Upcoming Editions
Preview forthcoming editions, their editorial focus and scheduled publication dates.
The New Age of Mobility: How the Movement of People and Goods Is Being Reinvented
Mobility is entering a period of profound change across road, rail, air and water. New propulsion systems, connected infrastructure, digital platforms and intelligent machines are changing how people travel and how goods reach their destinations. This edition examines mobility as one interconnected ecosystem rather than a collection of separate transport industries. It explores the technologies, infrastructure and operational changes reshaping vehicles, aircraft, trains, ships, logistics networks and the movement systems that connect economies and communities.
Moving Without Oil: How New Energy Is Rewriting the Future of Transportation
Transportation has depended heavily on petroleum for more than a century, but the energy landscape supporting movement is becoming increasingly diverse. Batteries, hydrogen, biofuels, sustainable aviation fuels and alternative marine fuels are being developed for different mobility requirements. This edition examines the transition across cars, commercial vehicles, aviation, shipping and other transport modes, exploring why no single energy solution fits every journey and how infrastructure, economics, range and efficiency influence the choices ahead.
Mobility in 2026: The Technologies and Transitions Changing How the World Moves
The mobility landscape continued to evolve throughout 2026 as electrification expanded, transportation became more connected and infrastructure investment changed how people and cargo moved. Developments across automobiles, aviation, railways, shipping and logistics reflected a broader transformation in mobility. This edition brings those changes together without ranking technologies or companies, examining how energy, digitalisation, automation and infrastructure influenced transportation during the year and what those shifts reveal about its direction.
The Mobility Outlook 2027: A World Moving Faster, Smarter and More Connected
Transportation enters 2027 amid continuing changes in propulsion, infrastructure, connectivity and automation. Road vehicles are becoming more intelligent, rail networks are expanding, aviation is pursuing greater efficiency and shipping and logistics are adopting new technologies. This edition examines the mobility environment at the beginning of the year across road, rail, air and water. It connects the major technological and operational forces influencing how passengers and cargo move while considering the infrastructure required to support them.
The Electric Journey: How Electrification Is Expanding Beyond the Passenger Car
Electrification is spreading beyond passenger cars into two-wheelers, buses, commercial fleets, rail systems, marine vessels and emerging aircraft concepts. Each application presents different requirements for batteries, charging, range, payload and operating cycles. This edition examines electric mobility across the wider transportation ecosystem and explores where electrification offers practical advantages, where technical challenges remain and how charging networks, battery development and energy infrastructure will influence its adoption across different modes of movement.
The Software-Defined Journey: When Code Becomes Part of How the World Moves
Software is becoming an increasingly important layer of transportation. Cars receive digital updates, fleets are coordinated through connected platforms, aircraft depend on sophisticated computing and railway and logistics systems use software to manage complex movement. This edition examines how code is becoming part of the mobility infrastructure across road, rail, air and sea. It explores software-defined vehicles, navigation, fleet management, digital logistics and connected transport systems while considering the growing importance of cybersecurity and reliability.
Moving India: Building the Transport Infrastructure for a Growing Economy
The movement of people and goods depends on infrastructure capable of connecting cities, industries, ports, airports and markets. Roads and expressways work alongside railways, urban transit, airports, ports and freight corridors to create the physical network supporting economic activity. This edition examines India's evolving transportation infrastructure and the importance of multimodal connectivity. It explores how capacity, technology and better integration between transport systems can improve accessibility, logistics efficiency and the movement required by a growing economy.
The Future of Freight: Reinventing How Goods Move From Origin to Destination
Every product travels through a chain of movement before reaching its destination. Trucks, freight trains, aircraft, ships, containers, warehouses and last-mile networks work together to keep commerce moving across cities and continents. This edition examines the changing world of freight and the technologies improving visibility, coordination and efficiency across logistics. It explores multimodal transportation, digital freight platforms, automation and infrastructure while considering how businesses can move cargo more reliably through increasingly complex supply networks.
Above the Clouds: How Technology Is Transforming the Future of Aviation
Aviation connects people and goods across distances that would otherwise require days or weeks to cross. Aircraft engineering, propulsion, navigation, airport technology and digital systems continue to evolve as the sector pursues greater efficiency, capacity and safety. This edition examines the technologies reshaping commercial aviation and air cargo, from increasingly efficient aircraft and sustainable fuels to smarter airports and connected operations. It also explores emerging concepts that could expand the possibilities of flight and aerial mobility.
Across the Oceans: How Shipping Is Navigating a New Era of Technology and Energy
Maritime transport carries enormous volumes of goods between economies, making ships and ports fundamental to global trade. The sector is now adapting to new environmental requirements, changing fuels, digital navigation and increasingly automated operations. This edition examines the technology transforming commercial shipping, including vessel design, propulsion, port systems, tracking and maritime logistics. It explores how shipping can improve efficiency and reduce environmental impact while continuing to provide the scale and reliability required by global cargo movement.
The Road Ahead: How Cars, Two-Wheelers and Commercial Vehicles Are Being Reinvented
Road transportation is changing across every vehicle category. Passenger cars are gaining new powertrains and software, two-wheelers are becoming increasingly connected and electrified, while trucks and buses are adopting technologies designed around efficiency, safety and demanding operating cycles. This edition examines the changing road vehicle across internal combustion, hybrid and electric architectures. It explores electronics, connectivity, safety, propulsion and vehicle design while considering how different use cases are shaping the evolution of personal and commercial mobility.
Railways Reinvented: The Technology Transforming Passenger and Freight Movement
Railways remain one of the most efficient ways to move large numbers of passengers and substantial volumes of freight over land. Modern rail systems are evolving through electrification, advanced signalling, faster rolling stock, automation and improved passenger information. This edition examines technology across conventional rail, high-speed networks, metro systems and freight corridors. It explores how digital control, infrastructure and modern train technology can increase capacity, improve reliability and strengthen rail's role within an integrated mobility ecosystem.
When Machines Take Control: The Journey Toward Autonomous Mobility
Autonomous mobility extends far beyond the idea of a self-driving passenger car. Automated systems are being developed for trucks, trains, ships, drones and specialised transport applications, each operating within different environments and safety requirements. This edition examines the technologies enabling machines to navigate and make movement decisions, including sensors, cameras, radar, positioning and artificial intelligence. It explores the technical, operational and safety challenges that must be addressed as automation assumes a greater role across transportation.
The Multimodal Future: Connecting Road, Rail, Air and Sea Into One Mobility Network
Transportation becomes more powerful when individual modes operate as parts of a connected network. Passengers may combine road and rail within a single journey, while cargo can travel by ship, train, truck and aircraft before reaching its destination. This edition examines multimodal mobility and the infrastructure, logistics hubs, digital systems and information required to connect different forms of transport. It explores how better integration between road, rail, air and sea can improve efficiency, accessibility and the reliability of passenger and freight movement.
The Future of Movement: How People and Goods Will Travel in the Next Decade
The future of mobility will emerge from changes occurring simultaneously across vehicles, infrastructure, energy and digital technology. Electric and alternative propulsion systems are evolving, transportation is becoming increasingly connected and automation is expanding across road, rail, air and sea. This edition brings the complete mobility landscape together to examine how passenger travel and cargo movement may develop over the next decade. It focuses on the technologies and structural changes already visible today rather than attempting to predict a single future for transportation.