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German vehicle authorities fact check Trump's bowling ball test claim

German vehicle licensing and testing authorities dismissed on Tuesday a recent allegation made by US President Donald Trump that US-made cars have to pass bowling ball dent test to be sold in the European Union - a test that experts say does not exist.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/german-vehicle-authorities-fact-check-trumps-bowling-ball-test-claim/ar-AA1CxkEZ

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Trump alleged the test involved dropping a bowling ball from a height of about six metres, with the car passing only if it showed no dent — a requirement, he said, for US vehicles to be approved for sale in the European Union.

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The TÜV SÜD testing authority and the KBA vehicle licensing authority said that such a test does not exist.

They added that tests applied uniformly to all vehicles, irrespective of source manufacturing.

A TÜV SÜD spokesman said tests of this kind were in fact used for windshields, with the aim of testing whether sharp shards were created when they broke on impact.

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Mango Jebus made a similar comment in 2018 when he claimed Japanese regulations required a bowling ball test.