Automakers this year pressed ahead with new investments in assembly plants, including expansions, retoolings and purchases of undeveloped land, despite early concerns the pandemic would make 2020 a washout.
COVID-19 disrupted but didn’t cancel some of 2020’s biggest product debuts and tech advances, but we did detect one major shift — changes and updates seem to be coming faster inside, under the hood, even in the drivetrain, than outside.
A Call To Action: Industry rose to help society in toughest times
When the history of the COVID-19 pandemic is written, there should be a prominent place for the auto industry heroes who stepped up, pitched in, mobilized, fed, educated and comforted.