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

The Economist – Special Reports (March 25, 2023)

Ready, player four billion: the rise of video games

As video games move from teenage distraction to universal pastime they are following the path of other mass media, says Tom Wainwright

Battles over streaming break out for video games

Streaming subscriptions have revolutionised music and television. What will they do to games?