Tesla’s Cybertruck is too big and sharp for European roads, transport campaigners have warned, as questions are raised about the registration of one

Tesla Cybertruck ‘too big and sharp’ for European roads, say campaigners

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2024-10-08 11:00:04

Tesla’s Cybertruck is too big and sharp for European roads, transport campaigners have warned, as questions are raised about the registration of one of the first of the electric pickup trucks to hit the continent.

There had been confusion about whether the Cybertruck could be driven in Europe, owing to strict road safety rules that ban sharp edges and require speed limiters on vehicles that weigh more than 3.5 tonnes when full. Tesla’s manual lists the angular steel vehicle as having a gross vehicle weight of 4 tonnes. (The equivalent of a standard family car, such as a Ford Focus, is 1.9 tonnes.)

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.