ELECTRIC CARS
Tesla hits logistics snag in Norway
The innovative car maker says local logistics capacity has run out of road in Norway
New York — Elon Musk says Tesla will slow down deliveries in Norway, the car maker’s best market per capita, days before the electric-car maker is due to report quarterly sales that investors watch so closely. Tesla’s CEO made the announcement in a Twitter message on Saturday, in response to a report that local authorities had ordered trucks carrying Teslas off the road more than half a dozen times. One truck not stopped by authorities ended up in an accident that crushed two Model S vehicles on the trailer, according to the blog Electrek. "It is clear that we are exceeding the local logistics capacity due to batch build and delivery," Musk said in the tweet. "Customer happiness and safety matter more than a few extra cars this quarter." The Palo Alto, California-based car maker changed the Norway ports it ships to, requiring the use of more trucks to get the cars to stores and service centres, the article said. Norway is Tesla’s third-biggest market after the US and China, with rev...
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