Piani dell’UE Nuove regole di approvazione per i modelli statunitensi, libera rein per Tesla Cybertruck?

Translation:

The EU and the US have agreed to waive registration regulations for passenger cars. This is stated in a joint framework declaration for a planned trade agreement. According to the agreement, both sides intend to recognize their respective vehicle standards.

According to Der Spiegel, the statement states: “With regard to automobiles, the United States and the European Union intend to accept mutual recognition of their respective standards.”

In practice, according to the report, this means that vehicles could in future be sold and registered for road use in the other economic area without a separate type approval. In addition, the US is to reduce the tariff on European car imports to 15 percent. The negotiating partners view the agreement as a first step towards eliminating so-called non-tariff trade barriers.

Critics, however, are sounding the alarm. The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) is warning of a step backward in terms of safety: “This betrayal will cost lives on Europe’s roads,” said ETSC Managing Director Antonio Avenoso. He warned of a “flood of oversized, under-regulated US pickup trucks and SUVs” that are incompatible with European goals for safe and sustainable mobility. Such heavy vehicles are more dangerous for drivers of other cars, pedestrians, and cyclists.
A niche market could become a mass market

Some importers are already exploiting an existing loophole to register US vehicles in Europe with individual permits – even though they lack a regular type approval. According to the environmental organization Transport & Environment (T&E), around 7,000 such vehicles were imported last year, mostly from the Ram brand, which is part of the European Stellantis Group. The new deal could transform this previously limited business into a mass market. T&E expects the new regulation to result in price savings of around €6,000 per vehicle.

T&E also criticizes the deal as Europe “capitulating” – both to the significantly higher CO₂ emissions of North American models and to their massive dimensions. The organization points to the high hoods of many pickup trucks, which, for example, obstruct the view of children in front of the vehicle. According to T&E, the number of pedestrian fatalities has risen sharply in the US in parallel with the pickup truck boom, while it is declining in Europe.

European safety standards could also be undermined by the planned regulation. T&E cites mandatory safety systems such as emergency braking assistants or seatbelt warning systems, as well as the EU-wide ban on “razor-sharp edges” as examples. Vehicles such as the Tesla Cybertruck, which CEO Elon Musk himself has described as likely unlicensable outside of North America, could enter the European market as a result of the agreement.

The deal has not yet been finalized. Both the governments of the EU member states and the European Parliament must approve the agreement. James Nix, automotive expert at T&E, appealed to political decision-makers: They must ask themselves “whether they really want to undo 20 years of progress in road safety.”

I am not an expert in this field at all but on the face of it, this sounds like a bad deal for Europe.

The sharp edges of the Tesla Cybertruck make it lethal for pedestrians

No door handles mean passengers can be trapped inside in the event of a fire-

Its as if it was designed by a sociopath

Europe probably needs to urgently introduce taxes on the size and height of cars, as well as insurance fees for using them in cities

A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up.

The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside.

Now, should we initiate a recall?

Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X.

If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don’t do one.

Europe necessarily must end to consider itself a vassal of our former ally USA

Original source: [Joint Statement on a United States-European Union framework on an agreement on reciprocal, fair and balanced trade – European Commission](https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/news/joint-statement-united-states-european-union-framework-agreement-reciprocal-fair-and-balanced-trade-2025-08-21_en)

>The United States and the European Union commit to work together to reduce or eliminate non-tariff barriers. With respect to automobiles, the United States and the European Union intend to accept and provide mutual recognition to each other’s standards. Cooperation on standards plays a crucial role in enhancing the transatlantic marketplace. The European Union and United States commit to enhance opportunities for technical cooperation between EU- and US-domiciled standards development organisations with the objective of identifying and developing standards for the transatlantic marketplace in key sectors of mutual interest.

An intention is there within a trade deal for a unified market to work around tariffs but not more and without the parlimant and the memeber states agreeing on a trade deal, any idea from the Commission is just that

And while I can get why that idea comes up, the EU car industry won’t be saved that way and their issue isn’t a possible higher price for EU made cars in the USA

I am not an expert but isn’t the Hakenkreuzer OVERWEIGHT as per mass gros weight of above 3.5t?

Biggest problem:

German auto manufacturers usually sell their German cars for much cheaper in the USA than in Europe, because competition is more intense and there is no nationalistic attachment (national car brands are always more expensive in the producing country).

Big European car manufacturers carefully lobbied for legislation to stop those cheaper vehicles being imported back into Europe (absurd wipers on headlights, different requirements for side crash tests, hundreds of burocratic blockades), when those cars were actually all made in the same factory.

This regulation will open EU market to EU made cars designed for the US market (no one will buy F250s…).

It will come at a huge cost for German manufacturers as equal vehicle is often sold for 25-30% more in Germany than the US…

As a funny side node. Friend of mine wanted to import a ew Lamborghini from the US back to Europe. They have to pretend the car was made by himself in his garden. They had to retest pollutant emissions and noise.

Guess what? The car never could pass the tests. Manufacturers cheated at the tests and the engineers straight told that to my friend: your car will never be allowed to drive on EU roads (you’d have to modify it to do so, which is illegal by itself). Importer asked 60k€ for the paper recognizing the car indeed has factory homologation.

All those guys are going to lose lots of money.

This is a result of the Trump meeting right? What did Europe get in return? Anything?

Large American non EV pickups here will typically hit €2400 / year tax

You also pay up to 41% VRT (vehicle registration tax) based on emissions and calculated value, and 23% VAT on the total.

And that’s before you get to the insurance discussion… and if it’s left hand drive there’s an extra weighting…

I don’t see a flood of them arriving anytime soon tbh.

High emission vehicles are just priced off the road and I suspect the cyber truck insurance would be extremely high, particularly if the insurers decide to weight in pedestrian risks etc.

Doesn’t mean that the cars will get approved for the road. Countries decide that for themselves.

Eh, i can see why Europe wants this in an attempt to keep their market in America. And yes this will mean that american cars will skirt the safetymeasures europeans are used to and that those large trucks will be bought as self-worthcompensation tools.

I’d solve it by whispering into the ears of insurance companies. Last carr i bought i got a serious discount on account of all the safety systems the car had. Another example is sportscars being more expensive to insure. Perhaps a seperate bracket for american cars is in order.

Aside from that: nothing is stopping europe from tawing pickups like a normal car instead of a utility vehicle like a panelvan.

Let America think they get an in but make driving those things expensive as hell.

In the UK, every fat overweight man who likes reform will buy one of these if they can get the loan approved. Saw one in a dodge ram in Brighton. I do not want this nonsense in my country.

I hope some country will block this bullshit or tax the shit out of these trucks.

EU leaders who cater to Trumps bitching can go fuck themselves. Only making room for right wing votes this way

Who is coming up with all these rules? If anything we should be restricting the American ego panzers more.

It’d be great to know who’s responsible so we can vote them out.