carmaker

noun car·mak·er \ ˈkär-ˌmā-kər \

|Updated on: 20 Jun 2018

Definition of carmaker

: an automobile manufacturer

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Recent Examples of carmaker from the Web

What his investigation into auto imports could mean for American consumers and carmakers, next.

— Fox News, "Trump calls on DOJ to look into 2016 campaign surveillance," 27 May 2018
Besides, Chinese carmakers (and their global partners) don’t need to satisfy finicky American consumers—given the giant opportunity to serve a nation of first-time drivers who don’t have the same expectations.

— bradley berman, Popular Mechanics, "China Is the Automotive Alternate Universe," 4 May 2018
Loosening limits for electric carmakers and aerospace manufacturers is notable because those are two areas where Beijing and Washington have been increasingly at loggerheads.

— keith bradsher, New York Times, "China Loosens Foreign Auto Rules, in Potential Peace Offering to Trump," 17 Apr. 2018
The friction has broader implications for carmakers because California’s rules are followed by 12 other states that collectively account for about a third of U.S. auto sales.

— Fortune, "The Trump Administration Is Cutting Obama-Era Fuel Efficiency Regulations," 2 Apr. 2018
And the company that perhaps earns more from this side market than any other is Elon Musk’s electric carmaker, Tesla.

— umair irfan, Vox, "The EPA’s fuel standard rollback will hurt clean carmakers like Tesla," 2 Apr. 2018
Tuesday’s decision represents another critical blow for carmakers and for German authorities who had been seeking an excuse not to anger voters by instituting bans.

— Washington Post, "German court opens the way for bans of diesel vehicles, roiling a nation of car obsessives," 27 Feb. 2018
Big and Tall There’s good reason behind why the scale of Bollinger’s operation—and its ambition—looks a bit different than for other startup EV carmakers.

— bengt halvorson, Car and Driver, "Made in Detroit: Aspiring Electric-SUV Maker Bollinger Moving to the Motor City," 23 Jan. 2018
In addition to Thursday's announced tariffs, CNBC reports that Trump is hoping to block German luxury carmakers from the U.S. market, according to an exclusive report by German magazine WirtschaftsWoche.

— todd spangler, Detroit Free Press, "Trump turns up pressure on Canada, Mexico with steel, aluminum tariffs," 31 May 2018

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