Show organizers cited the ongoing pandemic as well as a desire to take advantage of an upcoming 100,000-square-foot expansion to the Javits Center.

Renault and Peugeot have put together elaborate, multi-day virtual events timed to what would have been the dates of this year's now-canceled Paris show.

The IAA moves to Munich in 2021 from Frankfurt, its home for almost 20 years. It is critical for the show's reputation to attract foreign companies.

A full-electric vehicle based on the automaker's SUV e:concept will be mass-produced "as soon as possible," Honda's China boss said.