People keep saying that, but there are plenty of much larger commercial vehicles all over Europe. Which have to conduct daily business on most of the same infrastructure / roads.
The driving is doable if more difficult, but one can get used to that; and if FSD is up for the differences in markings and signage, that would help, since it seems to do well enough here on narrow streets, mostly. Parking or charging at a residence is likely more of a problem (recently heard from someone there). More row houses there with street parking (1 vehicle per household, effectively) or condos or apartments, less individual family houses, less driveways with an outlet nearby, etc. If they want to promote EVs, they need to at least put in level 2 chargers at apartment/condo complexes more, and near larger stores or shopping centers, too.
As another poster pointed out, commercial vehicles at least as wide can (with perhaps rare exception) travel roads meant to be traveled by typical cars. (you might very rarely encounter a bridge with a lower weight limit than the Cybertruck's roughly 7,000 pounds/3,175 kg)
I would think Tesla could come up with something like this pretty quick. That is, build a pickup on an existing Model Y chassis.
Where do you get it from? The US did not sign the Vienna Convention and I did not see anything in the wikipedia page mentioning that a US-registered Cybertruck would be legal there.
I can second that, but I don't think that's a huge issue. I mean it would be probably an issue in the Greek or Italian mountain villages, but other than that, the roads are fine. I lived in Switzerland for 11 years and I think the roads are just fine in most of the cases. I had issues with phantom breaking on my Model S multiple times, though, because the lanes are narrower in Switzerland and I guess the car mistook a normal oncoming traffic to a potential accident.
I lived with a Model S for almost a year (before I moved to the US). The closest Supercharger was ~30 minutes drive away. It was OK. Nowadays there are way more chargers in Switzerland. Btw Switzerland was the only country in 2016-2018 that had so many Teslas that the Superchargers were close to full and sometimes a little wait was necessary. In any other European countries they were practically entry. Not sure how it is now.
I remember having a had a hard time parking my Model S in a mall in Switzerland, I was barely able to fit into the parking space. It would be a hell with a CT (Sihlcity). Also, I've seen a Dodge Charger needing to rent two parking spaces in an apartment complex due to its size in Chur. So yeah, parking may be quite a big issue there.
Geneva convention still applies, and has a similar provision for cross-border vehicle operation.
That's not a viable loophole, because if you're resident in the country Y but the vehicle is registered in a country X, you will not be allowed to operate the vehicle past a grace period once you establish residency in the country Y. I believe some of these individuals never actually switched their residency (UK), and just registered the CT in Albania, but that would be out of scope for the Vienna/Geneva conventions and they would be in violation of the UK (or another country's) law even if that doesn't immediately surface during a traffic stop.
That's great, thanks for the info. I see that basically insurance is the only issue here if I want to drive my Cybertruck temporarily in Europe (plus the shipping costs).
I believe that's ok temporarily. In the videos he is mentioning to work on making the CT approved in the UK.
Just my opinion, but the first manufacturer that comes up with an inexpensive compact or mid-sized electric pickup is going to have a hit on their hands. Surprised that no one has tried it yet.I would think Tesla could come up with something like this pretty quick. That is, build a pickup on an existing Model Y chassis.
I believe re-engineering and building a brand new from the ground-up midsize Cybertruck, while really cool, would take a much larger investment in time and money.
The challenge people are forgetting about is the "body on a frame" vs unibody. Tacoma has a frame. If you want to see what happens when you don't have a frame (and in the absence of a fundamentally new approach like CT), look at Honda Ridgeline or perhaps Chevy Avalanche.
