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A Rubberized Cybertruck Is Plowing Through European Pedestrian Safety Rules
Tesla’s troubled electric pickup is illegal in Europe, yet somehow a barely modified model has found a way to get licensed. A group of European transport organizations claim this ride could spell disaster.
The European New Car Assessment Programme ( Euro NCAP) has not yet measured, prodded, weighed, or smashed a Tesla Cybertruck —or checked whether pedestrians could survive a hit from this angular beast—but Elon Musk’s electric pickup truck might potentially score poorly on the tests anyway. At least one Cybertruck has been seen driving around cities in the Czech Republic, an EU member, with a group of transport nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) warning that Musk’s polarizing EV with a troubled development history is too bulky and sharp to be allowed on European roads. However, the truck, which the owners rent out for advertising campaigns, has already been driven to other EU member states including Slovakia, where on an Instagram post you can see the company testing “Wade Mode” on the Cybertruck in a lake near Bratislava.
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