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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Ajit Niranjan

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

A Tesla Cybertruck on a street.
European road safety rules ban sharp edges and require speed limiters on heavy vehicles. Photograph: Agustín Marcarian/Reuters

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.)

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