The Administrative Court determined there is no obligation for the Swedish Transport Agency to ensure in each individual case that a vehicle owner actually receives the plate. According to the court, the agency has fulfilled its obligation to provide registration plates for Tesla's vehicles by applying the same arrangement as for other vehicle owners. However, two lay judges are dissenting and want to grant Tesla's appeal.
The Swedish Transport Agency has hired PostNord to distribute registration plates to vehicle owners, and the approach generally used leads in the vast majority of cases to a vehicle owner receiving their registration plate. Due to a labor market conflict, PostNord is not delivering any postal shipments to Tesla. It is also unclear how many Tesla vehicles are affected by the lack of registration plates or what alternative methods Tesla proposed for receiving them.
The legal or practical impact on Tesla's operations due to the lack of plates has not been detailed.