Safety issues such as excessive size, weight and acceleration, lack of crumple zones and sharp edges make the Tesla illegal on UK roads.

Right after his self-driving Cybertruck crashed into a light post, a Florida man thanked Tesla for "the best safety in the world." On Feb. 9, Jonathan Challinger posted on social media site X that his Tesla Cybertruck operating on self-driving technology failed to merge out of an ending lane before driving straight over a curb and into a lamppost.