great explanation cause most of this is still the same as in the EU. For Tesla it is not worth the efforts for some sales in the UK and in the EU cause those regulations should be pretty much the same cause what has been changed since brexit 2021 ? Not so much I bet and if something change it must have been what ? less regulation cause those were the reasons to leave But who knows what has really happened cause when I had asked a fisherman he is calling brexit a nightmare and nothing has improved. He can catch more fish and gets less money cause he can not longer export it as before. And the regulations are the same overall or even more.
While in Germany you can drive anything up to 7.5 ton with your regular car driving licence vehicles over 3.5ton are limited to 80km/h (50mph) on the Autobahn and A roads.
It’s heavier than an empty 7500kg class truck. But that might be the win? It doesn’t have to get through the regs for a car. The lorry regs are very different and maybe it can reach those?
@@teamidris Annual safety testing for lorries is much tougher than for cars and just try selling Germans a car that is limited to 50km/h less than the 130km/h they recommend(!) cars should travel at on the Autobahn.
Not only did this video outline the issues that keep this horrendous vehicle off UK roads, it also demonstrated how shockingly low US vehicle standards are. But not just low, they’re nonexistent.
This is also reflected in the poor safety features on their highways too. Forget things like different coloured cats eyes denoting different parts of the road. Also total lack of crash barriers in places where they would certainly save head on collisions.
100% how they can sell a vehicle where the driver and passengers absorb as much of the crash energy as the airbags is worrying. Someone should have said NO to ELON on this one.
To be frank fuck pedestrians. Obviously we're all pedestrians on some occasions but the new Highway Code elevates their status to dangerous levels. They now walk about with a feeling of invincibility because it's now illegal to run them over. Obviously it always was and no one wanted to run them over however because of their elevated status they now think they won't get run over. In fact nothing has change from the drivers perspective except that pedestrians now have a death wish.
@@TheElectricOracleChannel A fan of a racist? Come on buddy! There may be many racists that own businesses that we all use but at least they’re smart enough to keep their beliefs to themselves but when a guy blatantly shows what he thinks of anyone who is not of white European descent! Your integrity has to step in!
hey you can this swinetransporter convert to a pigup with a can opener - easylie! it is a cyberdrive - and just as here told not a truck and in the next show of dr. bob in the animalclinic: the personsplatter is a innocentmaker this gummycell on 4 wheels is a farmer ride and made for swine - little apes and dogs flying rockets
What about lifting the headlight on the otherwise beautiful jag e type.
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@@metricstormtrooper I bought a '74 E-type v12 silver/red leather convertible off the showroom floor, a most beautiful appearance and wonderful handling machine much better than my '68 427 Vette. No more E-Jags due to headlight height requirements. Lucas was the failure point along with a sketchy cooling system.
Meanwhile the E type is beautiful, this thing is looks like it was designed by a 5-year-old (and it kind of was). And I am saying that as a big cyberpunk/neo noir fan.
As a UK resident, I assumed the MASSIVE environmental impact (150 years plus to reach carbon neutral) plus the kinda bellend that would own one is just the kinda prick we don't want on our roads was just the end of the explanation...
Agreed, and also let´s not forget the bellend that forced Tesla to create this mobile Nissen hut in the first place is definitely the kind of person you want to keep off the UK roads (and out of UK politics).
Driving it around makes the same sort of sense as using a front loading digger as daily transport, i.e. a solid chunk of metal with no thought for use on the road.
It should never be allowed on UK roads. Sharp angles and crumple zones do not help the driver/passengers or any other car, especially pedestrians. In my personal opinion, cars are all getting too big just because of fashion, and in the future, vehicles of this size should not be sold. If a business needs a van or a flatbed trailer, that is fine, but do we need monster trucks to take the kids to school!
For us Europians yeah, your right, but for a Car focussed country, where they sacrificed their cities for Cars and roads, where cycling is frowed upon and where there is hardly no pedestrian infrastructure, it kinda makes sense in a weird distopian way.
@@arranchace1306 But you still have large parking lots, 20% of all reported vehicle accidents occur there. There are over 50,000 vehicle accidents in parking lots annually, resulting in 60,000 injuries and 500 deaths.
@@bobtahoma You're making shit up, quit it. Every state has a department that handles things pertaining to roads and driving. What your ignorant self missed, is that they have different names. Some call it the DMV, in Illinois, it's the Secretary of State's office...nothing with a name like DMV. I'm not going to look up the other forty-nine states, but your ignorant comment will confuse people into thinking you know something interesting....but you don't know, you're just making shit up.
@@TheEudaemonicPlague Apparently, the ignorant one is you. Because the OP refers to the MOT safety requirements and later the MOT TEST, which is a series of tests that are carried out at increasing frequency (I believe that it is once at 4 years, then every 2 years until the vehicle is 10 y.o. and then every year) that are a legal requirement for any road vehicle in the UK and/or the EU. This Ministry of Transport also ensures that all registered road vehicles comply with a series of requirements for both passengers and pedestrians. If the vehicle is in series production, it must also meet many, many other requirements including such things as crumple zones etc. The CT fails under many of those requirements. There are certain loopholes permitted in UK vehicle licensing for "prototypes" and personal imports. That is why the CT can be imported by individuals (but then can't be sold onto the UK market). Anby vehicle that is registered under these conditions has to undergo an inspection by a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) Inspector to ensure that the vehicle is not overtly dangerous, either to the occupants or others. The only reason the CT doesn't fail even the US' own passenger safety regulations is because the US government specifically created the "truck" loopholein order to protect the American motor industry. If the CT had to be registered as a passenger vehicle in the USA, rather than a truck, it would fail the passenger vehicle legislation.
None of the 5 issues were a surprise nor a mystery to me, but this is the first time I see a comprehensive explanation of all the minute details of why those are problems and how Tesla may or may not fix them. Great job!
If front and rear lights must be clearly seperated, i think it is a bit of a mystery how the new Model Y is being allowed then. They also have a, massive lightbar across the front and rear.
An Australian journo named it the "Cyber trough" I don't know about the UK but in Australia a trough can refer to a Stainless steel urinal found in may pubs. I am sure you can see the similarity
@@sentenced2saillast summer I saw a cybertruck that has burst into flames in the parking lot of the local diner. It wasn't even being driven - the owner was in having lunch and his brand new truck just turned into a funeral pyre for itself.
@@sentenced2sail Explain how a caravan "flies". Why mention a specific country? Seems a very Brexshite expression. ALL HGV's are the biggest killers on the roads. 18-wheelers are the motorway equivalent of the Tesla cwap.
@@TheElectricOracleChannel It simply will not pass Australian testing requirements. The defects in these things would never meet the safety requirements of Australian vehicles, we are up there with the highest in the world.
First off, this video makes no sense about the weight. You don't need a commercial license to drive one of these. That is a fallacy. Anyone with a regular license can drive one. The weight is just fine. It's the styling and over all look that is horrible.
You didn't mention the drive by wire steering with no mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the road wheels. This is illegal in the UK and is only allowed in off road construction type vehicles, which have a very low speed compared to road going vehicles.
Not factually correct as UK has had drive by wire cars since 2007, Vauxhall GM Hy-Wire ua-cam.com/video/0fBqkWkEeqU/v-deo.htmlsi=5vs_pDMK3X6ssdQ_ Infiniti Q50 2013 - drive by wire.
50 kph is not that slow, I work on making off road construction vehicles. They are still of course not road legal, except there is an exception aruond the factory where they are build to we can drive the smaller models between the two factory sites, one of which is right in the middle of town. I still believe they have follower vehicles though, I never seen them moved except on a trailer.
Thanks for that really detailed presentation. As to what Tesla should do, I’m sure that Elon has two simple solutions: 1. scrap all regulations and 2. make pedestrians illegal.
@ I would agree but I’ve read so many reports about Cybertruck weaknesses that I’d worry that a tough pedestrian might cause a Cybertruck terminal damage.
What is most bizarre for me is the trend of so many big SUVs being driven on UK roads. When you look closely, you see one person inside, so one person is dragging 2 tons of steel to get somewhere exactly as quick as a person in a small light city car. And they complain about MPG and fuel prices as well.
This is why the only EVs that make sense are the C5s and Twizys of the world, EVs had an opportunity to be a change for the better but seem to have decided to make things worse.
@tasherratt Everything musk does is to make life on earth worse. Why? Because he wants top go go Mars. He's convinced that we have to ruin earth top make it necessary top go elsewhere. Probably read too much Asimov and misunderstood thee whole idea.
This!! I can't put into words how much that drives me up the wall, that is literally missing the ffff point of the whole thing! I'd like to call normal SUVs Economic Abort___s already, but these, these are just an absolute race to the bottom. To me, they're the road equivalent of a maniac swinging sledgehammers around in a busy shopping center I hope the civilized part of the world will never get to see those. Don't get me wrong. I even like the design, in pure theory and fiction. But that's where it belongs.
Markets where the design is currently compliant need to increase their standards and seriously think about their whole skewed worldview where cars are more important than human life.
@@TheElectricOracleChannel Little odd for you to be labelling that a "strong comment" when your entire video seems to correctly lead to that conclusion. And what does aesthetics have to do with it? Why are you trying to deflect from a serious concern about safety?
Look at the square pointed plates at the front of this thing: these are people slashers. This truck is designed to *maximize* damage to anybody you happen to have a collision with. It is a rolling murder weapon.
It's designed to fight its way through a post disaster city. Its supposed to scythe people down. Its a light armoured car. Not what we want on our roads
The US has a history of safety initiatives that also include pedestrian safety. You have to ask what the mindset was of the Cybertruck designers in producing such a monster. Those designers certainly don't have integrity or professionalism.
@@clivewilliams3661 Yeah, ikr... I think we all wonder and have our idea's about where mr Musk's thoughts are at the moment. And it seems unlikely that the safety of ordinary people plays as big role in that...
As a person who drives but also cycles I am glad these are not on UK roads, it would be a big step backwards for road safety if they were allowed. A complete redesign would fix all the issues, but then it wouldn't be a Cybertruck.
Please call it by its correct nomenclature as assigned by US citizens: Wankpanzer, Swastitank, Cybercrap, Drivable Dumpster, or any other derogatory name you can think up. The only "people" that approve of the Wankpanzer are the keyboard warriors who believe that sucking off Husk in the comments will get them a discount. And Nazis/Nazi sympathizers.
@@domefford864 Musk is too crazy. What happens to the price if he suddenly Tweets (sic ) that he is selling all Tesla shares to concentrate on SpaceX , or some new company ?
Fact is that truck will never ever be for sale or driven in the uk or EU unless it’s totally redesigned. That truck was purely designed for just the USA.
I have a 2016 Tesla model S. It's an excellent car in most respects, having been designed long before Musk got involved. The Cybertruck is Musk's work, and it's arguably the most idiotic and pointless vehicle ever made. It's like a 12-year-old's fantasy about a superhero car, a kind of Batmobile for real (and what's so "cyber" about it? Look up 'cybernetics'). It's abysmal as a pickup truck, and absurd as a car. There's no reason whatsoever to make allowances for any of its failings, including weight limits; a good car doesn't have to weigh over 3.5 tonnes, electric or not.
@@TheExileFox ALIEN ON MASK great hope was to sell those fuckup to us military, but as other dumbster devices from THE MASK they burned very well as they were plug in at the station... D.U.M.Bs need electrical rides, but SIEMENS Trains are even faster as MASKS his gummycells and much more reliable. when you build tunnels properly than you can speed more than mach3 in the underground - eat this schisslair
A typical 7.5 tonne truck actually weighs around 4 to 4.5 tonnes unladen. The 7.5 tonne rating is its maximum weight fully loaded - which means a 7.5 tonne truck can carry at least 3 metric tonnes of payload. However that still means the Cyberurinal is close to the unladen weight of a typical 7.5 tonne lorry, and I’d love to see the Cyberurinal carry 24 loaded Europallets in two rows stacked two-high.
In the US that's called the GVWR or gross vehicle weight register. That's vehicle weight plus cargo capacity. The cyber truck's ACTUAL weight is 7 tons.
I’m slightly stunned by that. While it’s true the Cybertruck has more passenger seats than the 7.5T DAF I used to drive, I think I’d still win on the pallet capacity.
Great video, I saw these on the US roads in the Autumn, my first reaction was how ugly, second reaction who would pay $100,000 for a lump of sharp steel, third reaction was keep this death trap for other drivers and pedestrians off the road.
@@martinhill3986 Vehicles that do not meet UK standards may be refused entry or subject to costly modifications, in addition vehicles must be insured here and you cannot get insurance for a non-conforming vehicle. The only caveat to that is vehicles over 30 yrs of age and no longer in production may be personally imported in some cases.
Well, I visited other countries with different bays, people would park the cars properly, if a big car was in a small bay it would be fined (I witnessed this in 1965). I don;t see police in UK regulating the same issue, it is a police problem.But TESLA wanted a showcase car/truck and it got it. They have to adapt to our reality instead the boss throwing Nazi salutes, as he believes dictatorships would do what he wants. It never happened before.
Its no bigger than a LWB van like a Sprinter, there are loads of them on UK roads - can't park one everywhere but with a bit of thought its totally possible. There will be many of them hanging out the parking bays of your local Premier Inn carpark.
Really? If you watch @yiannimize video he takes his Cybertruck through a Mcdonalds drive thru in the UK and then parks it in the car park between 2 other vehicles no problem!
I was a motoring journalist and editor for over 17 years, and this is a wonderfully researched and presented piece. Kudos to you for keeping me entirely engaged - and surprised - for the entire video. Wishing you much success.
Also there have been at least two cases now where occupants have been unable to escape after a crash and have burned to death due to those big batteries catching fire
The thing is. US corporations make a fortune from illness and injury, so they actively encourage things like toxic food additives, guns and tesla cyber skips. We provide affordable healthcare for all, so preventing illness and injury makes sense.
We hit at least 1,000 deer for every pedestrian hit each year in the US and Canada. Priorities are based on the realities that you face in the environment that you live in. Writing off a vehicle with for every large animal collision would bankrupt the insurance industry.
Great video full of info. You should have mentioned cyclists' safety as well as pedestrian safety. After all, we're in the 'front line' sharing roads with all the other vehicles. I'm glad that there's practically no chance the Cybertruck will make it onto British roads. The Cybertruck also fails to be green despite being electric.
@@TheElectricOracleChannelnot really. Most cars, pickups etc will look like that in 15-20 years from now. Just Tesla seem to be about 10 years ahead in this game.
About 14 years ago I had been living in Dubai UAE and decided to take my Hummer H3 back to the UK with me when I returned. In the UAE some Hummers were US made, but the rest were built in South Africa for the European market so had lights and other features that largely complied with UK law (the UK was still in the EU back then). Fortunately mine was made in South Africa - if I'd had a US one then it would have been very pricy to replace/modify lights. I had to have a rear fog light added, but other than that it was largely a case of paperwork. I found a specialist company who picked it up at the port (since it was illegal to drive it in the UK), and handled all the modifications and new certification - before it could be MOTed it needed a single vehicle acceptance test to prove it complied with UK standards. The first thing I thought when I saw the cybertruck was that it'll never be legal in Europe/UK - those sharp corners could never be made legal. I live in the US now, and they certainly don't seem as concerned about the dangers posed by vehicles.
The US has 4x the road deaths rate per head the UK has. They don't care about protecting people, basically, whether on the roads, kids in schools, people who can't afford medical care, drinking water, or anything similar. 'Freedom' to die.
It would have been quite legal to drive in the UK. I drove my unmodified Swiss registered, German import car for three months in the UK on Swiss insurance. I drove it to a specialist car converters who did all the necessary conversions apart from the headlights and the fog light. It past four MOTs before anyone noticed the lighting issues. I agree US citizens do not take car safety seriously. Hence some 300 families on average a year drive over their own children as the bonnet line is to high to see them walking in front of their trucks. Sad but true.
@mbak7801 No it is legal for you to operate a Swiss registered car in the UK subject to insurance. I don't know if you could operate a Dubai registered one. You could not operate a US registered vehicle.
Also, it rains a lot here, and they don't like the rain. Or car washes. Or snow (the lights block up and they conk out). And they have problems with birdcrap landing on the bodywork. And sap from under trees. So it's okay if you want to spend a lot of time cleaning it by hand and only use it in dry weather where there are no birds and no trees. Unless the sun is out, in which case it's too reflective. And you can't get a 8x4 sheet of timber in it (and I don't think you can get a roof rack on it IIRC) And if you put anything bulky in the back, you can't close the lid and keep the rain/snow out. The longest timber you can get actually inside it out of the rain is shorter than you'd get in a transit. I can really see that catching on here, especially with busy tradespeople.🙄
@@stevemawer848 As far as I know (Tesla FAQs state it'll be available in 2025), no-one has gotten that promised light-bar yet; though here in US aftermarket bars are for sale.
All in all, British standards are identical to European standards and I am grateful that someone in Europe is concerned about pedestrian and passenger safety.
I'm not sure why it is unfortunate. The CEO has no respect or concern for people. Why would you try to forget that. The vehicle has no concern for people (not in it), not sure about it's concern for occupants either.
Good grief it was not a Nazi salute, it was a carefully taken photo of someone raising their arm to wave. I could be accused of taking a Nazi salute every time I get something out of a kitchen cupboard. If someone wants to distort public opinion and is prepared to go to those ridiculous lengths to do so, I would be more concerned about them than the person they were taking a photo of.
I have a friend who works with stainless steel and I can't count the number of times he cut himself on the sharp edges. One time, he even took a chunk of flesh off, so good luck if you ever get hit by one.
I have done plenty of work with mild steel in HVAC ducting. Guess what....it is sharp. The raw material doesn't necessarily determine what the end product will be like. My stainless steel appliances have never cut me.
The 3500kg limit also exists in the rest of Europe. One needs a professional license to drive such a vehicle. A hassle that I guess most Apocalypse-yearning buyers won't bother with.
The sharp angles affect not just pedestrians but it means that other vehicles will have to absorb the impact for two vehicles rather than both sharing it, basically you won’t want one of these Tesla’s hitting you in your car, let alone as a pedestrian. I can’t see insurance companies wanting to insure anyone wanting to drive one on our roads.
What could possibly go wrong if a pedestrian is hit at 40mph by a 3.5 tonne cheese grater? The whole thing is an exercise in being actively hostile to other road users just so you can flex your status. It's even worse than the giant bullbars fad on 90s SUVs. Those rear corners are pretty much designed to pierce skulls, they're hazard if you were walking along and just tripped, let alone had someone reverse into you.
@@JJSmith1100 Giga / Mega casting reduces the cost of manufacturing also speeds it up, so your comments are right on that issue. But cost of repair for a damaged casting is ridiculous and simply no skills to do it. Many now are just written off. My neighbour had a tesla for 7 months, another car hit it in the rear 3/4 panel. 3 months in shop and no one knows how to fix it. Likely to be written off. Insurance premiums for Teslas in Australia have gone up 150% from $2K to $4.5K. Australian Tesla Facebook has heaps of feedbacks on that. Also Tesla has 193% higher than the average annual premium. Not my statement public knowledge provided by insurance brokers and many companies do not offer insurance to Tesla owners. A side note, Giga casting technology has been around for decades. Manufactures did not adopt it as it adds to total cost of ownership. Q4 Tesla also quietly stated they are pulling back from next generations giga casting. Reuters Financial news feed.
Thank you for probably the best presentation I've seen on the EV topic - it's earned you a new subscriber. I'm a bit over the yelling, dramatic, often partisan, content on BEVs across UA-cam. My wife is about to choose her first EV and I've been trying to provide her with useful information on build quality, drive-train, electronics, and especially battery chemistry. As our Australian vehicle manufacturing is dead, we are unlike the UK, limited to RHD vehicles only. Fortunately both China and South Korea recognise the size of this market in Asia/Pacific.
honestly i think the biggest problem with modern electric vehicles is that they have the damn cybertruck being used as the posterchild example for them all. most media utterly fails to separate the two.
There is nothing inovative about the Cybertruck. Its more a blast from the past, ie the kind of car that people built before safety standards existed. also they didn't actually use 3mm steel, it was too heavy, they used 1.4mm panels. Also I recall seeing some vids of someone who modified their Tesla model S into a truck and what they got looks so much better then the cybertruck. Tesla had a very nice design language before this monstrosity.
If memory serves, that was Simone Giertz's Truckla. I believe she got invited to the Cybertruck's unveiling event off the back of that conversion, but then they decided that they didn't want Truckla showing up the Cybertruck.
1:20 Wrong - it's not just 'conditioning' it's _clarity_ to keep different signals different colours, same reason that traffic lights are red amber green not red red green. Red indicators in the US are so they can save a few dollars and use the brake lights as indicators, putting profit over safety
In Germany some guy was racing through a Christmas market a few weeks back. 6 people died and 300 people were injured. If the guy would have used a Cyber truck those numbers might have been reversed. This "car" should never be on a street in any country and I am very glad that I have never seen one in the countries I frequent.
Can you emagine the school run if these monsters were ever allowed on our roads, it`s bad enough now with all the Range Rovers and huge SUV`s just for one child. Outside our local school is pure chaos twice a day with the over sized cars we have now, never mind adding this skip on wheels in to the mix.
@@alisonwilson9749 Surely not, they are all driven by people who don't know how wide their vehicle is, can't see as far as either curb and freeze in the middle of junctions when their brain suspects a possible need to go round something. p.s. upvoted your comment.
Range Rovers are not much of a worry. Their engines either shatter, break the turbos or clag up in very short order. Many are scrap not long after the first MOT.
You're making the assumption that the US has any centralised vehicle standards authority. A lot of states have no vehicle safety check system like the MoT, and it's just down to the driver whether they're willing to drive the more rust than metal chassis.
Toyota has an ev with a LED strip across the front. We have always updated equipment for new vehicles. The Audi 100 when it first came out was a nightmare to cut open. As for fire suppression, LiO batteries generate their own oxygen and have to be dealt in none traditional ways. Your requirements for the C1 licence apply only for drivers who are being paid.
Isn't it ironic that the cheap Chinese cars are better designed and can be sold without safety concerns all over the world BUT the Cybertruck from car centric USA is a disaster that is an unsafe POS
Don't go near an EV fire, as a paramedic. Battery fires emit some pretty nasty chemical such as gaseous hydrofluoric acid, carbon monoxide and cobalt oxides. None of these are good for you, but hydrofluoric acid is particularly bad.
It's a vehicle shaped in Musk's own image with all the ugliness and aggressiveness that implies. The Teslas we see on our roads may not be built that well but are quite pretty looking cars and designed before Elon Musk got involved with tesla.
They're too big for British roads, too dangerous for pedestrians, and if you crash one you'll probably be dead before the emergency services can cut you out of it. They should not be anywhere on UK roads.
Indeed, Tesla should be forced to provide a white cane with each one they sell as buyers obviously are suffering from bad eyesight. This aplies to recent BMWs too as a matter of fact.
They are terrible, but there will always be someone that will think they are great. After all the Citroen 2CV, Triumph Herald, Jaguar E-Type and Reliant Robin all had their fans.
your breakdown of the safety non-compliance aspects triggered a client-diagnostic response: these choices - the sharp corners, edges and overall design philosophy underpinning the engineering; alongside the performative persona of the designer and "engineer in charge", indicate a fractured psychology. Knowing Musk's South African upbringing would have exposed him to one of the other most violent societies on planet earth as well and putting it all together with recent events - this "car" was designed to be a weapons platform against human beings for every fractured psyche that wants to own one.
It is primarily designed to mow down people who are protesting outside a gated community. I am an American and apologize for the bad taste, bordering on lunacy here in the USA.
I once had a Ford Capri. Most comfortable drive I've ever known. Trouble was the light back end. Even with a large block of concrete in the back it still wouldn't go round bends without skidding. Pretty, comfy and scary.
@@michaeledmondson5100 Hi Michael - saw one on its roof in the Phoenix Park one evening - the amadán owner had mixed tyres (radial and crossply). Jeez - Car Maintenance 101; DON'T DO THAT! Plus don't go speed-racing on the main Park Road when it's raining - WHAT could possibly go wrong? I'm still awaiting a fullsize, fully functional 1960s Batmobile for Christmas...... (will settle for a fullsize, fully dysfunctional ED-209.........).
I wouldn’t think it will be legal in Europe either. The Cybertruck will go down as all hype and no substance. The sales are tanking and buyers are not taking their orders. A rust bucket on wheels.
@@mbak7801they have aluminium castings front and rear fastened to stainless and mild steel components.. just add a little salt water and they will dissolve internally
@@karlhofmann1446has electrolitic corrosion been factored in, I have worked with series Land Rovers for decades and steel to aluminum is always good for a laugh.
Only 2.5% of the “millions” of pre-orders were converted into actual sales, and they’re already idling the production lines, transferring personnel to building other models, laying people off, so yeah, sales in the US are already slowing.
Keep it where it is. 3.5 tons of unforgiving angularity _rocketing_ to 60 in two and a half seconds has no place on poorly maintained, narrow British roads. Interesting design exercise, but fraught with _way_ too many issues in the organic world.
it would be an interesting design exercise if the basis was "ignore all the collected knowledge on the subject for the last 60 years" they re-invented the wheel and made it worse in every way possible.
This particular vehicle does, but some are trying to import it into a market that it was not designed for. How many other full size pickup (using this term loosely with the shitty cyber truck) trucks do you see in the UK?
I don't think they were planning on a UK release when they were developed this. It is quite a big market but not that big. Most of what you said applies to the European market too. I think they will be happy selling Cybertruck just to the US market (and a few other markets), after all, it's the other vehicles that make them bulk of their profits. A good comprehensive explanation. You are good at this, too good for a sub 5k subscriber count (at time of writing). Incidentally, my mother has grandkids, she understands the concept of bitcoin as well as most people. She thinks it's a con, she might be right.
You are 100% correct. The full size pickup market is primarily US and Canada. In fact those two countries account for almost 60% of all pickup (not just full size) sales world wide.
It's not a big vehicle in the US. Plus we hit far more deer (6 in the last 25 years for me) than pedestrians every year and I , like most in North America, don't want my vehicle exploding just because I hit a larger animal.
@@rich7447 How many deer do people run into on Santa Monica Boulevard? Or in Queens? These are the places most Americans live. Pedestrian deaths in the US are high by European standards and rising, vastly more so when looked at per Km travelled due to the very low distances walked in most of the US because of the very low safety standards on most US roads. Also all European cars need to pass the Swedish moose tests which simulate encounters with large animals and include a roll over resistance test most US SUV’s and pickups would fail.
@@davidwright7193 Most people in dense urban areas aren't driving full size pickups and you don't have to get far out of dense urban before you start seeing larger wild life on the road. Pedestrian deaths have been rising in many parts of the world and a lot of it comes down to inattention. The "moose" swerve test isn't even close to realistic for any deer encounter, especially moose. I lived in moose country for half my life and have seen many moose collisions. Very few were avoidable and the drivers who survived were generally in taller, larger vehicles that would not do well in the "moose test". HD pickups do handle better than you would expect though. My F450 is capable of 0.69g on a skid pad and is extremely difficult to roll (8 feet wide and 176 inch wheelbase).
Now I understand why Musk wants to get rid of Starmer. No way Starmer is going to change the rules for this car. The Tesla as it is now, isn’t allowed in the EU and England. Together we stand.
The question whether rescuers need to update their material and techniques is a no-brainer. But not for something like the Cyber Truck that neglects all safety standards. Only in the USA it is possible because the heavier vehicles don't have to regard the safety of weaker road users, be it cars or humans.
They could use small directional explosive charges to cut the roof pillars. It may burn and blind the occupants but hey ho, there is a cost to everything.
Musk drew this in in primary school with a pencil and a ruler. I'm a better designer than Musk because in primary school I designed the first Audi Quatro 5 years before it was released. It was a 4x4 saloon car with nice straight angles. I did use a ruler but I smoothed it a bit.
Why would you even want a Cybertruck? Just buy an F-150 Lingtning and paint swazis all over it and you get the same effect, but it'll be a lot safer, more reliable, and less expensive.
As a American, I can understand all of the issues with this truck. I for one have not understood the need for Americans to think of a vehicle as anything more than transportation, but here in America we have this Krazy Kar Kulture that has convinced Americans that they need enough horsepower to go 150 plus MPH but can't legaly drive faster than 80/85 MPH anywhere in America. Which means a 3 cylinder Mitsu Mirage with 78 hp is everybit as fast a Dodge Hellcat with 707 hp, but the Mirage is a heck of a lot more efficiant, and its only transportation, a tool to get a job done.... That said, a vehicle should be comfortable, so maybe something in between the Mirage and Hellcat, but still its just a tool..... Just sayin'
It's nothing to do with top speed. Spend 12 hours (straight) in a Mitsubishi Mirage vs a Chevy Tahoe. Hellcats and Camaros are toys that we are fortunate enough to have the disposable income for.
@@alisonwilson9749 Please list all markets where full size pickups (term used loosely with this particular offering) sell in any kind of quantity. Full size and large (the category above full size) pickup sales are almost exclusive to the US and Canada.
I was in Spain when we saw a Tesla car and my sister said "At least it is as ugly as that Cybertruck we saw the other day" to her husband and I was like "Aren't Cybertrucks not allowed in the EU because they can't follow EU safety laws?" and my sister's husband confirmed and said that the Cybertruck they saw was probably brought from another place and will probably be impounded very soon.
Great video. Thanks! I wish pick-up truck drivers in USA had to get commercial licenses. Some tend to be aggressive even without trying because they underestimate the trucks' size and power.
I see on your video about driving a cybertruck in the uk, you said about the C1 section on you license, you also mention that you would need a CPC, which is not correct, CPC’s are only required if you are working for a living using that vehicle, for example you can drive around in a Minibus if you’re family is big enough, but because it’s not for hire or reward, the no CPC is required, but if someone was to pay you for doing that then you are required to have a CPC, hence the payment is the reward or to hire the vehicle and you are the driver
You might be right, but still the insurance costs for someone who wants to drive a Cybertruck or a bus with a non-commercial license will be so high that in practice the possibility is not viable. Maybe one or two extravagant and ultra-rich celebrities could find their way to do things like these, but the rest of the world can't.
Hi Dave, thanks for your comment. Let me clarify the requirements for driving a Cybertruck in the UK: License Requirements A Category C1 license is required as the Cybertruck exceeds 3.5 tonnes CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence) Requirements CPC is only required if you're driving commercially or for "hire and reward" You do NOT need a CPC if: Using the vehicle for non-commercial carriage of passengers or goods Using it for personal use Driving is less than 30% of your monthly work Examples of When CPC is NOT Required: Personal/family use of a vehicle over 3.5 tonnes Using a large vehicle for private purposes Examples of When CPC IS Required Commercial driving operations Being paid to drive as part of your job Operating a vehicle for hire or reward Therefore, I agree with your statement - you would only need a CPC to drive a Cybertruck if you were using it commercially or being paid to drive it. For personal use, only the C1 license is required.
@@Dave080109 The Cybertruck has a 1100 kg payload capacity, so it weighs some 4200 kg when loaded. It exceeds the 3500 kg limit even with the 500 kg allowance for EV vehicles. Anyhow, this is a minor inconvenience compared with the safety concerns, which include the total lack of crumple zones. The laws in different countries may differ, but the principle behind special rules for trucks is that they are more dangerous for everybody than automobiles, so they have to be used with more caution and competence than the typical automobile. You definitely want well-trained and well-controlled drivers behind the wheel of any vehicle that can completely obliterate a small automobile or a pedestrian.
Safest because they’re not flying right next to each other, typically with plenty of space to other physical objects, so there’s room and time to correct errors, and piloted by professionally trained personnel. Private aircraft have an entirely different safety record, and they have the same spacing benefits.
@@TheElectricOracleChannel Extremely bad analogy. One single actuation motor for an aircraft rudder probably costs more than a whole car. Aircraft are operated by highly trained professionals and get meticulous service and controls. Car's aren't disassembled to the smallest piece and put together again which is the case with commercial aircraft.
Yeah I know I was an Air Traffic Controller. I still remember the Airbus incident at the Paris Air Show. We have come a long way with aircraft but I am still against steer by wire.
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great explanation cause most of this is still the same as in the EU.
For Tesla it is not worth the efforts for some sales in the UK and in the EU cause those regulations should be pretty much the same cause what has been changed since brexit 2021 ?
Not so much I bet and if something change it must have been what ?
less regulation cause those were the reasons to leave
But who knows what has really happened cause when I had asked a fisherman he is calling brexit a nightmare and nothing has improved.
He can catch more fish and gets less money cause he can not longer export it as before. And the regulations are the same overall or even more.
While in Germany you can drive anything up to 7.5 ton with your regular car driving licence vehicles over 3.5ton are limited to 80km/h (50mph) on the Autobahn and A roads.
Who wants to travel around in a microwave 🙂 anyway
It’s heavier than an empty 7500kg class truck. But that might be the win? It doesn’t have to get through the regs for a car. The lorry regs are very different and maybe it can reach those?
@@teamidris Annual safety testing for lorries is much tougher than for cars and just try selling Germans a car that is limited to 50km/h less than the 130km/h they recommend(!) cars should travel at on the Autobahn.
Not only did this video outline the issues that keep this horrendous vehicle off UK roads, it also demonstrated how shockingly low US vehicle standards are. But not just low, they’re nonexistent.
The SUV market in the states is a way of getting out of environmental regulations. They literally are built as "trucks" not as cars.
This is also reflected in the poor safety features on their highways too. Forget things like different coloured cats eyes denoting different parts of the road. Also total lack of crash barriers in places where they would certainly save head on collisions.
the sharp panels alone are basically a ban here in Australia
100% how they can sell a vehicle where the driver and passengers absorb as much of the crash energy as the airbags is worrying. Someone should have said NO to ELON on this one.
Also they are total wanker wagons
The Cybertruck sums up the American attitude to pedestrians. They are seen simply as people who can’t afford cars.
To be frank fuck pedestrians. Obviously we're all pedestrians on some occasions but the new Highway Code elevates their status to dangerous levels. They now walk about with a feeling of invincibility because it's now illegal to run them over. Obviously it always was and no one wanted to run them over however because of their elevated status they now think they won't get run over. In fact nothing has change from the drivers perspective except that pedestrians now have a death wish.
I don't think the cyber truck should be allowed here either but here we are
I am not sure if pedestrians rise to the level of "people" in the USA
I hope a victim sues (its their favorite past time)
I dig the truck, tho!
You can't just stick an electric motor and a light bar on a skip and claim it's a car.
It's just a big wheelie-bin.
Haha, you made me laugh with this comment. Thanks :)
Brightend up my day.
As you probably already know. I'm a fan.
@@TheElectricOracleChannel A fan of a racist? Come on buddy! There may be many racists that own businesses that we all use but at least they’re smart enough to keep their beliefs to themselves but when a guy blatantly shows what he thinks of anyone who is not of white European descent! Your integrity has to step in!
@TicketyBoo: I just avoided choking with laughter.
mobile skip that is rust resistant
Nowhere near as practical/useful........
I don’t want to see Elongated Muskrat’s shitty idea of a car on our roads, ever.
hey you can this swinetransporter convert to a pigup with a can opener - easylie!
it is a cyberdrive - and just as here told not a truck
and in the next show of dr. bob in the animalclinic: the personsplatter is a innocentmaker
this gummycell on 4 wheels is a farmer ride and made for swine - little apes and dogs flying rockets
In the seventies we had to put rubber bumpers on E types and MGs to sell them in the USA. Now they create this monstrosity and expect us to conform.
What about lifting the headlight on the otherwise beautiful jag e type.
@@metricstormtrooper I bought a '74 E-type v12 silver/red leather convertible off the showroom floor, a most beautiful appearance and wonderful handling machine much better than my '68 427 Vette. No more E-Jags due to headlight height requirements. Lucas was the failure point along with a sketchy cooling system.
Meanwhile the E type is beautiful, this thing is looks like it was designed by a 5-year-old (and it kind of was).
And I am saying that as a big cyberpunk/neo noir fan.
Ah yes, Lucas, Prince of Darkness, was a well known refrain at the time. Their electrics also helped to condemn the UK motorcycle industry as well.
@j.d.4697 No fan of cyberpunk myself, but we can both agree that the CT is worse than pants.
As a UK resident, I assumed the MASSIVE environmental impact (150 years plus to reach carbon neutral) plus the kinda bellend that would own one is just the kinda prick we don't want on our roads was just the end of the explanation...
I thought it was me. Truly glad others think what I was thinking. Keep them in one place, ocean going c&*t$ drive an Audi.
That too😂
Agreed, and also let´s not forget the bellend that forced Tesla to create this mobile Nissen hut in the first place is definitely the kind of person you want to keep off the UK roads (and out of UK politics).
@@janhenkinsagreed
Driving it around makes the same sort of sense as using a front loading digger as daily transport, i.e. a solid chunk of metal with no thought for use on the road.
Okay, this is the first time I have seen someone do a proper job of explaining the issues. Good job.
worse job I ever seen..... didn't mention Personal Imports all approvals and rules he talked about were for importation for resale
Piss poor job you mean.
@@martinhill3986 You think if you import it for personal use the rules won't apply?
@@killerkally7080they have no idea about importing cars for personal use 😂😂 even Mat Watson had SOME work to do on a Honda S660, a tiny shoe Kei car.
It should never be allowed on UK roads. Sharp angles and crumple zones do not help the driver/passengers or any other car, especially pedestrians. In my personal opinion, cars are all getting too big just because of fashion, and in the future, vehicles of this size should not be sold. If a business needs a van or a flatbed trailer, that is fine, but do we need monster trucks to take the kids to school!
I agree for UK and Europe.
In the US where this is actually designed for, this is totally fine :)
You must be fun at parties. Sounding kinda communist telling people what they can or can’t do. England is too far gone now.
Yes, Landrover should never be allowed. Slow, unsafe, sharp angles and missing crumple zones all around.
You weaklings.... jk 😅
Keep that soy infested thoughts in Europe. Your streets were designed for horses. Nobody wants to drive an economy car 😂
I think the scariest thing is that this fails UK and EU safety standards, but it's perfectly legal to drive in the USA.
For us Europians yeah, your right, but for a Car focussed country, where they sacrificed their cities for Cars and roads, where cycling is frowed upon and where there is hardly no pedestrian infrastructure, it kinda makes sense in a weird distopian way.
@@arranchace1306 But you still have large parking lots, 20% of all reported vehicle accidents occur there. There are over 50,000 vehicle accidents in parking lots annually, resulting in 60,000 injuries and 500 deaths.
Some states have no MOT equivalent. That’s much scarier.
@@bobtahoma You're making shit up, quit it. Every state has a department that handles things pertaining to roads and driving. What your ignorant self missed, is that they have different names. Some call it the DMV, in Illinois, it's the Secretary of State's office...nothing with a name like DMV. I'm not going to look up the other forty-nine states, but your ignorant comment will confuse people into thinking you know something interesting....but you don't know, you're just making shit up.
@@TheEudaemonicPlague Apparently, the ignorant one is you. Because the OP refers to the MOT safety requirements and later the MOT TEST, which is a series of tests that are carried out at increasing frequency (I believe that it is once at 4 years, then every 2 years until the vehicle is 10 y.o. and then every year) that are a legal requirement for any road vehicle in the UK and/or the EU.
This Ministry of Transport also ensures that all registered road vehicles comply with a series of requirements for both passengers and pedestrians. If the vehicle is in series production, it must also meet many, many other requirements including such things as crumple zones etc. The CT fails under many of those requirements.
There are certain loopholes permitted in UK vehicle licensing for "prototypes" and personal imports. That is why the CT can be imported by individuals (but then can't be sold onto the UK market). Anby vehicle that is registered under these conditions has to undergo an inspection by a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) Inspector to ensure that the vehicle is not overtly dangerous, either to the occupants or others.
The only reason the CT doesn't fail even the US' own passenger safety regulations is because the US government specifically created the "truck" loopholein order to protect the American motor industry. If the CT had to be registered as a passenger vehicle in the USA, rather than a truck, it would fail the passenger vehicle legislation.
None of the 5 issues were a surprise nor a mystery to me, but this is the first time I see a comprehensive explanation of all the minute details of why those are problems and how Tesla may or may not fix them. Great job!
If front and rear lights must be clearly seperated, i think it is a bit of a mystery how the new Model Y is being allowed then.
They also have a, massive lightbar across the front and rear.
An Australian journo named it the "Cyber trough" I don't know about the UK but in Australia a trough can refer to a Stainless steel urinal found in may pubs. I am sure you can see the similarity
THANK you. I was looking for a word to summarise the aesthetics of Elon's ego project.
It is the same in the UK.
@@cr10001 Or Suckatruck
Swastikar
I the UK a trough is a long steel bucket you feed sheep and pigs with, which looks a lot like a Cybertruck and also a lot like a urinal...
I'm glad that we never will see those freak cars here in Europe.
No, what we will continue to see is romaninan "horror-caravans", with no brakes now lights,, flyin`down the highway :)
@@sentenced2saillast summer I saw a cybertruck that has burst into flames in the parking lot of the local diner.
It wasn't even being driven - the owner was in having lunch and his brand new truck just turned into a funeral pyre for itself.
it's quite appropriate. it ended up being a joke played out on one market.
the market that deserves it most.
@@VladimirPutin-p3t I find gasoline way more flammable than cybertrucks.
@@sentenced2sail Explain how a caravan "flies". Why mention a specific country? Seems a very Brexshite expression. ALL HGV's are the biggest killers on the roads. 18-wheelers are the motorway equivalent of the Tesla cwap.
Cybertrucks are illegal in Australia too, should be happy about that
Who wants to live in Aus anyway
I think there's more chance of them being accepted there than in the UK.
@ 26.64 millions of us😁
@ No I doubt it, we have very strong safety laws on vehicles and cybertruck will never be legal in Australia to many safety violation
@@TheElectricOracleChannel It simply will not pass Australian testing requirements. The defects in these things would never meet the safety requirements of Australian vehicles, we are up there with the highest in the world.
You don't want that on the roads, be proud you have high standards for safe vehicles!!!
you wouldn't catch me dead in a swasticar
Swasticar! 😅 love it
Nice.
Elon Derangement Syndrome, please get help 😳
@ If you think I need help for holding nazi salutes in contempt, then I can only imagine the sort of german citizen you might be in the 1930s
@ No, I think you need help for intentionally misinterpreting such a gesture for point scoring. Go look up where he visited one of the camps
EVs should not be given any free exemptions on safety or weights it's down to the manufacturer to fit into the law.
Weights were set to protect the public. So they should not be changed just because vehicle designers are muppets.
First off, this video makes no sense about the weight. You don't need a commercial license to drive one of these. That is a fallacy. Anyone with a regular license can drive one. The weight is just fine. It's the styling and over all look that is horrible.
@@RavenStJohns if it's over 3.5 tones and you have a license after 1997...... You need a C1.
EVs can easily fit current weight limits, you just have to keep cars a reasonable size, which the cybertruck clearly is not.
Exactly.
You didn't mention the drive by wire steering with no mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the road wheels. This is illegal in the UK and is only allowed in off road construction type vehicles, which have a very low speed compared to road going vehicles.
Totally - and construction sites have pretty strict rules themselves around the usage of the kit you're referring to.
How does Yianni plan on passing the IVA then? Or do you mean that drive-by-wire would be illegal for mass type approval?
Hood ? Don't you mean bonnet here in the UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Not factually correct as UK has had drive by wire cars since 2007,
Vauxhall GM Hy-Wire
ua-cam.com/video/0fBqkWkEeqU/v-deo.htmlsi=5vs_pDMK3X6ssdQ_
Infiniti Q50 2013 - drive by wire.
50 kph is not that slow, I work on making off road construction vehicles. They are still of course not road legal, except there is an exception aruond the factory where they are build to we can drive the smaller models between the two factory sites, one of which is right in the middle of town. I still believe they have follower vehicles though, I never seen them moved except on a trailer.
Thanks for that really detailed presentation.
As to what Tesla should do, I’m sure that Elon has two simple solutions: 1. scrap all regulations and 2. make pedestrians illegal.
Not in the UK he won't did the US not learn from Diana, people who piss people of over here disrepair.
Silly boy, not illegal! Make pedestrians points based targets where the points can go towards upgrades.. 😎
@ I would agree but I’ve read so many reports about Cybertruck weaknesses that I’d worry that a tough pedestrian might cause a Cybertruck terminal damage.
Fortunately Musk is only POTUS, he had no power in the UK.
Pedestrians are pretty much extinct in many parts of the USA
What is most bizarre for me is the trend of so many big SUVs being driven on UK roads. When you look closely, you see one person inside, so one person is dragging 2 tons of steel to get somewhere exactly as quick as a person in a small light city car. And they complain about MPG and fuel prices as well.
They're in the business of transporting air. They got that idea when they realised that air was the main content of their heads.
This is why the only EVs that make sense are the C5s and Twizys of the world, EVs had an opportunity to be a change for the better but seem to have decided to make things worse.
@tasherratt Everything musk does is to make life on earth worse. Why? Because he wants top go go Mars. He's convinced that we have to ruin earth top make it necessary top go elsewhere. Probably read too much Asimov and misunderstood thee whole idea.
Closer to 3 tonnes these days. The increase in size has been driven (gedddit?) by collision survival requirements.
This!! I can't put into words how much that drives me up the wall, that is literally missing the ffff point of the whole thing! I'd like to call normal SUVs Economic Abort___s already, but these, these are just an absolute race to the bottom. To me, they're the road equivalent of a maniac swinging sledgehammers around in a busy shopping center I hope the civilized part of the world will never get to see those.
Don't get me wrong. I even like the design, in pure theory and fiction. But that's where it belongs.
These cars have the tendency to only turn extreme far right.
Is that a joke?
@Ludi_Chris What?
@ I thought it was a joke about Elon being fat right.
@Ludi_Chris
He's fat on his right? How peculiar. He should concern a doctor. Maybe a doctor related to Doctor related to Josef Mengele.
Ba dum tish 😂😂 👍🇮🇪
Markets where the design is currently compliant need to increase their standards and seriously think about their whole skewed worldview where cars are more important than human life.
Wow! That's quite a strong comment.
What cars do you like aesthetically?
@@TheElectricOracleChannel I quite like the Tog 2, aesthetically.
Consider who they voted as president
@@stephenlee5929 TOG MENTIONED
It's arguably less dangerous too (that's including the 24pdr gun btw)
@@TheElectricOracleChannel Little odd for you to be labelling that a "strong comment" when your entire video seems to correctly lead to that conclusion.
And what does aesthetics have to do with it? Why are you trying to deflect from a serious concern about safety?
Look at the square pointed plates at the front of this thing: these are people slashers. This truck is designed to *maximize* damage to anybody you happen to have a collision with. It is a rolling murder weapon.
and a fire deathtrap to boot!
It's designed to fight its way through a post disaster city. Its supposed to scythe people down. Its a light armoured car. Not what we want on our roads
@@NickKeighley ... a post disaster city on the way to the last remaining intact charging station 🙊🙊
The US has a history of safety initiatives that also include pedestrian safety. You have to ask what the mindset was of the Cybertruck designers in producing such a monster. Those designers certainly don't have integrity or professionalism.
@@clivewilliams3661 Yeah, ikr... I think we all wonder and have our idea's about where mr Musk's thoughts are at the moment. And it seems unlikely that the safety of ordinary people plays as big role in that...
I see them frequently in Colorado. Be glad they're not befouling your roads.
Excellent video on why the CyberUrinal is unlikely to be seen on the roads of any country that has sane, sensible pedestrian and traffic safety laws.
I wouldn't buy anything made by Elon Musk.
Do you use paypal?
Buy the Cubertruck and feel the stupidity.
-Tesla
the term _" alien on mask "_ tells all which anything need to know about this traitor against western industial states.
As a person who drives but also cycles I am glad these are not on UK roads, it would be a big step backwards for road safety if they were allowed. A complete redesign would fix all the issues, but then it wouldn't be a Cybertruck.
Please call it by its correct nomenclature as assigned by US citizens: Wankpanzer, Swastitank, Cybercrap, Drivable Dumpster, or any other derogatory name you can think up.
The only "people" that approve of the Wankpanzer are the keyboard warriors who believe that sucking off Husk in the comments will get them a discount. And Nazis/Nazi sympathizers.
Tesla should scrap the Cybertruck all together and lock Musk up in a mental home. 😒
Haha, I don't think that's gonna happen any time soon.
You made me laugh this afternoon, though :)
Tesla is worth more than all cat companies combined, perhaps buy some shares.
@@domefford864 Musk is too crazy. What happens to the price if he suddenly Tweets (sic ) that he is selling all Tesla shares to concentrate on SpaceX , or some new company ?
It ain't worth a damn!!@@domefford864
@@domefford864 tesla makes most money selling carbon credits,not its crappy cars and junk.
Well played UK. Keep this monstrosity off the road and preferably out of the UK.
Fact is that truck will never ever be for sale or driven in the uk or EU unless it’s totally redesigned.
That truck was purely designed for just the USA.
And that's all there's to it. Saves you 18 minutes of time.
"Designed" is debatable.
It was designed for the USA, but most of us Americans don’t want this monstrosity around either!
@@DavidPysnik top selling EV pick up truck in the US
Several CT now registered within the EU, personal imports.
You know what UK needs on its crumbling roads? 3.5 tonne trucks!
Lauries are the ones, who destroys roads not cars. But nevertheless: we dont need this trashcan on roads.
When it's a matter of erosion over EV then the rear axle of that Bully Barrel will give before your roads will.
Well, a bit off topic, there are plenty of 2 - 3 tonne SUVs already cruising around the UK, ICEs & EVs.
Buying a Tesla today is the same as buying a Mereceds Benz in the late 1930's. In short, it's alway's "No!" to fascism.
What are you smoking?
Well said and Musk's Nazi salute puts a nail in it too.
FFS! See it in context. @@matthewn1805
@@MrPDawes seems like a fair comment to me, with the owner of Tesla acting like a hilter wannabe
@@MrPDawesnot as much ketamine as felon is
I have a 2016 Tesla model S. It's an excellent car in most respects, having been designed long before Musk got involved. The Cybertruck is Musk's work, and it's arguably the most idiotic and pointless vehicle ever made. It's like a 12-year-old's fantasy about a superhero car, a kind of Batmobile for real (and what's so "cyber" about it? Look up 'cybernetics'). It's abysmal as a pickup truck, and absurd as a car. There's no reason whatsoever to make allowances for any of its failings, including weight limits; a good car doesn't have to weigh over 3.5 tonnes, electric or not.
Even in Blade Runner, Total Recall and any other movie, the Cybertruck would be nothing more than a hotwheels toy.
Musk was part of the model S lol what are you talking about
Captain Scarlet's vehicle was what Musk was aiming for.
@@TheExileFox ALIEN ON MASK great hope was to sell those fuckup to us military, but as other dumbster devices from THE MASK they burned very well as they were plug in at the station...
D.U.M.Bs need electrical rides, but SIEMENS Trains are even faster as MASKS his gummycells and much more reliable.
when you build tunnels properly than you can speed more than mach3 in the underground - eat this schisslair
Well said.
A typical 7.5 tonne truck actually weighs around 4 to 4.5 tonnes unladen. The 7.5 tonne rating is its maximum weight fully loaded - which means a 7.5 tonne truck can carry at least 3 metric tonnes of payload. However that still means the Cyberurinal is close to the unladen weight of a typical 7.5 tonne lorry, and I’d love to see the Cyberurinal carry 24 loaded Europallets in two rows stacked two-high.
In the US that's called the GVWR or gross vehicle weight register. That's vehicle weight plus cargo capacity.
The cyber truck's ACTUAL weight is 7 tons.
I’m slightly stunned by that. While it’s true the Cybertruck has more passenger seats than the 7.5T DAF I used to drive, I think I’d still win on the pallet capacity.
Just stack them vertically and throw an extra strap over.... She'll be fine.😂
@@rx6180 You forgot that they put Americans in there and they are a ton for every 3-4 persons ... :)
😂
Great video, I saw these on the US roads in the Autumn, my first reaction was how ugly, second reaction who would pay $100,000 for a lump of sharp steel, third reaction was keep this death trap for other drivers and pedestrians off the road.
You say the UK market, but would not most of these issues apply to the entire European market?
You're absolutely right. I say "UK" because that's where I'm based and who my audience are. I would have had much interest leading with "European" :)
hes not done his homework, should have looked up personal import, thats how most American vehicles are imported
@@martinhill3986 Vehicles that do not meet UK standards may be refused entry or subject to costly modifications, in addition vehicles must be insured here and you cannot get insurance for a non-conforming vehicle.
The only caveat to that is vehicles over 30 yrs of age and no longer in production may be personally imported in some cases.
@@TheElectricOracleChannel if your audience is the UK, why do you constantly go on about the 'hood' in this video? Cars in the UK do not have hoods.
@@matthewn1805don’t think any EV will survive 30 yrs
It maybe ok for the USA, but no way should it be allowed in the UK or Europe, too big, too heavy and not safe, keep it off our roads
Besides numerous safety issues, there're no parking bays in Britain designed to accommodate large vehicles like Cybertrucks and American SUV's.
V good point.
Well, I visited other countries with different bays, people would park the cars properly, if a big car was in a small bay it would be fined (I witnessed this in 1965). I don;t see police in UK regulating the same issue, it is a police problem.But TESLA wanted a showcase car/truck and it got it. They have to adapt to our reality instead the boss throwing Nazi salutes, as he believes dictatorships would do what he wants. It never happened before.
In fact, in Devon, I believe they're penalising large (SUVs mainly) because they don't fit in standard parking bays.
Its no bigger than a LWB van like a Sprinter, there are loads of them on UK roads - can't park one everywhere but with a bit of thought its totally possible. There will be many of them hanging out the parking bays of your local Premier Inn carpark.
Really? If you watch @yiannimize video he takes his Cybertruck through a Mcdonalds drive thru in the UK and then parks it in the car park between 2 other vehicles no problem!
I was a motoring journalist and editor for over 17 years, and this is a wonderfully researched and presented piece. Kudos to you for keeping me entirely engaged - and surprised - for the entire video. Wishing you much success.
The way I see it, not being able to import a Cybertruck is a bonus.
Also there have been at least two cases now where occupants have been unable to escape after a crash and have burned to death due to those big batteries catching fire
That's just Darwinism at work.
Not like fire isn't a problem with internal Combustion vehicles.
Only US could create a vehicle that makes US trucks look pedestrian friendly.
Haha, true :)
The thing is. US corporations make a fortune from illness and injury, so they actively encourage things like toxic food additives, guns and tesla cyber skips. We provide affordable healthcare for all, so preventing illness and injury makes sense.
We hit at least 1,000 deer for every pedestrian hit each year in the US and Canada. Priorities are based on the realities that you face in the environment that you live in. Writing off a vehicle with for every large animal collision would bankrupt the insurance industry.
Great video full of info. You should have mentioned cyclists' safety as well as pedestrian safety. After all, we're in the 'front line' sharing roads with all the other vehicles.
I'm glad that there's practically no chance the Cybertruck will make it onto British roads. The Cybertruck also fails to be green despite being electric.
A block of solid steel is far more modifiable than a cybertruck.
They're illegal in most of Africa, too. We are not a continent known for high safety standards. It's just that bad.
Its a hideous boil on the butt of car design 😂
Iconic though, right?
@@TheElectricOracleChannelnot really. Most cars, pickups etc will look like that in 15-20 years from now. Just Tesla seem to be about 10 years ahead in this game.
@@TheElectricOracleChannel So is the shit emoji💩Iconic that is.
It was designed to attract US truck and NRA members, hence the size and bullet-proofing...
@@TheElectricOracleChannelNo, just shockingly bad. I think infamous is a better descriptor.
About 14 years ago I had been living in Dubai UAE and decided to take my Hummer H3 back to the UK with me when I returned. In the UAE some Hummers were US made, but the rest were built in South Africa for the European market so had lights and other features that largely complied with UK law (the UK was still in the EU back then). Fortunately mine was made in South Africa - if I'd had a US one then it would have been very pricy to replace/modify lights. I had to have a rear fog light added, but other than that it was largely a case of paperwork. I found a specialist company who picked it up at the port (since it was illegal to drive it in the UK), and handled all the modifications and new certification - before it could be MOTed it needed a single vehicle acceptance test to prove it complied with UK standards. The first thing I thought when I saw the cybertruck was that it'll never be legal in Europe/UK - those sharp corners could never be made legal. I live in the US now, and they certainly don't seem as concerned about the dangers posed by vehicles.
The US has 4x the road deaths rate per head the UK has. They don't care about protecting people, basically, whether on the roads, kids in schools, people who can't afford medical care, drinking water, or anything similar. 'Freedom' to die.
Ironic as it was an American, Ralph Nader, who campaigned for many safety improvements back in the 1960's.
It would have been quite legal to drive in the UK. I drove my unmodified Swiss registered, German import car for three months in the UK on Swiss insurance. I drove it to a specialist car converters who did all the necessary conversions apart from the headlights and the fog light. It past four MOTs before anyone noticed the lighting issues.
I agree US citizens do not take car safety seriously. Hence some 300 families on average a year drive over their own children as the bonnet line is to high to see them walking in front of their trucks. Sad but true.
@mbak7801
No it is legal for you to operate a Swiss registered car in the UK subject to insurance. I don't know if you could operate a Dubai registered one. You could not operate a US registered vehicle.
USA a country with more private weapons than people, who cares about cars. Will never be as many cars and as dangerous as the guns. So who cares!
Also, it rains a lot here, and they don't like the rain. Or car washes. Or snow (the lights block up and they conk out). And they have problems with birdcrap landing on the bodywork. And sap from under trees. So it's okay if you want to spend a lot of time cleaning it by hand and only use it in dry weather where there are no birds and no trees. Unless the sun is out, in which case it's too reflective. And you can't get a 8x4 sheet of timber in it (and I don't think you can get a roof rack on it IIRC) And if you put anything bulky in the back, you can't close the lid and keep the rain/snow out. The longest timber you can get actually inside it out of the rain is shorter than you'd get in a transit.
I can really see that catching on here, especially with busy tradespeople.🙄
And apparently that front light bar makes driving in mist or fog pretty hazardous, too - lots of light reflected back at the driver.
@@stevemawer848 As far as I know (Tesla FAQs state it'll be available in 2025), no-one has gotten that promised light-bar yet; though here in US aftermarket bars are for sale.
All in all, British standards are identical to European standards and I am grateful that someone in Europe is concerned about pedestrian and passenger safety.
Bow down to your EU overlords!
@@rich7447
Yeah we're not in Europe now.
And if you thinking bowing down is the same as wanting decent safety standards then so be it.
The UK is still following a lot of the EU over regulation.
Why would we want it on our roads?
It was designed by a child.
Unfortunately, it's very hard to forget Musk's disgusting Nazi salute when it comes to the Cybertruck.
I'm not sure why it is unfortunate.
The CEO has no respect or concern for people.
Why would you try to forget that.
The vehicle has no concern for people (not in it), not sure about it's concern for occupants either.
@@stephenlee5929 I don't have anything against electric cars, but I certainly have something against Nazi salutes!
Good grief it was not a Nazi salute, it was a carefully taken photo of someone raising their arm to wave. I could be accused of taking a Nazi salute every time I get something out of a kitchen cupboard. If someone wants to distort public opinion and is prepared to go to those ridiculous lengths to do so, I would be more concerned about them than the person they were taking a photo of.
@@VisorView You better get some new glasses.
@@VisorViewexactly!!
I have a friend who works with stainless steel and I can't count the number of times he cut himself on the sharp edges. One time, he even took a chunk of flesh off, so good luck if you ever get hit by one.
I have done plenty of work with mild steel in HVAC ducting. Guess what....it is sharp. The raw material doesn't necessarily determine what the end product will be like. My stainless steel appliances have never cut me.
@rich7447 bc they don't have sharp edges like the Cybertruck.
The 3500kg limit also exists in the rest of Europe. One needs a professional license to drive such a vehicle. A hassle that I guess most Apocalypse-yearning buyers won't bother with.
That only applies if you passed your driving test after 2002. if you passed your test before 2002 you can drive up to 7500kg
It is actually a specific weight used for trucks/Lorries. The famous WW2 Opel Blitz was a 3.5t vehicle.
Yeah, but what severe kind of midlife crisis would motivate people my age to purchase a Deplorean?
@ Someone that is incontinent?
3500kg is a needlessly low cutoff that causes countless problems for light commercial drivers.
The sharp angles affect not just pedestrians but it means that other vehicles will have to absorb the impact for two vehicles rather than both sharing it, basically you won’t want one of these Tesla’s hitting you in your car, let alone as a pedestrian. I can’t see insurance companies wanting to insure anyone wanting to drive one on our roads.
What could possibly go wrong if a pedestrian is hit at 40mph by a 3.5 tonne cheese grater? The whole thing is an exercise in being actively hostile to other road users just so you can flex your status. It's even worse than the giant bullbars fad on 90s SUVs. Those rear corners are pretty much designed to pierce skulls, they're hazard if you were walking along and just tripped, let alone had someone reverse into you.
Those huge mega castings are part of the reason why Tesla are either 'mega expensive' or impossible to repair - as hertz found out.
Mega castings has nothing to do with anything you said.
@@JJSmith1100 Giga / Mega casting reduces the cost of manufacturing also speeds it up, so your comments are right on that issue. But cost of repair for a damaged casting is ridiculous and simply no skills to do it. Many now are just written off. My neighbour had a tesla for 7 months, another car hit it in the rear 3/4 panel. 3 months in shop and no one knows how to fix it. Likely to be written off. Insurance premiums for Teslas in Australia have gone up 150% from $2K to $4.5K. Australian Tesla Facebook has heaps of feedbacks on that. Also Tesla has 193% higher than the average annual premium. Not my statement public knowledge provided by insurance brokers and many companies do not offer insurance to Tesla owners.
A side note, Giga casting technology has been around for decades. Manufactures did not adopt it as it adds to total cost of ownership. Q4 Tesla also quietly stated they are pulling back from next generations giga casting. Reuters Financial news feed.
@@mickrelic4891 Good summary. Thanks.
Same issues with the Rivians. They are being written off for, what would seem like, minor damage.
Thank you for probably the best presentation I've seen on the EV topic - it's earned you a new subscriber. I'm a bit over the yelling, dramatic, often partisan, content on BEVs across UA-cam. My wife is about to choose her first EV and I've been trying to provide her with useful information on build quality, drive-train, electronics, and especially battery chemistry. As our Australian vehicle manufacturing is dead, we are unlike the UK, limited to RHD vehicles only. Fortunately both China and South Korea recognise the size of this market in Asia/Pacific.
honestly i think the biggest problem with modern electric vehicles is that they have the damn cybertruck being used as the posterchild example for them all. most media utterly fails to separate the two.
You might do well to investigate hybrids as a bridge from ICEs to a useful EV infrastructure.
There is nothing inovative about the Cybertruck. Its more a blast from the past, ie the kind of car that people built before safety standards existed. also they didn't actually use 3mm steel, it was too heavy, they used 1.4mm panels.
Also I recall seeing some vids of someone who modified their Tesla model S into a truck and what they got looks so much better then the cybertruck. Tesla had a very nice design language before this monstrosity.
If memory serves, that was Simone Giertz's Truckla. I believe she got invited to the Cybertruck's unveiling event off the back of that conversion, but then they decided that they didn't want Truckla showing up the Cybertruck.
1:20 Wrong - it's not just 'conditioning' it's _clarity_ to keep different signals different colours, same reason that traffic lights are red amber green not red red green. Red indicators in the US are so they can save a few dollars and use the brake lights as indicators, putting profit over safety
Be thankful they are not infesting your roads. All it serves to accomplish in north America is to indicate at a glance who the biggest douches are.
In Germany some guy was racing through a Christmas market a few weeks back. 6 people died and 300 people were injured. If the guy would have used a Cyber truck those numbers might have been reversed. This "car" should never be on a street in any country and I am very glad that I have never seen one in the countries I frequent.
And if my Aunt had balls she would be my uncle.
The lunatic chose the vehicle and could just have easily chosen a heavy truck.
Can you emagine the school run if these monsters were ever allowed on our roads, it`s bad enough now with all the Range Rovers and huge SUV`s just for one child.
Outside our local school is pure chaos twice a day with the over sized cars we have now, never mind adding this skip on wheels in to the mix.
SUVs should be confined to off-road or commercial road use only, with the appropriate licencing and training.
@@alisonwilson9749 Surely not, they are all driven by people who don't know how wide their vehicle is, can't see as far as either curb and freeze in the middle of junctions when their brain suspects a possible need to go round something.
p.s. upvoted your comment.
Range Rovers are not much of a worry. Their engines either shatter, break the turbos or clag up in very short order. Many are scrap not long after the first MOT.
How did "the school run" ever become normalised?
You don't get huge SUVs in the UK cupcake. Even the biggest Range Rover only just makes it into the full size SUV category.
How did this thing get certified to drive on American roads?
You're making the assumption that the US has any centralised vehicle standards authority. A lot of states have no vehicle safety check system like the MoT, and it's just down to the driver whether they're willing to drive the more rust than metal chassis.
@@DERP_Squad Indeed - just look at some of the horrors on "Just Rolled In"...
because of the massive 'light truck' loophole that american auto makers got created for them which skips a huge amount of regulation.
in the states they get todo it them self
@@technomad9071 They still have to get approval from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Car makers don't get to do it themselves?
Toyota has an ev with a LED strip across the front. We have always updated equipment for new vehicles. The Audi 100 when it first came out was a nightmare to cut open. As for fire suppression, LiO batteries generate their own oxygen and have to be dealt in none traditional ways.
Your requirements for the C1 licence apply only for drivers who are being paid.
Which Audi 100?
And if it catches on fire you can't get out because the emergency door openers (because the electric ones don't work) are very hard to reach.
Allegedly just hard to find if you have never heard where to look ...
Isn't it ironic that the cheap Chinese cars are better designed and can be sold without safety concerns all over the world BUT the Cybertruck from car centric USA is a disaster that is an unsafe POS
Probably best just to use it for what it looks like. A mobile urinal.
This is what happens when a manufacturer makes the mistake of putting a concept car into production. Absolutely bonkers!
Supposedly musk himself sketched up the design, walked into an engineering meeting the next day and said "I want this"
Everything manufactured since Husk bought Tesla is a "concept car", that's the main source of Tesla's failing reputation.
As a paramedic, I like the idea of the manufactures providing safety and train to first responders if their product requires new techniques .
Don't go near an EV fire, as a paramedic. Battery fires emit some pretty nasty chemical such as gaseous hydrofluoric acid, carbon monoxide and cobalt oxides. None of these are good for you, but hydrofluoric acid is particularly bad.
@@davidbrayshaw3529known about hydrofluric acid for many years, didn't know about it from batteries, they keep that one quiet.
gives new meaning to the word ugly
It's a vehicle shaped in Musk's own image with all the ugliness and aggressiveness that implies. The Teslas we see on our roads may not be built that well but are quite pretty looking cars and designed before Elon Musk got involved with tesla.
@@user-s1o3nr532 Pretty bland.
They're too big for British roads, too dangerous for pedestrians, and if you crash one you'll probably be dead before the emergency services can cut you out of it. They should not be anywhere on UK roads.
Hmm, not too sure I agree. Despite the look, these cars are incredibally safe for their passengers.
You just hating on Elon, what’s the difference between this and a truck…..the truck hasn’t got the sophisticated driving aids the Tesla has.
Too big for British roads? OK, hehe. How do you think all the vans and trucks move around?
@@S4f3ty_Marc my vw crafter is 7 metres long 👍
@@domefford864 Yep! And it's ever so slightly wider then a cybertruck!
They should also add "Utter ugliness" to the list
You're not a fan then? :)
You hsve zero design language in your bone respectfully
Indeed, Tesla should be forced to provide a white cane with each one they sell as buyers obviously are suffering from bad eyesight. This aplies to recent BMWs too as a matter of fact.
They are terrible, but there will always be someone that will think they are great. After all the Citroen 2CV, Triumph Herald, Jaguar E-Type and Reliant Robin all had their fans.
@@rich7447 Apart from the Robin those were ALL great cars.
your breakdown of the safety non-compliance aspects triggered a client-diagnostic response: these choices - the sharp corners, edges and overall design philosophy underpinning the engineering; alongside the performative persona of the designer and "engineer in charge", indicate a fractured psychology. Knowing Musk's South African upbringing would have exposed him to one of the other most violent societies on planet earth as well and putting it all together with recent events - this "car" was designed to be a weapons platform against human beings for every fractured psyche that wants to own one.
It is primarily designed to mow down people who are protesting outside a gated community. I am an American and apologize for the bad taste, bordering on lunacy here in the USA.
From Dublin - BRING BACK the Jensen Interceptor, Vauxhall Viva and Ford Capri.
I want my '70s back......
I once had a Ford Capri. Most comfortable drive I've ever known. Trouble was the light back end. Even with a large block of concrete in the back it still wouldn't go round bends without skidding. Pretty, comfy and scary.
@@michaeledmondson5100 Hi Michael - saw one on its roof in the Phoenix Park one evening - the amadán owner had mixed tyres (radial and crossply). Jeez - Car Maintenance 101; DON'T DO THAT! Plus don't go speed-racing on the main Park Road when it's raining - WHAT could possibly go wrong?
I'm still awaiting a fullsize, fully functional 1960s Batmobile for Christmas...... (will settle for a fullsize, fully dysfunctional ED-209.........).
Not the Vauxhall Cresta? Lovely car.
I have driven in Ireland. You should all be driving go carts.
I wouldn’t think it will be legal in Europe either. The Cybertruck will go down as all hype and no substance. The sales are tanking and buyers are not taking their orders. A rust bucket on wheels.
Well they may discolour with mold but cannot rust.
@@mbak7801they are rusting.
Stainless steel isn't rust proof, it's rust resistant.
@@mbak7801they have aluminium castings front and rear fastened to stainless and mild steel components.. just add a little salt water and they will dissolve internally
@@karlhofmann1446has electrolitic corrosion been factored in, I have worked with series Land Rovers for decades and steel to aluminum is always good for a laugh.
Especially in the Netherlands where their roads are a lot more narrower. With all the canals.
Out of the question in Europe.Sorry Elon.
Yeah, Europe definitely isn't the market for this.
I think it will do well in the US, though.
Illegal in Australia thank God
@@TheElectricOracleChannel except that sales are already said to be tailing off.
Only 2.5% of the “millions” of pre-orders were converted into actual sales, and they’re already idling the production lines, transferring personnel to building other models, laying people off, so yeah, sales in the US are already slowing.
@@jimpackard8059 Tailing of? Tesla is almost going door to door begging people to buy one.
The Cybertruck is the perfect embodiment of Elon Musk himself. Self important and doesn't give a toss about anyone else.
as an American. they are ugly . horrible design. people cant seem to get rid of them fast enough. so be thankful.
You aren't wrong.
Keep it where it is. 3.5 tons of unforgiving angularity _rocketing_ to 60 in two and a half seconds has no place on poorly maintained, narrow British roads. Interesting design exercise, but fraught with _way_ too many issues in the organic world.
it would be an interesting design exercise if the basis was "ignore all the collected knowledge on the subject for the last 60 years" they re-invented the wheel and made it worse in every way possible.
@@Simon-hb9rf That does seem to be Elon's MO. Dude can't even design an accelerator-pedal cover that isn't a massive fatal safety flaw.
Then factor in the rich 20 year olds who have more money than braincells
IMX, British roads are better maintained than those in the USA (or at least parts of the USA, for instance Illinois).
Vehicles should be designed to fit in with all countries safety regulations not regulations changed to fit the vehicle
This particular vehicle does, but some are trying to import it into a market that it was not designed for. How many other full size pickup (using this term loosely with the shitty cyber truck) trucks do you see in the UK?
The main priority in this design was simply the ego of the company's owner.
I don't think they were planning on a UK release when they were developed this. It is quite a big market but not that big. Most of what you said applies to the European market too. I think they will be happy selling Cybertruck just to the US market (and a few other markets), after all, it's the other vehicles that make them bulk of their profits.
A good comprehensive explanation. You are good at this, too good for a sub 5k subscriber count (at time of writing).
Incidentally, my mother has grandkids, she understands the concept of bitcoin as well as most people. She thinks it's a con, she might be right.
Teslas do not make a profet. He makes money from the con of carbon credits
You are 100% correct. The full size pickup market is primarily US and Canada. In fact those two countries account for almost 60% of all pickup (not just full size) sales world wide.
Never mind UK certification - how did this ever get certified to run in the US?
Because the US attitude to other road users is Foxtrot Uniform.
It's not a big vehicle in the US. Plus we hit far more deer (6 in the last 25 years for me) than pedestrians every year and I , like most in North America, don't want my vehicle exploding just because I hit a larger animal.
@@rich7447 How many deer do people run into on Santa Monica Boulevard? Or in Queens? These are the places most Americans live. Pedestrian deaths in the US are high by European standards and rising, vastly more so when looked at per Km travelled due to the very low distances walked in most of the US because of the very low safety standards on most US roads.
Also all European cars need to pass the Swedish moose tests which simulate encounters with large animals and include a roll over resistance test most US SUV’s and pickups would fail.
@@davidwright7193 Most people in dense urban areas aren't driving full size pickups and you don't have to get far out of dense urban before you start seeing larger wild life on the road.
Pedestrian deaths have been rising in many parts of the world and a lot of it comes down to inattention.
The "moose" swerve test isn't even close to realistic for any deer encounter, especially moose. I lived in moose country for half my life and have seen many moose collisions. Very few were avoidable and the drivers who survived were generally in taller, larger vehicles that would not do well in the "moose test". HD pickups do handle better than you would expect though. My F450 is capable of 0.69g on a skid pad and is extremely difficult to roll (8 feet wide and 176 inch wheelbase).
Now I understand why Musk wants to get rid of Starmer. No way Starmer is going to change the rules for this car. The Tesla as it is now, isn’t allowed in the EU and England. Together we stand.
The question whether rescuers need to update their material and techniques is a no-brainer. But not for something like the Cyber Truck that neglects all safety standards. Only in the USA it is possible because the heavier vehicles don't have to regard the safety of weaker road users, be it cars or humans.
They could use small directional explosive charges to cut the roof pillars. It may burn and blind the occupants but hey ho, there is a cost to everything.
Musk drew this in in primary school with a pencil and a ruler. I'm a better designer than Musk because in primary school I designed the first Audi Quatro 5 years before it was released. It was a 4x4 saloon car with nice straight angles. I did use a ruler but I smoothed it a bit.
We need to remove it from Canadian roads it's not safe !
Canadian roads aren't that safe without it.
Why would you even want a Cybertruck? Just buy an F-150 Lingtning and paint swazis all over it and you get the same effect, but it'll be a lot safer, more reliable, and less expensive.
As a American, I can understand all of the issues with this truck. I for one have not understood the need for Americans to think of a vehicle as anything more than transportation, but here in America we have this Krazy Kar Kulture that has convinced Americans that they need enough horsepower to go 150 plus MPH but can't legaly drive faster than 80/85 MPH anywhere in America. Which means a 3 cylinder Mitsu Mirage with 78 hp is everybit as fast a Dodge Hellcat with 707 hp, but the Mirage is a heck of a lot more efficiant, and its only transportation, a tool to get a job done.... That said, a vehicle should be comfortable, so maybe something in between the Mirage and Hellcat, but still its just a tool..... Just sayin'
It's nothing to do with top speed. Spend 12 hours (straight) in a Mitsubishi Mirage vs a Chevy Tahoe. Hellcats and Camaros are toys that we are fortunate enough to have the disposable income for.
I hope these revolting swastikatrucks are never, ever allowed on the roads in the UK or Europe.
In summary: 'Average man astonished that radical vehicle not built for British roads is not built for British roads!'
Thanks :) I've never been called "average" before ;)
'Man astonished that vehicle manufacturer is so useless they have designed an expensive lemon that won't sell in most markets'.
@@alisonwilson9749 Because most markets don't have a lot of people with more money than cents (see what I did there?).
@@alisonwilson9749 Please list all markets where full size pickups (term used loosely with this particular offering) sell in any kind of quantity.
Full size and large (the category above full size) pickup sales are almost exclusive to the US and Canada.
I was in Spain when we saw a Tesla car and my sister said "At least it is as ugly as that Cybertruck we saw the other day" to her husband and I was like "Aren't Cybertrucks not allowed in the EU because they can't follow EU safety laws?" and my sister's husband confirmed and said that the Cybertruck they saw was probably brought from another place and will probably be impounded very soon.
I was suspicious about the cybertruck design from the beginning and you have done a great job in the safety analysis. Subscribed.
Great video. Thanks! I wish pick-up truck drivers in USA had to get commercial licenses. Some tend to be aggressive even without trying because they underestimate the trucks' size and power.
You just know if it was a European manufacturer that had built it, the US would never allow it in!
I see on your video about driving a cybertruck in the uk, you said about the C1 section on you license, you also mention that you would need a CPC, which is not correct, CPC’s are only required if you are working for a living using that vehicle, for example you can drive around in a Minibus if you’re family is big enough, but because it’s not for hire or reward, the no CPC is required, but if someone was to pay you for doing that then you are required to have a CPC, hence the payment is the reward or to hire the vehicle and you are the driver
You might be right, but still the insurance costs for someone who wants to drive a Cybertruck or a bus with a non-commercial license will be so high that in practice the possibility is not viable. Maybe one or two extravagant and ultra-rich celebrities could find their way to do things like these, but the rest of the world can't.
Hi Dave, thanks for your comment.
Let me clarify the requirements for driving a Cybertruck in the UK:
License Requirements
A Category C1 license is required as the Cybertruck exceeds 3.5 tonnes
CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence) Requirements
CPC is only required if you're driving commercially or for "hire and reward"
You do NOT need a CPC if:
Using the vehicle for non-commercial carriage of passengers or goods
Using it for personal use
Driving is less than 30% of your monthly work
Examples of When CPC is NOT Required:
Personal/family use of a vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
Using a large vehicle for private purposes
Examples of When CPC IS Required
Commercial driving operations
Being paid to drive as part of your job
Operating a vehicle for hire or reward
Therefore, I agree with your statement - you would only need a CPC to drive a Cybertruck if you were using it commercially or being paid to drive it. For personal use, only the C1 license is required.
The cybertruck only weighs in at 3,104 kgs so a C1 license is still not required
@@Dave080109 The Cybertruck has a 1100 kg payload capacity, so it weighs some 4200 kg when loaded. It exceeds the 3500 kg limit even with the 500 kg allowance for EV vehicles. Anyhow, this is a minor inconvenience compared with the safety concerns, which include the total lack of crumple zones.
The laws in different countries may differ, but the principle behind special rules for trucks is that they are more dangerous for everybody than automobiles, so they have to be used with more caution and competence than the typical automobile. You definitely want well-trained and well-controlled drivers behind the wheel of any vehicle that can completely obliterate a small automobile or a pedestrian.
@@TheElectricOracleChannel The Cybertruck does not exceed 3.5 tons. In fact in comes in at under 3 tons.
Steer By Wire what could go wrong?
Thanks for your comment.
You do know that modern aeroplanes are also steer by wire?
Statistically the safest way to travel :)
@TheElectricOracleChannel
Airplanes don't fly next to my family on the highway.
Safest because they’re not flying right next to each other, typically with plenty of space to other physical objects, so there’s room and time to correct errors, and piloted by professionally trained personnel.
Private aircraft have an entirely different safety record, and they have the same spacing benefits.
@@TheElectricOracleChannel Extremely bad analogy. One single actuation motor for an aircraft rudder probably costs more than a whole car. Aircraft are operated by highly trained professionals and get meticulous service and controls. Car's aren't disassembled to the smallest piece and put together again which is the case with commercial aircraft.
Yeah I know I was an Air Traffic Controller. I still remember the Airbus incident at the Paris Air Show. We have come a long way with aircraft but I am still against steer by wire.
You have made a very carefully researched video here. Thanks for gathering this information and putting it into this easily assimilated form.
Well researched, no annoying background music and no sensationalising. Fantastic Video. I learned a lot. Also, am I back 2009 UA-cam?