Man who bought the UK's first ever Tesla Cybertruck faced some serious issues after paying big money to get it shipped over

The first person to buy a Tesla Cybertruck in the UK revealed that the whole situation turned into a nightmare.

He knew making it road-legal would be tough, but it was even harder than he imagined.

There was a lot more to worry about aside from the inevitable and predictable issues.

Including a problem no one saw coming.

There are a couple of issues no one talks about

Yianni Charalambous is a car customizer and YouTuber who, among other things, became quite famous as the first Cybertruck owner in the UK.

Aside from the inevitable questions about the truck’s sharp angles, there are a few issues that often go unnoticed.

The first problem became evident when the owner headed to the charging station because the car wouldn’t charge.

The issue is quite simple but annoying: the adapters didn’t fit.

The second and perhaps biggest problem is the truck’s steer-by-wire system.

Steer-by-wire systems are used and legal in Europe, but for complicated legal reasons they need to be comply with European safety regulations.

The Cybertruck uses a US-spec system, which was the ultimate deal-breaker.

“[The police told me] this is a Cybertruck, we believe it’s a danger car to be on the road. The big gray area is the steer-by-wire,” he said in one of his videos.

Yianni was initially a little confused.

“They told me: ‘Well, you can’t have steer-by-wire’, even though we know Lexus has got a car in the UK that is steered by wire,” he said.

After trying everything to fix the problem, authorities told Yianni in no uncertain terms that the steer-by-wire system was indeed the main reason why making a Cybertruck street-legal in the UK would be nearly impossible, and precisely for the aforementioned technical reasons.

The system per se wasn’t an issue, but the fact it had been engineered in the US was.

The other reasons why the Cybertruck will never be sold in Europe

The Tesla Cybertruck is simply not designed to take on European roads – so much so that many Tesla fans have been urging Elon Musk to consider making a special international version.

There are a few legal requirements missing – the turn signals on the side mirrors, for example.

But apart from the aforementioned issues, the obvious elephant in the room is the crazy design with its sharp angles and cuts.

It’d never pass muster with the EU’s stringent pedestrian safety rules.

While a tiny handful of early imports initially slipped through as one-offs, European authorities have cracked down so hard that getting an individual approval is now virtually impossible.

And, unless Tesla redesigns it, the Cybertruck will never be sold as is as a production model.