It is the case that with B authorization on the driver’s license you can drive a vehicle with a total weight of 3.5 tonnes.
The maximum load is defined as the difference between the total weight and the service weight.
Since electric cars and plug-in hybrids have heavy batteries to lug around, this means that the maximum load takes a big hit.
Small cars can carry more than large SUVs
For example, the large electric SUV Polestar 3 has a lower permissible load weight than the small car Renault Clio.
In the case of the Polestar 3, it has a load weight of between 382 and 396 kilograms depending on the version.
A Renault Clio can load a full six kilos more while a Skoda Fabia can load up to 40 kilograms more.
It reports We Car Owners.
Renault Clio can be seen as a real pack donkey in certain contexts. (Photo: Renault)
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Problems on vacation
If you fill a Polestar 3 with four average men, who in Sweden are 180 centimeters tall and weigh 84 kilograms, then you are up to 336 kilograms.
In other words, you can only have packing between 46 and 60 kilograms. With five adults in the car, it is immediately overloaded.
At 30 percent overload, the driver’s license can be revoked, according to The newspaper Proffs.
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Extra difficult in winter
It can be extra problematic if you are going to the mountains during the winter months and have to carry heavy equipment, a roof box and the whole family with you.
It’s important to keep an eye on the maximum load so you don’t go there because of an overload.