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AFAIK these monstrosities are not road-legal in Europe, so you're unlikely to see them.

masklinn 2y ago
Sadly there are already multiple. I think there’s one in Poland because their standards are low and negotiable, iirc there was one in or near Austria as well? Saying that I’m not up to snuff with type approval is an understatement but I think for imports there‘a probably ways to play silly buggers with temp plates if you have the money. But if you’re the sort of persons who decides to import a cybertruck to the eu I don’t think that’s going to stop you. Hell, I think you can drive for up to a year on non-eu plates before the car has to be locally registered as an import.
- p_l 2y ago
  In Poland, cybertruck as currently sold is at the very edge of acceptable mass for B-class driver license (aka the "normal" car driver license, not truck one). However that comes with addendum that you need to have that license for at least two years before driving one, because its based on the exception that allows maximum mass to go from 3500 kg to 4250 kg if the car has alternative fuel drive system, an exception added among other things for electric cars which can add 500kg in just batteries over internal combustion ones.
  - masklinn 2y ago
    That part is for some and eventually all of the EU: since 2018 member states can allow B licenses to drive EVs (or hydrogen) up to 4250kg, and parliament passed that as law back in February 2024. So the states which didn’t already add this allowance will have to in the future. The C1 and C1E license were modified similarly, although they trigger after 3 years.
rsynnott 2y ago
Some countries allow private import of non-compliant cars, unfortunately.
aucisson_masque 2y ago
Currently it's limited but tesla isnt going away anytime soon and now that they reach the end of their preorder list, it's only a matter of time before they expand in Europe. Could be with an European version of the truck for instance.

Sadly there are already multiple. I think there’s one in Poland because their standards are low and negotiable, iirc there was one in or near Austria as well? Saying that I’m not up to snuff with type approval is an understatement but I think for imports there‘a probably ways to play silly buggers with temp plates if you have the money. But if you’re the sort of persons who decides to import a cybertruck to the eu I don’t think that’s going to stop you. Hell, I think you can drive for up to a year on non-eu plates before the car has to be locally registered as an import.

p_l 2y ago
In Poland, cybertruck as currently sold is at the very edge of acceptable mass for B-class driver license (aka the "normal" car driver license, not truck one). However that comes with addendum that you need to have that license for at least two years before driving one, because its based on the exception that allows maximum mass to go from 3500 kg to 4250 kg if the car has alternative fuel drive system, an exception added among other things for electric cars which can add 500kg in just batteries over internal combustion ones.
- masklinn 2y ago
  That part is for some and eventually all of the EU: since 2018 member states can allow B licenses to drive EVs (or hydrogen) up to 4250kg, and parliament passed that as law back in February 2024. So the states which didn’t already add this allowance will have to in the future. The C1 and C1E license were modified similarly, although they trigger after 3 years.

rsynnott 2y ago

Some countries allow private import of non-compliant cars, unfortunately.

aucisson_masque 2y ago

Currently it's limited but tesla isnt going away anytime soon and now that they reach the end of their preorder list, it's only a matter of time before they expand in Europe. Could be with an European version of the truck for instance.