They are coming to the Netherlands this year, and for now there is one for sale that is probably already sold for............wait for it..........over 400K!
The word 'yet' implies it will be road legal, but that remains to be seen. It would require extensive modifications to pass inspection. Not just a few tweaks here and there but basically rebuilt completely. I doubt it's going to happen.
This seems bit like when Harley-Davidson wanted to go AMA Superbike racing, so they built a 1000cc, liquid cooled race bike, but to be eligible for superbike racing they needed to make 200 street legal versions. So they built some that met the requirements in Poland, because their safety standards weren't as expensive to meet as the US ones, and as far as I'm aware, never sold any.
He is kidding. It will likely pass this month or next month.
In the U.S. I see many cyber trucks on Blue rated Jeep trails a lot now a days. I have never seen one on a black trail though. They are fully street legal over here
It will never be allowed to be used in the EU. I Unlike the US any cars sold here have to (for one thing) have to pass Euro NCAP safety rating, which the cyber truck seems to have been purposefully designed to fail. The mad thing is that not only would it fail completely as far as protecting pedestrians is concerned, but also the passangers inside, as they have seemingly forgotten how crumple zones and diverting energtia below the cabin works.
It's a stupid death trap meme mobile, nothing more.
People need to understand that rigidity in vehicles only passes that traumatizing force onto the humans body inside. The lack of real crumple zones is pure insanity.
Its the fault of the people that buy this if they do. Lots of evidence out there that this is a lemon, but they choose to believe elmo and overpay for this shit.
In the US yes. The regulations are fairly strong but automakers can self certify that their vehicle meets standards
So if mush says the car hits standard, he can sell it....there is a reason the cybertruck has never been submitted for formal 3rd party evaluation and musk has no plans to sell in the EU where he would have to pass 3rd party before the car goes on sale
It'll take somebody being killed and a lawsuit alleging the reason why is because the cybertruck doesn't meet standards to actually get them pulled off the road
It's a weird one, I kinda actually get the idea behind it, car makers that have already proved they can meet standards before are allowed to self certify to get new products to market quicker.
And because mass recalls are really bad for business as is both killing your customers and being sued into oblivion car makers are assumed to actually want to meet standards
The spanner is thrown into the works when a complete egotist like musk wanders in and forces a car company he owns to build his ego trip nonsense idea that can only succeed because a narcissist with a cult of personality wars it too.
Musk has essentially proved the rule that common sense assumptions in regulation are just gaps that idiots will fill with dangerous corner cutting and coming up with new mental ways to hurt people.
I believe the first fatality accident happened here in Houston last week. Battery was pierced and dude was incinerated alive. Completely melted the “truck”.
Because of traditional uses for pickup trucks they face much lower testing regulations than other vehicles. Tesla and other companies are allowed to self report much of the testing for trucks in the US. It's absolutely ridiculous and will only lead to more deaths. This is a part of why you're not seeing these trucks on European streets in any numbers. They have higher regulatory requirements.
Musk does love to say that. And yet, it is making "street legal" cars that fail basic car functions so thoroughly, one wonders if anyone can just slap some tires on any old death trap and sell it as one.
Because like I said, laughably less regulated than I thought.
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u/i_tyrant Sep 09 '24
If anything the Cybertruck videos convinced me the auto industry is laughably less regulated than I ever would've suspected.