The 2022 Geneva Motor Show has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the microchip crisis. We will have to wait for GIMS 2023, which will be held sometime between February and March 2023.
There are already massive events taking place all over the world, although in almost all cases with some or other limitations. In this context, the Geneva Motor Show 2022, next February. Nevertheless, has been postponed until 2023, one more year.
This has been communicated by the Permanent Committee du Salon international de l’automobile, which is the organizer of the Geneva Motor Show, and has expressed in the official statement that the decision they have carried out will allow ‘a more shocking show’. But a year later, as we were already moving forward.
Finally there will be no Geneva Motor Show 202
The Geneva Motor Show 2022 it has been final, definitive and officially cancelled for various reasons. The health pandemic, due to COVID-19, is not only a direct problem for the organization of this type of event, but also involves a multitude of indirect problems.
But in addition to this, the sector is currently being affected by the ‘microchip crisis’, which is nothing more than a shortage of semiconductors. At the moment, the entire automotive sector is experiencing serious difficulties in meeting the demand for vehicles due to the lack of microprocessors. So, as is evident, the context It is not ideal for an event of this type.
From the organization they have indicated that ‘a lot of pressure has been put in place and everything has been tried for the revival of the Geneva International Motor Show in 2022’. But they recognize, at the same time, that ‘the situation of the pandemic is not under control and is presented as a great threat to a great event like this’. They insist, yes, on seeing this decision as a postponement and not a cancellation.
We will have to wait for the 2023 Geneva Motor Show, when will it be held?
Except for a last minute surprise, such as the one that concerns us with the edition that was scheduled for 2022, the Geneva Motor Show 2023 should be held sometime between February and March 2023. However, the exact dates are still pending official confirmation and, for the moment, they will surely make us wait several months.