How to Use automaker in a Sentence

automaker

noun
  • The automaker has been with half of those for more than seven years.
    — Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • This year, two automakers stood head-and-shoulders above the rest.
    — Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Some automakers would have been content to stop there, but the best was yet to come.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Cars of all eras and automakers drive up and down the road with large crowds watching from afar.
    — Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • However, the vote does not mean there will be a strike at any of the three automakers.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Not all automakers are on that cliff, walking toward their doom.
    — Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, seems to be treading that path.
    — Lawrence Ulrich, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • This is one of the final steps before the battery heads off to an automaker.
    — Gregory Barber, Wired, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The automaker’s stock was down more than 2% on news of the recalls this morning.
    — Courtney Vinopal, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The automaker says drivers have to be ready to intervene at any time.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2021
  • More automakers are looking to jump on the AV train.
    — Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 12 Jan. 2026
  • But at least one—if not both—of those automakers seems set to release a truck of their own in the near future.
    — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The low price of imports is the reason automakers turned to those supplies in the first place.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The end of the tax credit remains a big challenge for many automakers.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The end of the tax credit remains a big challenge for many automakers.
    — Susan Tompor, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Think Tesla was the first automaker to use a yoke-style steering wheel?
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 26 May 2022
  • 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
  • That means the automaker will have to conquest buyers from other brands.
    — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
  • The numbers show yet another bad three months for the automaker.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2025
  • Many foreign automakers have struggled in the last couple of years.
    — Clay Chandler, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The bank’s research arm upgraded the automaker to buy from hold.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The kit cuts over 55 pounds from the car’s curb weight, according to the automaker.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 May 2026
  • Ford has led all automakers in the number of recalls for the past few years and is leading again so far this year.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
  • But today's actions are part of the automaker's Ford + growth plan.
    — Ed Garsten, Forbes, 2 June 2022
  • Its lesson is one that automakers are still learning today.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The automaker’s full-year sales fell 3% from 2024.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Nearly every automaker has some off-road variant or trim.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • There are some automakers that have seen the light and moved on to other trim materials.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 5 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Lucid still has a long way to go to establish itself as an automaker that will be around for the long haul.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021

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