Undergoing an aggressive revamp to prepare for an autonomous-driving future, the Los Angeles Auto Show is eliminating its Connected Car Expo and replacing it with a new pre-show designed to better bridge automakers and technology companies. When the L.A. Auto Show takes place this fall, it will be preceded by AutoMobility LA, which will fold in elements of the Connected Car Expo into the traditional media and trade days for "one schedule, one brand, one show," said the event's Brendan Flynn. Kicking off Monday, Nov. 14, with opening ceremonies and a cocktail party, AutoMobility LA's next three days will include panels, conferences, test drives and demonstrations -- and the car displays that have been the L.A. Auto Show's centerpiece since it was founded in 1907. The 10-day auto show that will follow AutoMobility LA will be unchanged. The idea of folding the 4-year-old Connected Car Expo into the traditional media and trade days that precede the auto show's public days has been in the works for several years.