Google, Waymo, General Motors joined the companies no longer attending the CES 2022 event in person early next month due to rising COVID-19 infections.
US automaker General Motors, Alphabet’s Google and its self-driving auto-technology company Waymo on Thursday joined the companies no longer attending the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in person early next month due to rising COVID-19 infections. GM Chief Executive Mary Barra had been scheduled to give a keynote speech at the annual conference on January 5, during which the company would have shown its electric Silverado pickup truck for the first time. Barra will still make the speech and presentation remotely, a spokesman said. “We have decided to move to an all-digital approach with our activation at CES 2022 in January,” the US automaker said in a statement. “We are continuing with our plans on Jan.5 to share our significant company news, including the reveal of the Chevrolet Silverado EV.” A Google spokesperson said in a statement: “After careful consideration we have decided to withhold from having a presence on the show floor of CES 2022,” adding that Google would continue to “identify and support virtual opportunities.
