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The European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP) has not yet measured, prodded, weighed, or smashed a Tesla Cybertruckor checked whether pedestrians could survive a hit from this angular beastbut Elon Musks electric pickup truck might potentially score poorly on the tests anyway...
At least one Cybertruck has been seen driving around cities in the Czech Republic, an EU member, with a group of transport nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) warning that Musks polarizing EV with a troubled development history is too bulky and sharp to be allowed on European roads...
The approval and registration of Cybertrucks in the EU poses illegal risks to all other road users, states an open letter from the NGOs to the European Commission and national vehicle authorities across Europe...
The small number of Cybertrucks registered so far in the EU need to be de-registered, with the relevant Member States confirming their removal from public roads, continues the letter, signed by the leaders of, among others, the European Transport Safety Council, the International Federation of Pedestrians, and the European Cyclists Federation...
In their open letter, the transport NGOs argue that if the European Commission fails to act, the importation of this single, rubber-edged Cybertruck could lead to the mass import of Cybertrucks into Europe, which, they say, would prove a danger to pedestrians, cyclists, and those motorists not in similarly armored motor vehicles..
