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dathinab • yesterday at 11:02 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

The whole part about the "sharp edged design" is quite misleading.

Yes sharp edges are an issue as they can very much make the difference between people getting killed in a car accident and them surviving.

But this wasn't even the biggest problem for selling it to the EU.

E.g. cars sold in the EU there are a bunch of standards for safety of pedestrians for slower speed impacts. The Cyber Truck is kinda not passing any (most?) of the standards. This also isn't just the Cybertruck in general US style trucks are more deadly (for pedestrians; especially for children) and the Cybertruck is just the cherry on the top.

Lastly even if it could be sold in the EU it is questionable if it would be profitable, given some of the quality issues surfaced, the likely small production/sells quantity (trucks aren't exactly beloved in large parts of the EU, neither needed and as an actual truck it doesn't do the best job as others have pointed out).


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MetaWhirledPeas • today at 5:41 AM

Even if it were fully compliant with the standards, I don't see large trucks selling well outside the USA.