over Tesla’s self-driving technology can proceed, Florida judge says

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, gestures during an event with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London on Nov. 2, 2023. IBM has stopped advertising on X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and Nazis. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)

Elon Musk calls Swedish Tesla strikes ‘insane’

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A ship is moored at the port of Malmo as port workers are blocking the loading of vehicles from Tesla, in Malmo, Sweden, Tuesday Nov. 7, 2023. Pressure is growing on Tesla in Sweden, where a trade union is demanding that the Texas-based automaker sign a collective bargaining agreement, as most employees in the Scandinavian country have. Tesla has no manufacturing plant in Sweden, but 130 members of the powerful metalworkers’ union IF Metall walked out on Oct. 27 at seven workshops across the country where its popular cars are serviced. Other trade unions joined in solidarity, including dockworkers at Sweden’s four largest ports who decided Tuesday to stop the delivery of Tesla vehicles to increase pressure on the automaker to accept the metal workers’ demands. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Swedish postal workers join strike against Tesla

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Elon Musk, who owns Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX, speaks at the Vivatech fair, June 16, 2023, in Paris. Elon Musk’s social media platform X has begun charging a $1 fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand. It's a test designed to cut down on the spam and fake accounts flourishing on the platform. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) **FILE**

Musk says anyone advocating genocide on X will be ‘suspended’ following White House backlash

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Elon Musk reacts during an in-conversation event with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. IBM has stopped advertising on social media platform X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and Nazis — a fresh setback as the site formerly known as Twitter tries to win back big brands and their ad dollars.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool) **FILE**

White House lashes out at Elon Musk, says he promoted ‘antisemitic and racist hate’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A ship is moored at the port of Malmo as port workers are blocking the loading of vehicles from Tesla, in Malmo, Sweden, Tuesday Nov. 7, 2023. Pressure is growing on Tesla in Sweden, where a trade union is demanding that the Texas-based automaker sign a collective bargaining agreement, as most employees in the Scandinavian country have. Tesla has no manufacturing plant in Sweden, but 130 members of the powerful metalworkers’ union IF Metall walked out on Oct. 27 at seven workshops across the country where its popular cars are serviced. Other trade unions joined in solidarity, including dockworkers at Sweden’s four largest ports who decided Tuesday to stop the delivery of Tesla vehicles to increase pressure on the automaker to accept the metal workers’ demands. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Swedish dockworkers block Tesla imports in labor action expansion

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Workers chat under an umbrella outside the Tesla showroom in Beijing, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. China’s foreign minister met Tesla Ltd. CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday and said strained U.S.-Chinese relations require “mutual respect,” while delivering a message of reassurance that foreign companies are welcome. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Tesla raises prices for popular electric vehicle models in China

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A Tesla charging station is seen, Sept. 28, 2023, in Woodstock, Ga. Federal prosecutors have expanded investigations into Tesla beyond the electric vehicle maker's partially automated driving systems, and they have issued subpoenas for information instead of simply requesting it, the company disclosed Monday, Oct. 23. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Tesla says Justice Department is expanding investigations and issuing subpoenas for information

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press