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The car industry
A difficult new world
Everything about carmaking is changing at once. The industry must reinvent itself to keep pace, says Simon Wright
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The car industry
Everything about carmaking is changing at once
The industry must reinvent itself to keep pace, says Simon Wright
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Electrification
The future lies with electric vehicles
The car industry is electrifying rapidly and irrevocably
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Barriers to entry
It is getting easier for new entrants to make cars
Electrification is lowering the industry’s daunting barriers to entry
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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
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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
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Hands off the wheel
Autonomous vehicles are coming, but slowly
The next challenge for legacy firms is to adapt to autonomy
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Geopolitics
How geopolitical tensions could disrupt the global car industry
The unhelpful fallout from Sino-American squabbles
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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
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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
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Video games
Insert coin
As video games move from teenage distraction to universal pastime they are following the same path as other mass media, says Tom Wainwright
- Insert coin: Ready, player four billion: the rise of video games
- Distribution: Battles over streaming break out for video games
- Mouse, keyboard, action: Moviemaking and gamemaking are converging
- Spectator sports: The rise and rise of e-sports
- Censorship: Complexities of moderating and classifying video games
- Geopolitics: Video games, power and diplomacy
- User-generated content: The rise of user-created video games
- The future: How digital gaming spreads far and wide