The word "automakers" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a company, or companies, that make automobiles. For example, "The automaker has unveiled its latest model."
That should lead to more jobs at automakers, parts suppliers and dealers.
It hints that developers will be able to target car users in a specific way, "rather than a patchwork of platforms from different automakers".
The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, expressed his own support for aid to the automakers at a news conference on Wednesday morning.
For that, the automakers have regulators to thank.
Yesterday, the automakers pleaded for aid from Washington, asking for another $25 billion in order to stay afloat.
And the automakers say they may appeal against the Vermont ruling anyway.
Those cars are then sold as used at steep discounts subsidised by the manufacturers.Compounding the industry's financial distress, automakers are using all kinds of incentives to boost new car sales—reportedly to the tune of nearly 30% of the retail price, according to Susan Docherty, head of GM's Chevrolet operations in Europe, who called the practice "unsustainable".
The oil monopoly has cited its desire to complete a commercial agreement as its motivation, but it's probable that political ends are also in play.Automakers suffered in February, and American automakers suffered most.
One has to wish, however, that at least one of these automakers would license its technology to Tata Motors, which seems determined to place a few hundred million new internal combustion engines on the road, petrol prices and climate change be damned.But at least General Electric is enticed by the profit opportunities in green and renewable technologies.
Over time, virtual bumpers could gradually replace the rubber-and-steel variety, and automakers could eliminate roll cages, returning the consequent weight savings as even better mileage.
