Definition of carmaker
: an automobile manufacturer
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The company certainly isn’t the only carmaker struggling to find the proper balance between profit and growth.
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The carmaker began building a small number of the Ram trucks again this month, a spokesman said.
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Stuttgart, the region’s capital,is also home to carmakers Mercedes-Benz and Porsche.
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The cost of solar and wind energy are plunging worldwide; carmakers are promising to take more of their fleet electric, and the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere has stabilized over the past three years.
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By 2019 all of its vehicles will either be hybrids or all-electric, making Volvo the first traditional carmaker to make such a move.
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The Swedish automaker is the first carmaker to go all in on electric and hybrid production.
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Dealers are getting nervous and carmakers are throttling back on production, propping up sales with incentives.
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Proton was privatized in 2012 but its new owner, conglomerate DRB-HICOM Berhad, was unable to revive the carmaker.
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First Known Use of carmaker
1954
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: a company that makes and sells cars
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