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If they have a normal driver's license, they'd better hope their passengers are on the skinny side, too; this thing is 3.2 tonnes empty, and the limit for a normal license is 3.5 tonnes.

(Though actually I think that drivers' license limit is based on the vehicle's maximum loading, so probably even skinny passengers wouldn't save them.)

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Based on maximum authorized weight. I would say these vehicles don't have ANY authorized weight, because they're not authorized at all in EU or UK, but Cybertruck specs ask to follow the GVWR [0] of the vehicle, that's right over 4000kg

UK common driving license (cat. B) seems to be similar to other EU licences (Spain here) I guess because previous EU standardization.

"Category B" licenses (post 1997): "You can drive vehicles up to 3,500kg maximum authorised mass (MAM) with up to 8 passenger seats." [1]

  0: "When loading cargo, always consider the vehicle's Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR). The GVWR is the maximum allowable total mass of the vehicle including all passengers, fluids, and cargo." https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/cybertruck/en_us/GUID-12A976DD-EB60-431B-AFF1-5A37E95006DB.html
  1: https://www.gov.uk/driving-licence-categories

There are at least in Germany exceptions for this for heavy cars loke these.

What are these called / do you have a source for that? I never heard of that and a quick Google didn't turn up anything except for changes planned for 2028.

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