“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.”
chillywanton on
Cyber trucks are best driven on straight roads, about 100 yards wide, flat, and smooth, on a partially sunny day, 0 mph winds.
lumpy121 on
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.
StraightAd798 on
And too ugly!
Laymanao on
I would have paid money for a Clarkson drive through inner Rome in one of these.
loztriforce on
It blows my mind they’re allowed on the road, especially considering how “FSD” apparently works like shit with them.
QuantumWarrior on
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.
Chemical_Turnover_29 on
If Europe gets the cyber truck, then we get the Volkswagen California camper van.
Nintendo1964 on
*”Too big and sharp”* = *”a fucking eyesore”*.
Figueroa_Chill on
You say this for nearly every American car. America in general makes their cars bigger, I have even heard Americans complain that our cars are not big enough when they hire them.
turpaaboden on
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.
Ricky419CBD on
How small your dick has to be to drive this?
Consistent-Sea-410 on
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
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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.”
Cyber trucks are best driven on straight roads, about 100 yards wide, flat, and smooth, on a partially sunny day, 0 mph winds.
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.
And too ugly!
I would have paid money for a Clarkson drive through inner Rome in one of these.
It blows my mind they’re allowed on the road, especially considering how “FSD” apparently works like shit with them.
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.
If Europe gets the cyber truck, then we get the Volkswagen California camper van.
*”Too big and sharp”* = *”a fucking eyesore”*.
You say this for nearly every American car. America in general makes their cars bigger, I have even heard Americans complain that our cars are not big enough when they hire them.
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.
How small your dick has to be to drive this?
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
Yup definitely too big. No great surprise there.