A difficult new world

The car industry

Everything about carmaking is changing at once

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

Barriers to entry

It is getting easier for new entrants to make cars

Electrification is lowering the industry’s daunting barriers to entry

The new challenge

China is leading the challenge to incumbent carmakers

The legacy industry’s greatest assets are not worth as much as in the past

The software shuffle

Software is now as important as hardware in cars

It is easier for a tech firm to make cars than a carmaker to become a tech company

Hands off the wheel

Autonomous vehicles are coming, but slowly

The next challenge for legacy firms is to adapt to autonomy

Geopolitics

How geopolitical tensions could disrupt the global car industry

The unhelpful fallout from Sino-American squabbles

Direct drive

Car firms are trying out new ways to sell mobility

The days when cars were sold at arm’s length through dealerships is ending

Changing lanes

A changing car industry should result in more choice and better motoring

The future may be hard for some, but for others it could be as bright as a shiny new car

The car industry

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