“The financial consequences for all those involved in the event are significant and will need to be assessed over the coming weeks,” the organizers say in a statement released on Friday, adding that ticket holders will be refunded. In the interim, they’re now working on arranging “the dismantling of the event.”
We’d hoped to see more of Polestar’s Precept Concept car at GIMS 2020, along with Cadillac’s first EV, Tesla’s production-ready Model Y, and the usual plethora of concept cars the event is known for. But considering the risks of getting thousands of people to fly in from all over the world and hang out in a confined space for days before returning home, we’ll gladly make do with digital press briefings instead.