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.
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.
I’ve heard of people trying to get Cybertrucks road legal. Some guy in Czech republic almost managed it until a public outcry had his certification revoked. Another guy in UK had his car impounded. So if people are stupid enough to try driving their extremely recognizable illegal vehicle then they risk losing their it entirely.
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.
No, but it should have required a passing test before going on sale in the EU
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.
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.
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.
I’ve heard of people trying to get Cybertrucks road legal. Some guy in Czech republic almost managed it until a public outcry had his certification revoked. Another guy in UK had his car impounded. So if people are stupid enough to try driving their extremely recognizable illegal vehicle then they risk losing their it entirely.
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.
did it not ?