The Omicron variant also hit CES, the world’s largest tech show. General Motors announced that it will not attend the fair, which will be held on January 5-8, 2022, due to virus-related concerns.
The world’s largest technology fair of CES (Consumer Electronics Show) was announced to be held in Las Vegas two years later in 2022. In later statements, On 5-8 January 2022 It was announced that those who do not have the COVID-19 vaccine will not be able to attend the fair, which will be held and more than a thousand companies are expected to participate. This decision caused controversy all over the world.
In addition, we shared that the domestic car TOGG, whose logo was introduced recently, is on its way to participate in CES 2022, which will be held in the USA, with a ‘digital convoy’. Now an automobile giant has announced that it will not attend the fair. based in the USA General Motors (GM)announced that it will not take part in CES 2022 due to COVID-19.
Many companies will not attend the fair due to the Omicron variant.
It is known that in South Africa Omicron variant caused worldwide concerns and governments to take new measures. This variant, which emerged just when we thought that the effects of the epidemic had passed, has now affected the companies that will participate in the world’s largest technology fair. US-based automaker General Motors, Chevrolet Silverado EV announced that it will not attend CES 2022, which it plans to introduce, due to COVID-related concerns.
In a statement to Motor1 by GM spokesperson Stuart Fowle, “CES is a very important fair for the technology world. We will continue our production in line with our plans until January 5th. If the Chevrolet Silverado EV with a special event we will introduce” expressions were used. In addition, in the news, General Motors CEO, who will talk about the brand’s electric vehicles of Mary Barra It was also stated that he would not attend the fair.
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Apart from General Motors, it was also among the news that Waymo, the US-based autonomous driving technology development company, will not take part in CES 2022. Also, as well as Waymo and GM 42 more companies It was stated that he would not attend the fair. However, officials noted that despite these concerns due to COVID, CES 2022 is planned to be held without any problems.