How to Use automotive in a Sentence

automotive

adjective
  • The store stocks automotive parts.
  • There are 13 kinds of granola in the store, there are more than 60 major automotive brands.
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2023
  • The Baltimore port is one of the largest in the U.S. and a leading export point for the automotive industry.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • It's known for its pizzas baked in dark, deep pans once used for automotive parts.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2023
  • Her favorite car Yashere should feel right at home with the automotive vibe in Detroit.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2023
  • But this year, the event is confronting a UAW strike that has sent shockwaves through the automotive industry.
    Michael Dobuski, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The science of car screens has come a long way since 1986, when the Buick Riviera offered the first automotive touchscreen—a full decade ahead of any rival.
    IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Nvidia has spent the better part of a decade attempting to branch out into the automotive market.
    Jon Porter, The Verge, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Months of markdowns have taken a toll on automotive gross margin, which fell to a four-year low in the second quarter.
    Diana Li, Fortune, 20 July 2023
  • After Hayden moved out, the building was an automotive garage for decades.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • This is the first time that three Chinese vehicles have landed as a finalist for global automotive awards and for the first time, in the clear running to be named World Car of the Year.
    Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • If climate change is going to be brought under control, automotive trends in the United States will need to be steered in a new direction.
    Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The shots run long, long enough to savor the documentary essence of the automotive life—the pleasure of motion, the allure of city lights, the drama of possibilities, the lure of escape.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
  • On Saturday, students and teachers from the college’s automotive department helped get four to five cars up on lifts at a time.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • In your opinion, what are the greatest challenges confronting the automotive industry at the moment?
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 20 July 2023
  • While every step of the process can cause a delay, in this article, our expert automotive journalists show you the ins and outs of refinancing and give your tips to speed the process up.
    Jim Slavik, Car and Driver, 17 July 2023
  • His third, lithium iron phosphate, is now one of the most popular battery chemistries in the automotive industry.
    IEEE Spectrum, 13 July 2023
  • The average homeowner might not need such wrenches, but this is an excellent set for those who do a lot of automotive work.
    Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2023
  • The same system of sensors allows Maserati to dial in automotive steering and alignment.
    Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 8 July 2023
  • And company revenues from the automotive industry rose 21% to a record $1.1 billion last year.
    Laura Bratton, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The modern roots of today's Buford Highway are in the automotive industry.
    Mike Jordan, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023
  • As China’s carmakers pursued profitable growth in the West, the country took Japan’s crown as the largest automotive exporter in the world last year despite punitive trade tariffs.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Not game over for Apple yet Despite its advancements, Huawei still faces challenges in the automotive sector.
    Mary Hui, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
  • But amid the Depression, his father had trouble finding a good job in the automotive trades, and his mother opened a boardinghouse to help meet expenses.
    Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Just listen closely to your friendly doctors at the Car and Driver automotive clinic.
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The severe shortages in automotive chips caused by the onset of the Covid pandemic in 2020 have continued to reverberate.
    Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Progress Park hums with advanced manufacturing for major automotive brands and enough Gatorade production to quench thirsts across the East Coast.
    Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Slovakia fell into the same bucket and already had a large automotive industry.
    Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 5 July 2023
  • That’s idea driving Shane, a two-wheeled vehicle that looks to reinvent one of the automotive industry’s most basic assumptions.
    IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
  • There's been a solid market response to Qualcomm's automotive play.
    Steve McDowell, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024

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