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Tesla ’s Cybertruck is confront blowback in Europe , peculiarly over pedestrian safety headache . Euro NCAP , a voluntary but influential car safety assessment programme in Europe , has not in any way prove the Cybertruck , but base on a ocular assessment alone , raised alarms over its sharp , angulate design , saying it could pose a serious threat to pedestrians . Indeed , Matthew Avery , Euro NCAP ’s strategic maturation director , suggests to Wiredthat the Cybertruck could welcome a pitiable safety military rank , which could doom sales .
Already the small number of Cybertrucks registered in the EU have incite European conveyance nongovernmental organizations to call for the truck ’ removal from public roads , saying their oversize , sharp - edged design violates European safety standards and could endanger pedestrians , cyclists , and other motorists .
Some U.S. safety experts agree . In an consultation with Business Insider belatedly last year , one called the Cybertruck a “ guideless projectile . ” The bigger head is what it means for the truck ’s future tense in Europe , where there ’s far more focus on walker protection than in the U.S.
