Important fair without Tesla. Is this the beginning of the end of the brand’s dominance?
Automotive fair in Vancouver without Tesla. The Muska brand is measured with the growing wave of criticism, vandalism attacks and the falling interest of customers.
Tesla was removed from the International Motor Show in Vancouver, Canada for security reasons – the event organizers said on Thursday.
Yesterday the International Automotive Fair in Vancouver in Canada started. At this prestigious event, however, it is in vain to look for a brand belonging to Elon Musk.
“Tesla was removed from the International Motor Show in Vancouver in Canada. For security reasons,” the organizers said on Thursday.
Tesla removed from the fair
As the organizers explain, the decision to exclude Tesla was preceded by a request addressed to Muska for voluntary resignation from participation in the event.
“International automotive fair in Vancouver removed Tesla from the list of participants of this year’s event, after the car manufacturer received multiple possibilities of voluntary withdrawal,” said, quoted by Reuters, Eric Nicholl, executive director of the fair.
As the agency informed, Tesla did not respond to the request for a comment on this matter.
Attacks on Tesla
Cars belonging to Elon Musk brands are increasingly falling victim to vandalism. At the end of January, offensive graffiti appeared on the walls of one of Tesla’s salons in Colorado, including slogans such as “Nazi cars”. An unknown person also marked the front windows of the “X” red. A few weeks later, at the beginning of February, there was an attempt to set fire to the same living room. Last week, a series of fires broke out in Berlin, as a result of which four Tesla cars burned down completely.
Tesla to the wheels in trouble
Elona Muska is struggling with real problems. At the beginning of the year, it recorded significant decreases in sales throughout Europe – an average of 50 percent. In France, the Netherlands and the Scandinavian countries, Tesla sales decreased by over 60 percent. In Norway itself, the decline was 38 percent. Complications related to, among others, With allocation in Asia, primarily in China, and also in Canada. Tesla also has trouble selling used cars.
“Despite the record low prices of used Tesla and strong advertising on the part of the US president, these cars have difficulty finding buyers – according to the March study cars.com. Searching for used Tesla has fallen by 16 percent in the last month, while the demand for used electric cars of other brands increased by 28 percent in the last year,” CNN Business said.
The decline does not only apply to interest on the Internet.
“The Cargurus service, dealing with the sale of cars, has determined that the prices of used Tesla are falling more than twice as faster than the average prices of used cars,” notes the American station.
