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Originally Posted by docwra
I only heard about this about the Cybertruck, it cant be sold in Europe as it apparently hasnt been independently tested, even if it had it would fail hard on pedestrian safety.
Quick google seems its not alone, from here: https://tinyurl.com/2smndvmk:
"Among vehicles without ratings, a few—such as the BMW 7 Series and Lucid Air luxury sedans—have sales numbers well below 10,000 cars a year"
Interestingly the Lucid Air does have a 5* Euro NCAP safety rating despite only being sold in 4 European countries, they only shifted 156 last year ......... so 10,000 is still quite a lot, right?  |
In order to be sold in the US, all vehicles must be tested by the manufacturer in accordance with NHTSA's guidelines and regulations and must be thoroughly recorded and documented. The results of these tests are not required to made public but they must meet a certain star rating.
If the NHTSA wishes to independently test and verify the ratings, the NHTSA is required to purchase the vehicles themselves. They have a limited budget so the higher priced, and/or low volume vehicles don't get tested. This is the complete opposite of Euro's NCAP. In Europe, the entire cost of testing a vehicle from the purchasing of the multiple vehicles to be tested, cost of the test equipment, and even the cost of man hours of the employees themselves, falls on the burden of the manufacturer so NCAP is free to test any and every vehicle it desires as they do not have a budget.