Paris is saying ‘non’ to a US-style hellscape of supersized cars – and so should the rest of Europe | Alexander Hurst
www.theguardian.com
From emissions to road deaths, the trend for ever-bigger SUVs is a disaster. We need regulation to turn the car industry back to smaller vehicles
  • bleistift2@feddit.deEnglish
    29·
    11 months ago

    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.

    • DrM@feddit.deEnglish
      26·
      11 months ago

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

    • lnxtx@feddit.nlEnglish
      161·
      11 months ago

      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 CyberUglytruck gets the EU approval.

      • nonailsleft@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        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