Tesla Cybertruck „zu groß und scharf“ für europäische Straßen, sagen Aktivisten

From the article:

“A handful of Cybertrucks have already been spotted on European streets this year, causing safety fears among campaigners. In a letter to the European Commission and to authorities in the Czech Republic, where the registration of one Cybertruck has raised questions about the rules, campaign groups called for Cybertrucks registered in the EU to be removed from public roads.

“Very oversized pickup trucks [are] now being increasingly imported and bringing danger to our streets,” said James Nix of the nonprofit Transport & Environment, which co-signed the letter.”

The concerns about the Cybertruck being “too big and sharp” for European roads make sense given how strict the safety regulations are. It seems like a headache to get these massive vehicles approved and keep them safe on the streets.

Maybe Tesla should just rethink its design for markets outside the U.S. instead of trying to push through loopholes.

I would have paid money for a Clarkson drive through inner Rome in one of these.

Well yeah.

A standard UK driving licence allows you to drive vehicles up to 3500kg, the weight of the Cybertruck totally empty is already touching 3200kg and with the maximum cargo it would get up to 4500kg or so. You’d need the licence extension intended for commercial non-articulating lorries just to get behind the wheel.

Then it’s nearly 250cm wide, a full 50cm or 25% wider than some of the largest existing 4x4s available here and getting on for the width of a bus. You couldn’t take it anywhere but the motorway assuming it didn’t get rejected because it’s almost custom designed to kill pedestrians.

After that there’s the rain performance. Sure if you live in dry parts of the USA where it only rains for 30 days a year you might be fine but there have been times in the UK where you get rain for 30 days a month. These things will rust down to the tyres right there on your driveway.

*”Too big and sharp”* = *”a fucking eyesore”*.

And also too fucking unsafe. Everything about it is built in a way that will break way too easily, especially when driven too hard. Control- and suspension arms are just made out of thin rods, sheet metal and good wishes. The FSD is made to crash the thing.

Most US pick up trucks don’t meet basic standards anyway, right? That was certainly the case 15-20 years ago, although I appreciate standards have slipped across the board. There was a fun Top Gear or similar show where they tried an imported F150 and the steering was just so shockingly bad it was more or less impossible to drive on European roads. Just insane amounts of slack.

I can’t imagine being “sharp” is a significant concern. If you are hit by one of these (and the blind spots make that likely) the sheer weight will do more damage than a filed down edge

I think they are crying foul. Somehow a Ferrari or Porsche that can go 200mph is not dangerous to the public despite the fact people wreck those things all the time in Europe and kill innocent by standers.

It seems like as long as it benefits your regional economy though it’s fine …