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Date: October 14, 2024
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Czech Sector Calls for Vehicle Import Review to Curb Cybertruck Influx into the EU

A group of European non-governmental organisations (NGOs) wrote a letter to the Czech Government urging a review of vehicle import registration, which, “if not addressed,” could represent the beginning of the mass importation of Cybertrucks into the European Union.
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A group of European non-governmental organisations (NGOs) focused on road safety and transport have written to the Czech Government, requesting an investigation into how a legal loophole was exploited to introduce a Tesla Cybertruck onto the roads of the European Union (EU).

In the document published on the website of the European Transport and Environment Federation (T&E), it is detailed that last July, the owner of a Tesla Cybertruck based in the Czech Republic publicly announced that national authorities had registered their vehicle for public road use.

An online post suggests that the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) system of the Czech Republic was used to register this Cybertruck.

The Tesla Cybertruck’s instruction manual indicates that its maximum weight is four tonnes, with slight variations among the different model variants.

However, the group of NGOs believes that the owner-importer of this Cybertruck, or the technical testing centre working on their behalf, declared its maximum weight as 3.5 tonnes in the documentation submitted to the Czech registration authorities, in an attempt to classify this imported vehicle as a light vehicle under EU legislation.

Therefore, the letter requests that the Czech ministry indicate a legal basis that allowed the maximum weight of the vehicle, as declared by the vehicle manufacturer and printed on the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) plate, to be ignored in favour of a figure approximately half a tonne lower, conveniently aligning with the EU weight limit for light vehicles.

According to the organisations, EU legislation also requires that the payload capacity of a commercial goods vehicle in category N1 must be at least as high as its passenger transport capacity, measured through a weight-based test.

This test aims to protect countries within the bloc from the increasing importation of large vans to the continent, which pose dangers to European streets and roads, the organisations warn.

Additionally, this group of various NGOs points out that, according to data published by Tesla, the Cybertruck does not pass this test.

Consequently, the letter calls on the Czech government to review its vehicle import registration, which, “if not addressed,” could represent the beginning of the mass importation of Cybertrucks into the European Union.

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