Vietnamese automaker VinFast has canceled its participation on this yr’s IAA Mobility present in Munich.

The corporate confirmed to Automotive Information Europe sister publication Automobilwoche that it will likely be absent from the present, which takes place subsequent month.

VinFast didn’t give a cause for the cancellation.

VinFast’s plan to promote vehicles in Europe has hit setbacks. The corporate deliberate to start deliveries of the VF 9 and VF 8 SUVs final yr, however it was unable to finish the homologation course of in time.

Its deliberate market launch in Germany, France and the Netherlands has been slowed by more difficult security rules that took impact this yr in Europe, Chairwoman Le Thi Thu Thuy mentioned on the Automotive Information Europe Congress in June.

VinFast has turned its focus to North America. This month the automaker broke floor on its U.S. meeting plant in North Carolina, the place it plans to construct three EV crossovers beginning in 2025.

Tesla, tech corporations collaborating

The IAA Mobility present, which is open to the general public from Sept. 5-10, first occurred in 2021 because the successor to the Frankfurt auto present. The biennial occasion is organized by the German auto trade affiliation (VDA).

German automakers together with Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Opel shall be on the present. Tesla and Renault are additionally collaborating, together with Chinese language automakers together with BYD, Leapmotor and Dongfeng.

Different contributors embrace suppliers Robert Bosch, Continental and ZF Friedrichshafen, in addition to tech corporations, together with Google, Nvidia, Luminar, Qualcomm and Amazon Internet Providers.