The Vancouver Worldwide Auto Present has joined the rising checklist of cancelled regional auto exhibits subsequent yr.

In a information launch issued late Tuesday, the New Automotive Sellers Affiliation of B.C. stated “ongoing provide chain points plaguing the auto sector” have pressured the choice to cancel the present which had been scheduled for March 22-26 on the Vancouver Conference Centre West.

“For the final a number of months, we’ve got been working with car producers and different companions in anticipating of returning in-person to have fun the 100^th version of the standard auto present in March,” stated Blair Qualey, president and CEO of the New Automotive Sellers Affiliation. “Sadly, ongoing world provide chain points imply that quite a few producers and distributors should not ready to decide to collaborating in lots of North American auto exhibits, together with Vancouver.

He stated that with out the stable participation of producers, “we’re unable to provide the form of high quality present that each we and auto lovers from throughout the province have come to count on.”

In the meantime, the affiliation is actively exploring different “significant in-person occasion choices,” the discharge stated.

Present supervisor Eric Nicholl stated in a phone interview that and not using a conventional auto present, “we’re pivoting to a brand new regional format,” which can be detailed “within the coming weeks.”

Auto exhibits in Calgary and Ottawa even have been cancelled attributable to inadequate participation by automakers.