Special Report: The car industry
April 2023Editorial
The Economist
Art direction — Xiaoujuan Pang
The Economist
Art direction — Xiaoujuan Pang
2023
The car industry
Everything about carmaking is changing at once
Electrification
The future lies with electric vehicles
Barriers to entry
It is getting easier for new entrants to make cars
The new challenge
China is leading the challenge to incumbent carmakers
The software shuffle
Software is now as important as hardware in cars
Hands off the wheel
Autonomous vehicles are coming, but slowly
Direct drive
Car firms are trying out new ways to sell mobility
Geopolitics
How geopolitical tensions could disrupt the global car industry
Changing lanes