How to Use automaker in a Sentence

automaker

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • The contracts have prompted other automakers to raise wages to avoid strikes similar to the UAW’s.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 17 Nov. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Long term, Nomura thinks the wage shift may spur automakers to move U.S. production to low-cost places.
    WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Some automakers are reevaluating their costly EV strategies as the year comes to a close.
    Alexa St. John, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023
  • All three cars—which are the first roadsters in the automaker’s modern history—are built by the Rolls-Royce Coachbuild division.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Many of the plans will continue the manufacture of vehicles that the automakers already build.
    Alex Veiga, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The group is now looking west as part of its ambitious plans to shift more units of its cars amid an ongoing price war with Tesla and other automakers.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The world’s largest automakers are moving deeper into the supply chain for metals to power their electric cars.
    Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ, 12 July 2023
  • The Mistral will be the automaker’s last model to feature the mill, which has powered all of its vehicles since it was acquired and relaunched by Volkswagen in the late 1990s.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2023
  • And the union wants automakers to bring back cost-of-living adjustments to wages, a contract provision that the workers agreed to give up in 2009 when automakers were on the brink of collapse.
    Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Most automakers have been around for decades while a few, like Alfa Romeo and Mercedes-Benz, have more than a century of history behind them.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The automaker estimated that the strike could cost it $200 million a week going forward, though that number will likely grow now that workers at the Texas plant are on strike.
    Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • There was skepticism whether the threat automaker would dissuade customers from selling the in-demand Spectre.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The earnings were announced as the automaker continues to negotiate with the United Auto Workers to end its strike, which is now in its sixth week.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2023
  • For years, the automaker has been positioning the Equinox as its great equalizer, affordably priced and with enough range to be everyone’s first EV.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 12 Feb. 2024
  • German suppliers do brisk trade in China, but their main customers are the big German automakers.
    Steve Mollman, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The automakers are advising owners to park outdoors and away from structures until repairs are done.
    Tom Krisher, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The automaker is still in the production ramp for the Lyriq—builds of model-year 2024 Lyrics only started earlier in May, several weeks later than planned.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 May 2023
  • The Japanese automaker promised to revitalize Daihatsu, yet warned the process would take time.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Most recently, autoworkers at the Big Three Detroit automakers won 25 percent raises over the next 4½ years.
    Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023

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