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Tesla Hikes Wages for Nevada Gigafactory Workers

Supply Chain Matters

The Swedish Transport Workers Union in turn, whose workers unload Tesla vehicles among four separate ports, threatened to blockade the vehicles from entering that country. Reportedly, labor unions within Denmark , Norway and Finland , along with Sweden , have rallied around IF Metall labor union.

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Logistics Responses to Europe’s Migrant Crisis

TMC

So far, we’ve found that the expected fallout in terms of higher transportation prices and operational disruptions has been relatively muted. For example, early in the new year, Denmark tightened its border controls with Germany, after Sweden had imposed similar measures [2]. The service carried some 1.5

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The Global Impact of ZEV Mandates on the U.S. Auto Industry

QAD

The individual designs and needs vary by city and depend largely on the underlying transportation, demographic, and housing patterns of the location. Several governments have even announced a vision for ZEV to represent 100% of all new passenger vehicle sales in their jurisdiction.