Tesla has been removed from taking part in the Vancouver International Auto Show for the safety of the event’s attendees, workers and participants, The Canadian Press has reported.
The carmaker’s removal from the event comes after several ‘Tesla Takedown’ protests were held over the weekend in locations including Ottawa and Metro Vancouver, denouncing Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his role as advisor to United States president Donald Trump, the report wrote.
Tesla was given “multiple opportunities to voluntarily withdraw” from the auto show, and the organiser had asked the carmaker to withdraw out of “primary concern” for the safety of workers, attendees and participants at the event, Vancouver International Auto Show executive director Eric Nicholl said in a statement.
The brand has sustained arson attacks on its vehicles in a Tesla collision repair centre in Las Vegas this week, as well as near its Berlin Gigafactory in March.
The American EV brand has also been subject to negative perception in Malaysia, with calls to boycott the company from the general public on social media, and Tesla vehicles have been vandalised, though the motivation behind the attacks on the vehicles in Malaysia is not exactly clear.
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Good to see people power.
eventually all american brand auto industry plant inside Kannada will be moving back to states very soon
And then the Americans complain about rising prices of cars and other imported things. Most Americans still dont realise they cant Make America Great Again without making sacrifices.
“The carmaker’s removal from the event comes after several ‘Tesla Takedown’ protests were held over the weekend in locations including Ottawa and Metro Vancouver, denouncing Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his role as advisor to United States president Donald Trump, the report wrote”
The protest are held by the same people who were pushing for EVs under Trudeau and now Carney is doing the same thing
everything is politics to some cowards who always attack the innocent .if you have issue with Elon, go and face him and engage in a dialogue . don’t vandalise unrelated people’s private property and causing job uncertainties . most folks are simply working hard and use their hard earned money to buy a product which suits their needs. don’t confuse them with Elon