Money Auto industry unlikely to return to normal anytime soon as COVID-19 lingers January 9, 2021January 11, 2021Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free PressComments Off on Auto industry unlikely to return to normal anytime soon as COVID-19 lingers The auto industry won't soon forget 2020 and the coronavirus pandemic, but it can't embrace a 2021 recovery yet, nor any sense of normalcy.