The Vancouver International Auto Show kicked Tesla’s display from its event this week due to “safety concerns” about the protests against owner Elon Musk, including multiple incidents of Tesla vehicles being set ablaze.
Tesla was “removed” from the massive auto show – which last year drew in a record-breaking 130,000 visitors – due to safety concerns “related to the protests,” a spokesperson for the auto show told The Post in a statement.
“There were several protests in Vancouver this week, in addition to what we’ve seen across Canada and the US,” they added.
The automaker was given “multiple opportunities to voluntarily withdraw,” but the show’s “primary concern is the safety of attendees, exhibitors, and staff,” the spokesperson said.
Tesla did not immediately respond to noti.group’s request for comment.
Musk’s automaker is still included in the official guide online, revealing Tesla was scheduled to showcase its Model 3, Model Y and Cybertruck at the Vancouver show.
The auto show, which started Wednesday and ends Sunday, includes booths from major automakers like Hyundai, Ford and Chevrolet.
Tesla was punted from its space in the show as it has become the target of demonstrations protesting Musk’s ties to the White House and his recent support of a far-right political party in Germany.
As Musk has made some controversial calls – to dismantle the Department of Education, for example – symbolic attacks on Tesla vehicles have ramped up.
Most recently, shocking video footage showed a row of Tesla cars engulfed in flames at a Las Vegas service center in what cops are investigating as arson.
One woman was recently arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails and spray-painting “Nazi cars” on parked vehicles in the lot of a Tesla dealership in Colorado. In Seattle, four Tesla Cybertrucks were torched earlier this month
Massive demonstrations have also targeted dealerships across the country, including one in Manhattan earlier this month. Police officers arrested at least five protesters for trespassing.
A website called “Dogequest” has reportedly published the personal information of Tesla vehicle owners nationwide in a bid to shame and intimidate them.
Musk drew the ire of Canucks last after saying that Canada “is not a real country.”
His comment sparked a petition to remove his Canadian passport and citizenship, which gathered a whopping 375,000 signatures.
Although he was born in South Africa, Musk got a Canadian passport as a teenager through his mother, Maye Musk, who was born in Canada.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
