Why Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck will NEVER be on sale in Britain: Premier League footballers’ favorite car salesman reveals the truth

Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck will never be on sale in Britain unless the company makes some major changes, a specialist car retailer has revealed.

The bizarre James Bond-inspired truck, which was unveiled by the X owner in 2019, has a top speed of 180 km/h, can withstand 9mm bullets and features an unbreakable windshield.

But even with all its safety features, the Cybertruck is unlikely to ever be driven in Britain due to some bizarre design aspects, including its sharp edges and colossal weight.

According to an electric car specialist, the truck, with its current angular design and weighing 3,107kg, will never be able to meet Europe’s ‘very strict safety regulations’, meaning it is unlikely to ever grace British roads.

And although this week it emerged that one vehicle has been registered in the Czech Republic, campaigners have already called on the country’s government to ban the vehicle, further threatening access to the European market.

Premier Sports Solutions, founded by Richard Clark, is a company that sells luxury cars to a number of high-profile customers, including some Premier League footballers.

There have already been 10 to 15 players who inquired about buying a Cybertruck, but were told that they are not yet roadworthy in the country.

Marc Nazar, who works as an electric car specialist at the company, told MailOnline that there are a number of design aspects that prevent the truck from being sold in Britain.

He said: ‘The main reason the cyber truck won’t come to Britain or Europe is because its sharp angle and sturdy, upright front end won’t meet European crash regulations.

Marc said that while the truck is “one of the safest cars on the road” for passengers and would “likely pass safety tests”, it would not be considered safe for pedestrians under Britain’s “very strict safety regulations”.

He continued: It doesn’t look like it will pass the pedestrian safety tests we have here and in Europe which say the front of the vehicle must be designed to protect pedestrians in the event of a crash. sharp, too upright or with pieces sticking out.

“So just by looking at the car, you can see that without a serious redesign, the cyber truck won’t pass the tests.”

Marc continues: ‘In addition, there are some smaller issues, such as the use of a different charging connector that can only be found in North America.

‘They could theoretically change this to CCS, which is what we use here (in Britain), otherwise an adapter would be needed to allow the car to charge on our plugs, just as it is for the Hummer EV we recently sold to a Newcastle player.’

“If these regulations change or if Tesla comes up with a change that allows them to comply with the regulations, we can obviously get these cars very quickly and this car would without a doubt be a big seller with our customers.”

Stefan Teller, car safety certification expert at SGS-TUV Saar GmbH, agreed that the vehicle needs “strong modifications to the basic structure” before it can reach the European market.

“The front of the vehicle should not be rigid,” Teller explained to German car magazine Automobilwoche in 2019.

‘The bumper and hood must be able to absorb energy to protect pedestrians.’

EU standards also require new vehicles to include automatic detection of pedestrians and cyclists, and a new direct vision standard for trucks and buses to enable drivers to have a better view of other road users around their vehicles.

It comes as European campaigners have called for the truck to be banned from the streets of Europe after one was spotted in the Czech Republic.

Campaigners claim the electric car’s angular design would ‘exacerbate the severity of injuries and deaths’ and ‘pose acute danger’ to the public. They urged officials to “suspend the Cybertruck’s access to public streets.”

But it wasn’t the first time the vehicle had been spotted in Europe, as Putin friend Ramzan Kadyrov shared a video last month bragging about his new Cybertruck when it came complete with a machine gun on the roof.

The head of the Chechen Republic posted a video of himself testing himself while driving the vehicle around his palace-style mansion in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. A machine gun sits comfortably on the roof while Kadyrov wears bullets around his neck.

But two days later, Musk denied gifting the Cybertruck to Kadyrov and was later accused of remotely shutting down the £145,000 vehicle after the Chechens sent it into war.