automaker

[aw-toh-mey-ker]

noun

1. an automobile manufacturer.

Other Word Forms

• automaking noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of automaker¹

First recorded in 1900–05; auto- ² + maker

Example Sentences

The automaker said that battery plants it jointly owns with LG Energy Solution in Ohio and Tennessee will be idled starting Jan. 5 and that it plans to resume production in mid-2026.

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The chief executive of Mercedes-Benz said the luxury automaker is “scurrying” around looking for alternatives after a key microchip maker was caught in the geopolitical crossfire between the U.S. and China.

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Trade tensions with the West and economic concerns have made consumers weary, while automakers have also had to contend with a long-running price war among domestic manufacturers as they vie for customers.

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A Honda spokesman said that the automaker is “managing an industrywide semiconductor supply chain issue” and is making strategic adjustments to carefully manage available parts.

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China's tech companies and automakers have poured billions of dollars into self-driving technology in recent years, with intelligent driving the new battleground in the country's cutthroat domestic car market.

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