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Questions raised about registration in Czech Republic of one of first models to
reach continent
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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