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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 151 points 2 days ago (9 children)

I don’t understand how it’s not a requirement to pass these safety regulations before manufacture. How can a company fully produce and sell a dangerous product as big and complicated as a car before someone regulatory sees it and cuts it off at the head?

This alone has left me with zero faith in pretty much anything I buy anymore. It’s like it’s a surprise when something works as advertised anymore.

[–] Grizzlyboy@lemmy.zip 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The more you learn about America, the more you understand they give 0 fucks about the people. It’s a capitalistic nightmare where corporations have no accountability.

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 83 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I cannot speak for EU regulatory bodies. But Canada gave it a provisional pass pending testing because the US gave it a full pass

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fooled you once, shame on America...

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago

... Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago

and I am very disappointed in my country for it

of course, they also allow unlimited brightness headlights (or at least near enough), so it shouldn't be a surprise that they don't give a fuck about people outside of the vehicle

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Because any serious company would make sure they can actually sell their product before they go to manufacturing.

Tesla likely knew the Cybertruck wouldn't leave North America in serious numbers.

[–] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm not in the industry and I'm not in the EU, but it was obvious that this ridiculous monstrosity wouldn't pass the most basic safety regulations in the UK and EU. There are rules about having soft edges for collisions with pedestrians. Tesla completely ignored these despite begging aware of the regulations for the multiple other cars they sell here successfully.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 1 day ago

You're also not allowed to just make cars out of whatever random material you desire. It has to be automotive steel, and plastic for body work. Not inch thick stock metal that you would normally use to beat an elephant to death

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They likely knew it would only be sold in North America only.

[–] arc99@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I have a feeling that the engineers knew but Elon didn't, or thought he could do his usual and force it through.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

They are free to fully produce, but not sell.

The article is misleading, the CyberTruck was never allowed in these jurisdictions.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well i guess the EU can't stop something being manufactured in the US.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

No, but it should have required a passing test before going on sale in the EU

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago

It has never been on sale in the EU, there are a few that was given special permission to drive in limited areas for marketing and testing, but nothing more than that.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It never was for sale in the EU, it was always imported via loopholes where the EU assumed that the US would put roadworthy stuff on its roads.

[–] arc99@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not so much loopholes as existing mechanisms. There are ways to import vehicles and modify them to be road safe / legal, called homologation which involves submitting a lot of paperwork, taxes, inspections and certifications to an EU government and having a car be certified. And also more restrictive special permits so a vehicle can be shown at events or whatever. The cybertruck however is simply too far over the line that no amount of modification would make it road legal.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

I heard stories about people not even doing that, only abusing grace periods where you can drive a vehicle from abroad on our roads while you do the paperwork.

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Brand destruction impact generally spans multiple ceo cycles

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Regulations in Europe are stricter than in the US. It's legal in the US but won't be here without substantial changes.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

It's, honestly, probably only legal in the US because of bribery.