Clarification for non-Americans. Aka "America is doing something fucking stupid, again"

In the United States, crash safety testing is left up to the automakers for the most part. The NHTSA only has the budget and resources to test "the most popular vehicles sold" to ensure that the manufacturer simply isn't LYING outright

As such they've publicly stated

“While it has certainly created a lot of buzz, it’s unlikely we would invest resources to test it unless it were selling in numbers comparable with other popular large pickups”

Elmo requires MOOOOORE attention https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24252438/x-blocked-users-view-public-posts

(LED lightbars are also illegal because they blind other drivers)

Actually Tesla SELLS an LED lightbar for $20,000

But refuses to install them, because they're illegal to use on public roads

https://service.tesla.com/docs/Cybertruck/ServiceManual/en-us/GUID-3FB15C20-B219-4700-A53A-D946616091A9.html

Oops here's the dossier https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/read-the-jd-vance-dossier

For the lazy

there's a fucking cybertruck deciding whether to drive through floodwater

It made it, and then (maybe a different cyber truck) came back the other way a minute later