Vancouver International Auto Show removes Tesla as exhibitor amid safety concerns

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The Vancouver International Auto Show has removed Tesla from its event this week. As Meera Bains reports, the show’s executive director says the electric carmaker was asked to withdraw because the expo's  »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS  Connect with CBC News Online:  For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: http://bit.ly/1Z0m6iX Follow CBC News on TikTok: https://bit.ly/3TnHioe Follow CBC News on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1sA5P9H Find CBC News on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1WjG36m Follow CBC News on Instagram: http://bit.ly/1Z0iE7O Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/3leaWsr  Download the CBC News app for iOS: http://apple.co/25mpsUz Download the CBC News app for Android: http://bit.ly/1XxuozZ  »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» For more than 80 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.

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00:00The Vancouver International Auto Show has removed U.S. electric car maker Tesla from its event this week.

00:07There will be no corporate Tesla presence at the show.

00:10The event's organizer says the company was given multiple opportunities to withdraw over the last seven days,

00:16then was ultimately dropped.

00:19The political position on this has absolutely no bearing on the decision.

00:22This is purely from a safety point for our guests and our attendees.

00:27Tesla's founder Elon Musk has been steeped in controversy over concerns of political interference

00:33and close ties to U.S. President Donald Trump.

00:37Trump recently selected a red Tesla as the electric car company's stock sinks and sales lag.

00:43Then a wave of Tesla takedown protests across Canada, the U.S. and parts of Europe.

00:49Tesla chargers and showrooms have also been the target of vandalism.

00:53I've been running events for 20 years. Sometimes you've got to listen to your gut.

00:57CBC News reached out to Tesla. The company did not respond by deadline.

01:02The auto show attracts over 100,000 attendees and promotes itself as one of North America's

01:08premier automotive exhibition events.

01:11A UBC expert in social movements suggests Musk's company has few options to turn it around.

01:18Those are the two scenarios, right, that sales pick up amongst Trump supporters

01:22or that he sells Tesla.

01:24But he suspects the backlash against the electric car maker is just the beginning of a larger movement

01:30against Donald Trump.

01:32Tesla is kind of the low-hanging fruit, right, so it's kind of the low-hanging fruit

01:37in a mass protest that is going to ramp up against, you know, this kind of whole administration.

01:45This latest flashpoint is also a sign of the breakdown of Canada-U.S. relations

01:50and the impact on U.S. brands.

01:53Meera Bains, CBC News, Vancouver.

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