Driver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK. (BBC)

[usonian]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz0lldd30xlo

A striking Tesla Cybertruck which is illegal to drive in the UK due to safety concerns has been seized by police in Greater Manchester.

Officers spotted the eye-catching vehicle, which carries a price tag of about £48,000, in Whitefield, Bury, and stopped the driver on Thursday night.

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In a social media post, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said: "Whilst this may seem trivial to some, legitimate concerns exist around the safety of other road users or pedestrians if they were involved in a collision with the Cybertruck."

It said the vehicle, which was registered and insured abroad, was confiscated and they had reported the driver, who is a UK resident.

The Tesla Cybertruck is not road-legal in the UK and does not hold a certificate of conformity.

[Dave Bowman]

1. I like to call it the Cyberturd.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. I've seen it referred to as the Deplorean.

Maybe in a soon-to-be-released movie "Back to the Rapture"

[Dave Bowman]

7. Lol. :D

[Blue_Tires]

12. 10 out of 10

[Retrograde]

2. How did he get it to the UK

in the first place? Ferry from another country? Chunnel?

[usonian]

4. Didn't tell me how 😄

The vehicle has been on a promotional tour across the Middle East and Europe, including at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK in 2024.

However, it has not yet passed UK road safety tests.

[Mike 03]

3. Hahaha. Wasn't aware of the Cybertruck ban in the UK.

That is fascinating.

[Timewas]

5. Should be banned

Everywhere just based on that it is butt ugly and pretty useless

[Initech]

8. Guess this is why President Musk is calling for the UK to abolish Parliament?

[Dave Bowman]

9. It keeps reminding me of the car that Homer Simpson designed.

[0rganism]

10. Are "striking" and "eye-catching" euphemisms for "butt ugly"?

It reads like someone on the editorial staff got a memo to coddle Musk's delicate ego.

[usonian]

11. The Stanford band gave their rendition of a cybertruck.

How can you not love this?

Sbnation:
The show, which was as much about comedy as a marching band, had an entire section titled “The Band Buys a Cybertruck,” which saw some of the band’s budget go to buying a new vehicle, which is all the “rage” as the band called it — while also looking like “a DeLorean designed by a fax machine.”



Full transcript:
https://jalopnik.com/dumpster-tesla-cybertruck-ridiculed-by-stanford-marchin-1851666755

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A2: This thing looks like a 3D model of a DeLorean rendered using a fax machine’s graphics card.
____Where did you even get the money to buy this??

A1: Don’t worry about it, it’s all the rage right now.

A2: By all the rage, do you mean literal rage, or road rage?

A1: More like outrage.