Tesla booted from Vancouver International Auto Show over ‘safety’
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Tesla’s display at this week’s Vancouver International Auto Show was removed by event organizers because of safety issues revolving around the Elon Musk-led company.
Tesla’s display at this week’s Vancouver International Auto Show was removed by event organizers because of safety issues revolving around the Elon Musk-led company. An auto show spokesperson said in a statement to CNN that Tesla was “removed” following “multiple opportunities to voluntarily withdraw” from the event, adding that the show’s “primary concern is the safety of attendees, exhibitors, and staff.” Tesla didn’t immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment. The auto show begins Wednesday and last year drew a record-breaking 130,000 visitors. Tesla has recently been the target of protests in several cities across the US and Canada. On Tuesday, a person dressed in black shot and set fire to several Tesla vehicles at a repair facility in Las Vegas, police said, in what the FBI is investigating as a possible act of domestic terrorism. Musk has also personally drawn the ire of some Canadians, writing last month on his social media platform, X, that Canada “is not a real country,” sparking a petition to remove his passport and citizenship that received more than 375,000 signatures. Although he was born in South Africa, he obtained a Canadian passport as a teenager through his mother, Maye Musk, who was born in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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