https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Swedish metalworkers' union IF Metall's strike against US car manufacturer Tesla is spreading to Denmark, with the country's largest union announcing solidarity action in support of their Swedish neighbours. https://www.thelocal.dk/20231205/danish-transport-workers-join-swedish-strike-against-tesla Tue, 05 Dec 2023 15:49:40 +0100 danish-transport-workers-join-swedish-strike-against-tesla Eight Danish pension funds have been criticised after investing over 140 million kroner (19 million euros) in US electric car giant Tesla. https://www.thelocal.dk/20171025/danish-pension-funds-criticised-over-tesla-investments Wed, 25 Oct 2017 12:15:51 +0200 danish-pension-funds-criticised-over-tesla-investments The Danish government accused Tesla of using a bulk purchase of its own vehicles to shortchange the public purse of one billion kroner. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151112/telsa-accused-of-costing-danish-people-billion-kroner-in-taxes Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:08:26 +0100 telsa-accused-of-costing-danish-people-billion-kroner-in-taxes The Danish island of Samsø, hailed by the New York Times as a "symbol for a greener future”, fears that its goal of being completely off of fossil fuels by 2030 is jeoparized by the government’s planned budget cuts. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151015/danish-island-samso-green-transition-threatened Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:24:41 +0200 danish-island-samso-green-transition-threatened The government has defended its move to gradually phase out tax breaks on electric cars as a way to make things fairer for car owners, but the maker of Denmark's most popular electric model has slammed the plan as anti-competitive and a death knell for the industry. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151012/tesla-to-fight-denmarks-tax-on-electric-cars Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:51:38 +0200 tesla-to-fight-denmarks-tax-on-electric-cars