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Paris is saying ‘non’ to a US-style hellscape of supersized cars – and so should the rest of Europe (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Tesla’s 6,800lb (3,080kg) Cybertruck probably won’t be coming to Europe at all, because at that weight, it requires a trucking licence to drive

The maximum gross weight allowed for a “car“ driver license is 3500kg.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago

The cybertruck has a gross weight of 4300kg, which highly exceeds the 3500kg

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In my country, for electric cars, they raised limit (gross/max. weight) to 4250 kg. Probably by the car lobby.

According to the specs, the AWD trim has max. weight of 4238 kg.

So, no problem with the standard drivers license.

If only ~~Cyber~~Uglytruck gets the EU approval.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

In my country, for electric cars, they raised limit (gross/max. weight) to 4250 kg. Probably by the car lobby.

Also because, otherwise, electric workvans are impossible