Tesla Ejected from the Vancouver Auto Show — Because Stainless Steel and Twitter Don’t Mix

It all started innocently enough. The Tesla stand was up. The lights were on. The cars were polished to a mirror shine. There they stood, like showroom gladiators:
— Cybertruck, that angular slab of apocalypse-grade stainless steel, ready to deflect small arms fire and probably harsh criticism;
— Model 3, casually pretending it hadn’t just failed a Danish vehicle inspection;
— and Model Y, which still looks like a family hatchback designed during an Apple board meeting.

But then, just 24 hours before the doors were set to open, they vanished. All of them. Gone.
Evicted.
Not wheeled out with dignity, mind you, but unceremoniously dumped — like last night’s sushi in a restaurant that suddenly remembered food safety laws.

The official explanation? “Security concerns.”
Because, as we’ve all come to learn, Teslas have become moving targets in more ways than one. Around the world, angry mobs — or perhaps just very committed keyboard warriors — have taken their grievances to the streets: cars have been torched, tires slashed, windshields smashed, and less-than-family-friendly phrases lovingly Sharpied across pristine hoods.

And all of this, of course, plays out on the backdrop of Elon Musk treating Twitter like his personal megaphone and Donald Trump casually suggesting that Canada might make a decent 51st state — which, let’s be honest, hasn’t exactly improved Tesla’s PR north of the border.

So yes, the organizers of the Vancouver Auto Show decided that while all electric vehicles are welcome, perhaps not the one that looks like a rejected prop from Blade Runner, and definitely not the one made by a man who seems to confuse online trolling with leadership.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is where we are now.

Speak your mind, they say.
But if you shout too loud — or make stainless-steel trucks shaped like doorstops — don’t be surprised when you’re shown the door.