How to Use automaker in a Sentence

automaker

noun
  • At the time, Tesla was a promising but troubled automaker.
    Matt McFarland, CNN, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The deal closed in May, and Foxconn took on hundreds of the automaker’s employees.
    Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Now, the 47-person startup is striking deals with shipping companies and an automaker to prove its claims in real-world use.
    Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Many questioned if the company could survive as an independent automaker.
    Matt McFarland, CNN, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Shares of Tesla, the electric automaker owned by Elon Musk, also rose sizably — up 15%.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • History is a powerful commodity for an automaker, but also a dangerous one.
    Mike Duff, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2022
  • While Trump’s victory is good for Tesla, it’s expected to be less friendly to other automakers with EV plans.
    Bruce Gil, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Top Ideas list due to Musk’s equity sales—which amount to more than 75% of the $52 billion market value of the world’s fifth largest automaker, Ford.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2022
  • 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

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