The organizers of the Vancouver International Auto Show indicate that the event broke attendance records after attracting international titles to ban Tesla for security reasons.
Supporters of the electric car company and CEO Elon Musk had called for a boycott of the series, but the organizers say that it rather set a new frequentation record of more than 138,000.
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They say that in a press release that the attendance of more than 42,000 Saturday at the Vancouver Convention Center also broke the record for a day.
Eric Nicholl’s executive director, said last week that Tesla had been withdrawn to participate in the concern of workers, participants and exhibitors.
Tesla dealers across Canada were struck by a series of demonstrations and vandalism while the demonstrators oppose the role of Musk in the American administration of President Donald Trump.
Supporters of Musk and Tesla on social networks had called for a boycott from the Vancouver Automobile Fair after the brand’s exclusion.
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