EDITORIAL: Why would you want to be a mobility engineer?

Reporting on product development, technology, and process in the auto industry has always been compelling for me-I've been at it for over 30 years. And experience proves that whenever events start to seem smooth and predictable, change and disruption are on the way.

As I write this in late March, the industry is unsettled. Companies are restructuring. Consolidations loom. Product lines that launched with great promise are getting the axe. They're victims of falling sales, shifting priorities, rising costs, trade friction and waning consumer interest.