How to Use automaker in a Sentence

automaker

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  • Now the automaker returns to the silver screen with a new short called The Calm.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 16 May 2023
  • The strike against the Detroit automakers is dealing a blow to the U.S. steel market.
    — Bob Tita, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2023
  • However, the vote does not mean there will be a strike at any of the three automakers.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The commission will look into whether the act gives it the power to do the same thing with automakers.
    — Tom Krisher, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The British automaker will close the books on its gas-engine era with special editions of the F-Pace.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 May 2024
  • The British automaker unveiled its first EV, the Spectre, last fall.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, seems to be treading that path.
    — Lawrence Ulrich, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Wage hikes Workers at all Big 3 automakers will see a 25% increase in their hourly pay across the four-and-half years of the contract.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The top three automakers all reported profits in the first quarter of this year.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 12 July 2023
  • Under the mandate, automakers will have to sell such cars, but customers won’t have to buy them.
    — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
  • Now production won’t start until the first half of 2024, the Swedish automaker said in a statement.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 11 May 2023
  • Tesla is no longer the only automaker that’s all-in on the internet.
    — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The lack of a roof suggests the build is based on the Huayra Roadster BC, the second open-top version of the automaker’s sophomore hypercar.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The contracts have prompted other automakers to raise wages to avoid strikes similar to the UAW’s.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Volkswagen isn't the only automaker to return to the list.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Adding to the intrigue—and game theoretic fun—is that this is the first time the union is moving against all three major US automakers at the same time.
    — WIRED, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The findings are the latest blow in a deepening crisis of trust for Japan’s automakers.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Asia, 3 June 2024
  • Tesla’s recall this week is the latest in a string of events that have brought scrutiny to the automaker and its software.
    — Derrick Bryson Taylor, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The automaker wants the 500e to be your stylish but economical secondary ride.
    — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2024
  • And when automakers discover them, they're required to fix them, for free.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Munger declined, and indeed Berkshire has largely steered clear of automakers over the decades.
    — Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 27 May 2023
  • News of the automaker’s anti-hybrid stance comes from no less a reliable source than the top boss, Chris Brownridge.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
  • This is why automakers do so much to try and prevent corrosion.
    — Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Long term, Nomura thinks the wage shift may spur automakers to move U.S. production to low-cost places.
    — WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
  • But its automakers lagged well behind the Chinese ability to make EVs for the masses.
    — Neil Winton, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The automaker sent over a list of reasons why its expansion of the Orion Assembly plant is good news.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The automaker has also seen a major staff shakeup in recent weeks.
    — Dana Hull, Fortune Asia, 8 May 2024
  • Some automakers are reevaluating their costly EV strategies as the year comes to a close.
    — Alexa St. John, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
  • And the trend is forcing America’s automakers to reassess their sales and production strategies.
    — Tom Krisher, The Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Foreign automakers have taken advantage of Mexico’s other free trade deals to avoid export taxes and lower labor costs.
    — William Gavin, Quartz, 16 Oct. 2024

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