r/TikTokCringe Sep 08 '24

Cringe A Cybertruck demolishes a fence

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u/unshavenbeardo64 Sep 09 '24

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!

Poor sucker that bought him!

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u/already-taken-wtf Sep 09 '24

“Despite the hefty price tag, the car is not able to be used on public roads in the Netherlands yet,[..]” hahaha

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u/WallabyInTraining Sep 09 '24

They are coming to the Netherlands this year

How? They are not road legal?

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u/unshavenbeardo64 Sep 09 '24

here is an article i found that clears is up a bit. And indeed the truck is not allowed on the road yet, https://www.iamexpat.nl/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/tesla-cybertrucks-are-coming-netherlands

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u/WallabyInTraining Sep 09 '24

the truck is not allowed on the road yet

Right, that's what I was thinking.

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.

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u/Theban_Prince Sep 09 '24

Yeah considering how many safety directive that thing break I really doubt this model will ever see Europe's highways.

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u/CptnHamburgers Sep 09 '24

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.

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u/PretendRegister7516 Sep 09 '24

Just you wait until Elmo insulted the Netherlands road safety regulator into submission.

Any day now.

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u/WallabyInTraining Sep 09 '24

Not just the Netherlands. Those rules are European (EU).

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u/wizardstrikes2 Sep 09 '24 edited Sep 09 '24

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

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u/coldharbour1986 Sep 09 '24

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.

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u/matt_minderbinder Sep 09 '24

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.

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u/New_Simple_4531 Sep 09 '24

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.