carmaker
car·mak·er [ ˈkär-ˌmā-kər]
[ˈkär-ˌmā-kər]
: an automobile manufacturer
Recent Examples on the Web
//In the red corner, the stylish and snooty designers at Ferrari, casually sipping espressos as the venerated Italian carmaker cruises to victory year after year in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, "Ford v Ferrari Tells a Different Kind of Underdog Story," 16 Nov. 2019
//Hyundai is one of them and sells a full lineup of sedans, along with its sibling carmaker Kia.
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Sue Mead, Houston Chronicle, "2020 Hyundai Sonata upgraded with a more striking design, new body architecture," 15 Nov. 2019
//Electric carmaker Tesla bought a battery manufacturer to lower costs and benefit from the company’s innovative technologies.
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Glenn Peoples, Billboard, "Music Companies' Keys to the Future: Build Up & Expand Out or Die Trying," 25 Oct. 2019
//That’s good news for Tesla, because China is vital to the carmaker’s future.
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Wired, "Tesla Turns a Profit—and Builds a Chinese Factory Very Fast," 23 Oct. 2019
//The accord may bring an end to the union’s longest national walkout against the carmaker in almost half a century.
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Los Angeles Times, "GM and autoworkers’ deal paves way for vote on ending strike," 16 Oct. 2019
//Li Bin, founder of electric carmaker NIO, knows this all too well.
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Sherisse Pham, CNN, "Tech billionaires dominate China's rich list. Some pig farmers also had a good year," 10 Oct. 2019
//The German carmaker Daimler apologized a few months earlier for a Mercedes-Benz social media post that quoted the Dalai Lama, who some in China see as a threat to national sovereignty.
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NBC News, "NBA's China problem: How global growth led to geopolitical risk," 7 Oct. 2019
//Luxury carmaker Maserati said Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, that its highly successful four-door Ghibli sedan will be the first of its models produced with a hybrid powertrain.
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Colleen Barry, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Luxury carmaker Maserati focuses production on Italy," 26 Sep. 2019
First Known Use of carmaker
1954, in the meaning defined above
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