
The Economist – Special Reports (April 22, 2023): Everything about carmaking is changing at once. The industry must reinvent itself to keep pace, says Simon Wright
Everything about carmaking is changing at once

The car industry
The industry must reinvent itself to keep pace, says Simon Wright
Electrification
The future lies with electric vehicles

The car industry is electrifying rapidly and irrevocably
- It is getting easier for new entrants to make cars
- China is leading the challenge to incumbent carmakers
- Software is now as important as hardware in cars
- Autonomous vehicles are coming, but relatively slowly
- How geopolitical tensions could disrupt the global car industry
- The future should bring more choice and better cars