There are many reasons the Cybertruck won't be sold in the UK or Europe that you haven't listed. Tesla won't be able to make enough to supply the US market with their current production ability for Cybertruck . All RHD Tesla are currently made in China. The weight of the Cybertruck is over 3,500kg meaning that you would require a truck license (Category C1) in the UK to drive it (it has a GVM of 4,000kg). There is not enough space in the charging port to install a CCS2 socket on the Cybertruck, so a redesign would be required for the rest of the world. CCS 1 and 2 convertors do not work with the Cybertruck's NACS port. ROSPA have stated that they will lobby hard to prevent the Cybertruck from being sold in the UK in its current form due to non-deformable front panels and the lack of pedestrian safety in the case of an impact. Cybertruck will not fit into standard UK parking spaces, and being a Cat C1 vehicle will be banned from most public car parks. Besides it's retro-futuristic design is ugly, and will age about as well as a Pontiac Aztec, or PT Cruiser.
I think Berlin has (just) started RHD production of the Model Y. The licence requirement is highly likely to be a reason it never gets here. But I have a friend who has worked for Elmo since leaving Lotus and starting on the Model S (yes, he can put up with him for that long and hasn't been fired - yet!) and he told me that this hasn't been engineered as an RHD version at all. I still think the chances of this coming to Europe, let alone the UK are zero. There might well be a version in the future that does, but it won't be this iteration.
C1 requirement for EV’s is from 4.25 tons, so Cybertruck limbos underneath that barrier. I’ve spent 24 years chucking 4.5 ton Mercedes ambulances around the highways and byways of Blighty just fine, so I cannot imagine the CT posing an issue. Being old I have C1 as grandfather rights and C & D and Tank licence and there are tens of thousands of us about. Folk who want to drive tow a large caravan need extended training these days and rightly so. If someone wants a CT and doesn’t already have HGV or C1, a few lessons and a test ain’t going to stop them. Tesla do have hundreds of thousands of orders for LHD Cybertrucks, perhaps enough for ten years. I’d really like to see a RHD available, I suppose time will tell if Tesla has the bandwidth to bother with it.
@@commuterbranchline8132I would get a class c1. It would also be handy for my building work and carrying motorcycle, bikes, and bricks etc. I do hope it comes to the UK.
With the safety comments, the issues referred to as possibly being non compliant are the sharp edges to some of the corners and panels. At a certain height they must have a certain radius for pedestrian impact protection and there is speculation that certain corners on the bodywork would not meet that standard.
@@GoGreenAutosNo. That number means believing Tesla. MAYBE they had 2 million initial registered, but once the final product which cost much more and did much less was revealed, ppl dipped out. Also some with multiple pre-orders hoping to flip them (now banned) And finally, the fact ppl WAY down the reservation list being asked if they want one, would suggest interest has significantly dropped off. Oh, let's not forget they're and engineering disaster. I wish you luck 😂
I was so pleased to see that you compared it to several other vehicles and types of vehicle. All your points are also totally valid and no reason for the Cybertruck to be sold here, but is there a need and it wouldn't be a general runaround!!
I think it came with its own minders, they did the light show, opened front back and all doors along with a demo of the 4 wheel steer when I attended last Sunday.
The backup power unit carried on the trailer for flat battery emergencies in a post apocalyptic search for those chargers, rare enough even nowadays, seems a bit excessive.
The problem for the Cybertruck being made legal in Europe is actually not the styling, it’s the steer by wire technology. Steering with no mechanical connection from the steering wheel to the steering mechanism is what’s current legal, not the stainless steel styling.
I doubt that they'll make a right-hand-drive version, given that they won't even make right-hand-drive versions of the Model S and X any more, despite them being small-rub luxury vehicles for the kind of rich people who'll pay extra for that kind of thing.
A pickup truck is a working vehicle that's supposed to be all about practicality. The Cybertruck looks to have sacrificed practicality for the sake of style. By all accounts, build quality and reliability leave a lot to be desired too.
I disagree with that. It has huge practicality. A large bed with power points and also under bed storage. A large frunk that can take tool boxes or you can sit in it. The rear seats fold up and offer huge storage due to a flat floor. The bed is also weatherproof and safe due to the retractable cover. But the biggest benefit for a commercial vehicle is that it has no paint. My father has a new Isuzu D-Max pickup which is now 5 months old and he's getting really annoyed with the scratches on it, particularly on the tailgate. Overall, the practicality beats other pickups. The only negative is you can't load from the sides.
Still wont come to uk the saftey campaigners will boycott it heavily, european countries wont alter rules for it and i think many will still get a suprise when realise one thing something you havent said ethier. What is it? weight! It weighs 3.6ton for standard version or around 4.0 ton for battery in trunk version. That means most people need to take a C1 test and i have seen quotes for this theory, training and exam between £150 to £500 some even for those intensive course £800 to £1,000
Can't see it selling well here even if it can be sold - as an actual commercial vehicle you could have three vans/pickups for one Cybertruck. It's just another (very expensive) poser truck.
@@GoGreenAutos Ford Transit starts at £38,800, Ranger Double Cab £35,760. Cybertruck is going to be circa £100k. It's a non-starter for commercial users.
Never liked channels like this! You will NEVER know the truth about electric cars. Maybe channels like this are owned by the car factories themselves? The truth must come out!
Hum, a Ford account creating FUD on an EV channel. Who would have guessed! 😂 Why is the 2023 announced Explorer still not available to order? Didn’t Ford announce half dozen BEV’s for 2024… where are they?
@@GoGreenAutos Yes. The problem is that car factories are forced to make electric cars by the EU and the political leaders in the country. We are not ready for electric cars yet. Battery technology is not good and safe enough. Car factories stuff the car full of electronics against many people's wishes. And the quality of cars is MUCH worse now than it once was
I certainly hope not. I hope & pray that hideous monstrosity never gets certification to be allowed on any European roads, especially not here in the UK. It looks like it was designed by a 6 year old & built by his grandfather in his shed in his back garden.
Sandy Munro- 60 years veteran automotive consultant. “ the peak of current state of the art in automobile design”. But YOU know better by just looking at a picture. 🤡
I don't often drive Transits but way back I do remember a Transit Luton squeezing through a 6ft 6 inch width restriction which is approximately 2m. A modern large Transit is listed as 2.06m wide excluding the mirrors, 2.112m with mirrors folded and 2.474m with mirrors extended. In many scenarios the mirrors being relatively high up enable narrow gaps to be negotiated. Not sure how that pans out with the CT. At about 4:40 you mention a stainless steel exoskeleton, that got ditched years ago and the production ones are unibody construction. Repeatedly you claim that Teslas have an amazing safety record (citations needed) and arbitrarily allege that the Ford F150 would do more damage to a pedestrian. The Tesla saloon cars seem to work well for many people. I am not convinced a landscape gardener or a builder needs a truck that accelerates to 60 in 4s. Large vans tend to be used by people doing something useful, not as attention-seeking fashion accessories for those with excess money. A crash test between two CTs might be interesting, vehicles have crumple zones for sound reasons. With Elon scalping $50billion from a company that have surplus stock, declining sales and have been shedding staff I would not like to guess whether they will still be around in 2 years. A 3 ton vehicle with only 5 seats is inherently not green, regenerative braking still has thermal losses. Incidentally a Transit (depending on options) can carry far more cargo weight legally on a standard licence.
@@GoGreenAutos I don't think it's very good at carrying much and certainly with the high sides, lifting heavy stuff out will be a pain. Literally! (Modern pick-ups are an awfully contrived way to carry things about - the Transit you showed is much better, available, affordable - and electric.)
I’m not too sure though about the wight because of it weighing 3.1t would that effect it I know you can drive up to 3.5t on uk license that weight is normally gross most vans way about 2t to 2.5t ????
White vans are up and down every town side street and narrow rural B-road every day and they're larger than the Cybertruck. Yet I can hear the cries already from the Tesla haters if this comes to the UK!
Tesla don't make the safest vehicles in the world. Only Tesla say that with no statistics to back it up. If you see the Cybertruck with the frunk open, you can see a really sharp corner on the front edge which will spear any pedestrian once the frunk lid starts to buckle. Comparing it to a van like transit is ludicrous as the transit has far more usable cargo space, and the sliding side door plus opening rear doors make it far more flexible. For example, if you tried to use a Cybertruck for parcel deliveries, how would you get to a parcel at the front of the bed? The sides are too high to lean in and reach it, you'd have to climb into the bed and move all of the other parcels in the way first. .
I'm comparing the Cybertruck to a Transit van in terms of the size only, not a comparable vehicle. No one is complaining that the Transit is too big for our roads, yet they do for the Cybertuck. But the Cybertruck is actually smaller than the Transit. As for the safety of other Tesla vehicles, the world's safety testing bodies have the data. Tesla do not shout about it as they don't do any marketing and only even give the briefest of information on their website about their vehicles.
@@GoGreenAutos Musk shouts about it. Tesla doesn't have a marketing department so if you want to refute false claims made by Musk or Tesla they have an excuse not to respond.
@@GoGreenAutos We already have some over-size vehicles on our roads, like the Hummer and stretched limos, and big trucks that US servicemen bring over. But they're mainly novelties as the Cybertruck will be. Right now it's the fashion item that celebrities want to be seen in, but that will fade as it's built in quantities too great to be exclusive, but it's lack of utility means it won't become as ubiquitous as other vans or trucks. Insurance costs will kill it apart from those wealthy buyers that can afford it, but like I said, it won't be as appealing as a Bentley or a Roller.
The big problem with UK is that you drive on the wrong side of the road and have the steering wheel on the wrong side. This makes it more complicated to sell the car in the UK. Tesla must create its own UK. edition. I also don't think that the used car export and import market is that big in the UK. due to this?
157 countries are right hand drive, including the UK there's also Australia, India, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, etc. Making a RHD Cybertruck will be easier than any other previous vehicle due to the steer by wire.
@@GoGreenAutos Right-hand driving, as in Norway, is most widespread in the world today. About 34% of the world's population drive on the left while 66% drive on the right. Measured in road sections, 28% are regulated for left-hand driving, while right-hand driving applies to 72%. it would have been much, much easier for car factories to only make one edition. the countries you mention are poor countries that do not have the money to switch to right-hand driving And they won't be able to afford to buy electric cars either. so petrol and diesel are not going to die
@@Barry-x7s I think Tesla model 3 and Y was meant for the world right from the start but syberyruck was not. correct me if i'm wrong. In any case, it is easier to make 1 version instead of both right and left
There are many reasons the Cybertruck won't be sold in the UK or Europe that you haven't listed.
Tesla won't be able to make enough to supply the US market with their current production ability for Cybertruck .
All RHD Tesla are currently made in China.
The weight of the Cybertruck is over 3,500kg meaning that you would require a truck license (Category C1) in the UK to drive it (it has a GVM of 4,000kg).
There is not enough space in the charging port to install a CCS2 socket on the Cybertruck, so a redesign would be required for the rest of the world. CCS 1 and 2 convertors do not work with the Cybertruck's NACS port.
ROSPA have stated that they will lobby hard to prevent the Cybertruck from being sold in the UK in its current form due to non-deformable front panels and the lack of pedestrian safety in the case of an impact.
Cybertruck will not fit into standard UK parking spaces, and being a Cat C1 vehicle will be banned from most public car parks.
Besides it's retro-futuristic design is ugly, and will age about as well as a Pontiac Aztec, or PT Cruiser.
I think Berlin has (just) started RHD production of the Model Y.
The licence requirement is highly likely to be a reason it never gets here. But I have a friend who has worked for Elmo since leaving Lotus and starting on the Model S (yes, he can put up with him for that long and hasn't been fired - yet!) and he told me that this hasn't been engineered as an RHD version at all.
I still think the chances of this coming to Europe, let alone the UK are zero. There might well be a version in the future that does, but it won't be this iteration.
C1 requirement for EV’s is from 4.25 tons, so Cybertruck limbos underneath that barrier. I’ve spent 24 years chucking 4.5 ton Mercedes ambulances around the highways and byways of Blighty just fine, so I cannot imagine the CT posing an issue. Being old I have C1 as grandfather rights and C & D and Tank licence and there are tens of thousands of us about. Folk who want to drive tow a large caravan need extended training these days and rightly so. If someone wants a CT and doesn’t already have HGV or C1, a few lessons and a test ain’t going to stop them. Tesla do have hundreds of thousands of orders for LHD Cybertrucks, perhaps enough for ten years. I’d really like to see a RHD available, I suppose time will tell if Tesla has the bandwidth to bother with it.
The cybertruck will be overweight with 4 butch fellows in it. It’s pointless for Europe. It can’t carry anything.
@@commuterbranchline8132I would get a class c1. It would also be handy for my building work and carrying motorcycle, bikes, and bricks etc.
I do hope it comes to the UK.
With the safety comments, the issues referred to as possibly being non compliant are the sharp edges to some of the corners and panels.
At a certain height they must have a certain radius for pedestrian impact protection and there is speculation that certain corners on the bodywork would not meet that standard.
But LGVs, HGVs and other commercial vehicles don't.
@@GoGreenAutosyes they do. Look at your own video footage of said vehicles with those curved surfaces.
You've still got your Cybertruck reservation? Hehe. Oh well, it takes all sorts.
There's over 2 million who have reservations.
So we can't all be wrong!
@@GoGreenAutos you are blinded by anything Tesla. An interesting video, as always, but that car/truck is ugly as sin.
@@GoGreenAutosNo. That number means believing Tesla.
MAYBE they had 2 million initial registered, but once the final product which cost much more and did much less was revealed, ppl dipped out.
Also some with multiple pre-orders hoping to flip them (now banned)
And finally, the fact ppl WAY down the reservation list being asked if they want one, would suggest interest has significantly dropped off.
Oh, let's not forget they're and engineering disaster.
I wish you luck 😂
@@GoGreenAutosThe idea that they are going to sell 2 million of those things I’d hilarious.
I was so pleased to see that you compared it to several other vehicles and types of vehicle. All your points are also totally valid and no reason for the Cybertruck to be sold here, but is there a need and it wouldn't be a general runaround!!
Thanks.
A need? Yes for me as a commercial vehicle and for towing.
@@GoGreenAutos Great point!
I think it came with its own minders, they did the light show, opened front back and all doors along with a demo of the 4 wheel steer when I attended last Sunday.
That would have been a bit more interesting to see then.
You make a good argument in Britain it rains and rains people should bare this in mind.
The backup power unit carried on the trailer for flat battery emergencies in a post apocalyptic search for those chargers, rare enough even nowadays, seems a bit excessive.
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The problem for the Cybertruck being made legal in Europe is actually not the styling, it’s the steer by wire technology. Steering with no mechanical connection from the steering wheel to the steering mechanism is what’s current legal, not the stainless steel styling.
I doubt that they'll make a right-hand-drive version, given that they won't even make right-hand-drive versions of the Model S and X any more, despite them being small-rub luxury vehicles for the kind of rich people who'll pay extra for that kind of thing.
A pickup truck is a working vehicle that's supposed to be all about practicality. The Cybertruck looks to have sacrificed practicality for the sake of style. By all accounts, build quality and reliability leave a lot to be desired too.
I disagree with that. It has huge practicality. A large bed with power points and also under bed storage. A large frunk that can take tool boxes or you can sit in it. The rear seats fold up and offer huge storage due to a flat floor. The bed is also weatherproof and safe due to the retractable cover. But the biggest benefit for a commercial vehicle is that it has no paint. My father has a new Isuzu D-Max pickup which is now 5 months old and he's getting really annoyed with the scratches on it, particularly on the tailgate.
Overall, the practicality beats other pickups. The only negative is you can't load from the sides.
Apple users will like as it's got that look of form over function.
The only way I can see it coming to the UK is under a commercial guise.
It is anyway, in the same way a D-Max or Isuzu pickup is. The Cybertruck is not a car!
Still wont come to uk the saftey campaigners will boycott it heavily, european countries wont alter rules for it and i think many will still get a suprise when realise one thing something you havent said ethier.
What is it?
weight! It weighs 3.6ton for standard version or around 4.0 ton for battery in trunk version.
That means most people need to take a C1 test and i have seen quotes for this theory, training and exam between £150 to £500 some even for those intensive course £800 to £1,000
Please god no.
I truly hope they keep this monstrosity of our roads. If it does, I’m buying an armoured car to protect my children against it.
Can't see it selling well here even if it can be sold - as an actual commercial vehicle you could have three vans/pickups for one Cybertruck. It's just another (very expensive) poser truck.
I think you're out of touch on prices. A mid-spec automatic Isuzu pickup (DL40) is now £42,500.
@@GoGreenAutos Ford Transit starts at £38,800, Ranger Double Cab £35,760. Cybertruck is going to be circa £100k. It's a non-starter for commercial users.
What would you do if you got a call to say your truck was arriving on Friday Matt? Would you buy?
If finances allowed, absolutely.
Hopefully not, they can keep it there. 😂 horrendous, unsustainable car.
Hell No!! We don't want that crap here!! Strange Rovers are bad enough
Nope.
Never liked channels like this! You will NEVER know the truth about electric cars. Maybe channels like this are owned by the car factories themselves?
The truth must come out!
Eh? The truth is that the majority (all but 3) of the car manufacturers just want to keep making combustion engine vehicles and not transition to EVs.
Hum, a Ford account creating FUD on an EV channel. Who would have guessed! 😂
Why is the 2023 announced Explorer still not available to order? Didn’t Ford announce half dozen BEV’s for 2024… where are they?
@@GoGreenAutos Yes. The problem is that car factories are forced to make electric cars by the EU and the political leaders in the country. We are not ready for electric cars yet. Battery technology is not good and safe enough.
Car factories stuff the car full of electronics against many people's wishes.
And the quality of cars is MUCH worse now than it once was
So why watch? Just to give yourself something to moan about? 😹
@@pollywollydo
Hello youtube police. Did I write something you didn't like?
Are you going to put me in jail 😁
I certainly hope not. I hope & pray that hideous monstrosity never gets certification to be allowed on any European roads, especially not here in the UK. It looks like it was designed by a 6 year old & built by his grandfather in his shed in his back garden.
Sandy Munro- 60 years veteran automotive consultant. “ the peak of current state of the art in automobile design”. But YOU know better by just looking at a picture. 🤡
@@pollywollydo He has his opinion, I have mine. He's obviously senile.
Excellent video.
I don't often drive Transits but way back I do remember a Transit Luton squeezing through a 6ft 6 inch width restriction which is approximately 2m. A modern large Transit is listed as 2.06m wide excluding the mirrors, 2.112m with mirrors folded and 2.474m with mirrors extended. In many scenarios the mirrors being relatively high up enable narrow gaps to be negotiated. Not sure how that pans out with the CT. At about 4:40 you mention a stainless steel exoskeleton, that got ditched years ago and the production ones are unibody construction. Repeatedly you claim that Teslas have an amazing safety record (citations needed) and arbitrarily allege that the Ford F150 would do more damage to a pedestrian. The Tesla saloon cars seem to work well for many people. I am not convinced a landscape gardener or a builder needs a truck that accelerates to 60 in 4s. Large vans tend to be used by people doing something useful, not as attention-seeking fashion accessories for those with excess money. A crash test between two CTs might be interesting, vehicles have crumple zones for sound reasons. With Elon scalping $50billion from a company that have surplus stock, declining sales and have been shedding staff I would not like to guess whether they will still be around in 2 years. A 3 ton vehicle with only 5 seats is inherently not green, regenerative braking still has thermal losses. Incidentally a Transit (depending on options) can carry far more cargo weight legally on a standard licence.
Ugliest car I have ever seen. Why would anybody want to own one of these?
Its a truck, not a car. In the same way people want a large 4x4 for towing or a pickup for carrying building products.
@@GoGreenAutos I don't think it's very good at carrying much and certainly with the high sides, lifting heavy stuff out will be a pain. Literally! (Modern pick-ups are an awfully contrived way to carry things about - the Transit you showed is much better, available, affordable - and electric.)
@@GoGreenAutos So if you get yours, you will be using it as a pickup truck?
@@latheofheaven1017 Yes and for towing.
@@GoGreenAutos you are missing the point. Why would anybody want to own a car, truck - call it what you like - that looks like that?
Whoever drives one over here will be mercilessly mocked wherever they go.
What do you say over there? Wanker?
You know what I could use it. I sometimes drive over 400 miles in a day and charging my current ev is a little inconvenient on that
Go Gween Autos is awesome .
I’m not too sure though about the wight because of it weighing 3.1t would that effect it I know you can drive up to 3.5t on uk license that weight is normally gross most vans way about 2t to 2.5t ????
A standard UK car license will allow you to drive a Cybertruck, even with 400kg in the back. You'd just have to watch the weight if you were towing.
Yes. I was just going to say that the van is bigger. We will be seeing these trucks soon I expect so wont have a problem with it.
White vans are up and down every town side street and narrow rural B-road every day and they're larger than the Cybertruck. Yet I can hear the cries already from the Tesla haters if this comes to the UK!
i hope they bring all the tech and engineering to a smaller vehicle for the UK and europe.
Yes they will....the new Cybercab and "Model 2".
Tesla don't make the safest vehicles in the world. Only Tesla say that with no statistics to back it up. If you see the Cybertruck with the frunk open, you can see a really sharp corner on the front edge which will spear any pedestrian once the frunk lid starts to buckle. Comparing it to a van like transit is ludicrous as the transit has far more usable cargo space, and the sliding side door plus opening rear doors make it far more flexible. For example, if you tried to use a Cybertruck for parcel deliveries, how would you get to a parcel at the front of the bed? The sides are too high to lean in and reach it, you'd have to climb into the bed and move all of the other parcels in the way first. .
I'm comparing the Cybertruck to a Transit van in terms of the size only, not a comparable vehicle. No one is complaining that the Transit is too big for our roads, yet they do for the Cybertuck. But the Cybertruck is actually smaller than the Transit.
As for the safety of other Tesla vehicles, the world's safety testing bodies have the data. Tesla do not shout about it as they don't do any marketing and only even give the briefest of information on their website about their vehicles.
@@GoGreenAutos Musk shouts about it. Tesla doesn't have a marketing department so if you want to refute false claims made by Musk or Tesla they have an excuse not to respond.
@@GoGreenAutos We already have some over-size vehicles on our roads, like the Hummer and stretched limos, and big trucks that US servicemen bring over. But they're mainly novelties as the Cybertruck will be. Right now it's the fashion item that celebrities want to be seen in, but that will fade as it's built in quantities too great to be exclusive, but it's lack of utility means it won't become as ubiquitous as other vans or trucks. Insurance costs will kill it apart from those wealthy buyers that can afford it, but like I said, it won't be as appealing as a Bentley or a Roller.
Space Karen's Sillytruck is nothing but a vanity project. If you want people to laugh at you buy one.
5:20 Bullshit
See ua-cam.com/video/L6WDq0V5oBg/v-deo.htmlsi=vwTjxBu8CCQaFN9w&t=1162
The big problem with UK is that you drive on the wrong side of the road and have the steering wheel on the wrong side. This makes it more complicated to sell the car in the UK. Tesla must create its own UK. edition.
I also don't think that the used car export and import market is that big in the UK. due to this?
157 countries are right hand drive, including the UK there's also Australia, India, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, etc.
Making a RHD Cybertruck will be easier than any other previous vehicle due to the steer by wire.
You mean like they already do with the 3 & Y?
@@GoGreenAutos Right-hand driving, as in Norway, is most widespread in the world today. About 34% of the world's population drive on the left while 66% drive on the right. Measured in road sections, 28% are regulated for left-hand driving, while right-hand driving applies to 72%.
it would have been much, much easier for car factories to only make one edition.
the countries you mention are poor countries that do not have the money to switch to right-hand driving
And they won't be able to afford to buy electric cars either. so petrol and diesel are not going to die
@@GoGreenAutos Forcing car factories to make electric cars is a BIG mistake!
@@Barry-x7s I think Tesla model 3 and Y
was meant for the world right from the start but syberyruck was not. correct me if i'm wrong.
In any case, it is easier to make 1 version instead of both right and left