Tesla sues Sweden over blocked license plates

Tesla has filed a lawsuit against Sweden over blocked access to license plates for new vehicles, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri reported on Monday.

According to the American electric car company, this seizure of license plates constitutes a discriminatory attack with no legal basis whatsoever against Tesla, the newspaper wrote.

The press spokesperson for the agency, Mikael Andersson, told the Associated Press: “We at the Swedish Transport Agency do not share this view that the agency was blocking the distribution of license plates.” He added: “We have not yet seen the lawsuit and it is therefore difficult for us to give any direct comments. We need to look at the lawsuit and Tesla’s reasoning in it.”

According to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by AP, Tesla demands that the district court fine the transport agency 1 million kronor ($95,383) to “oblige” the agency to allow Tesla “retrieve license plates” within three days from notification of the district court’s decision.