Vancouver International Auto Show removes Tesla over safety concerns
The Vancouver International Auto Show has removed the US electric car manufacturer Tesla from its event this week, stating that her main concern was the safety of the participants and exhibitors.
Tesla faced Numerous protests in Canada Recently due to the proximity of the owner Elon Musk to the President of the United States Donald Trump, at a time when Trump imposed 25 % rates on Canadian imports and publicly made threats of annexation towards the country.
The automotive manufacturer saw protests in its dealers and its products have been excluded from the discount programs of BC electric vehicles in the middle of the commercial war with the United States
The last development is provided with the annual Vancouver International Auto Show that decides to exclude Tesla after the car manufacturer had multiple opportunities to take voluntarily, according to a declaration by the executive director of the show.
“The main concern of the Vancouver Auto Show is the security of participants, exhibitors and staff,” said executive director Eric Nicholl. “This decision will ensure that all participants can be concentrated exclusively on enjoying the numerous positive elements of the event”.
At a press conference, Nicholl said that Tesla was given the opportunity to voluntarily retire in the last week and the car manufacturer has been informed of the removal at 13:00 PT Tuesday.
Nicholl said, in response to a question of CBC News, that the concerns that push the removal have been “all-inclusive” of the perspective of protests and vandalism against Tesla.
“[In] Light of recent growing events throughout North America, while we are approaching, we are witnessing a peak, “said the director of the Expo, referring to the protests in the last six weeks.
“Making the decision at this point ensures that the safety of our guests and participants is fundamental.”
As a response to the US rates, BC is targeting one of the president’s closest allies. Starting from Thursday, BC Hydro is removing the Tesla products from its discount program on the charger for electric vehicles. Yvette Brend of CBC is on this story.
The automotive show is held every year at the Vancouver Convention Center and its website says it attracts over 100,000 participants. It is managed by BC’s New Car Dealers Association, starts Wednesday and will end on Sunday.
In a February declaration, the automotive show said he had a record participation last year and had consolidated as Most frequented consumers show in Western Canada and one of the preview car exhibition events in North America.
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Nicholl said that political noises had no decision to remove Tesla, who according to him was disappointing for the Expo, as he wanted to show the largest amplitude of available cars.
“It was a difficult decision to land,” he told journalists.
Nicholl said that car shows for consumption are important for each automotive manufacturer and no other participant has been removed in the three years in which he managed the show.
CEO of Tesla near Trump
Musk, CEO of Tesla, is a close confidant of Trump in his role as head of the government efficiency department, who has implemented radical cuts to the civil service of that country.
The billionaire is an absolutist “self-inscribed freedom of speech” who has faced criticism from language-hatred guard dogs for allowing extremist, dangerous and anti-Semitic comments to thrive on X, the social media platform it possesses.
David Tindall, professor of sociology of the University of BC, said that to the extent that Trump was a threat to Canada in the eyes of people, Musk was also part of the threat.
He said that the billionaire CEO and his company became a popular goal for the protesters, the reverse of a previous positive perception of Musk as a man who was advancing clean energy and electric cars.
“Tesla is the type of low fruit, right?” He told CBC News. “It is a kind of low -content fruit of a mass protest that will engage against … all this administration.”
The Vancouver International Auto Show has removed Tesla from its event this week. As Mera Bains reports, the executive director of the show says that the electric car manufacturer was asked to retire because the “main concern” of the Expo was for the safety of workers, exhibitors and those who participated in the event.
