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    Detroit (redirect from Detroit automaker)
    James and William Packard, and Walter Chrysler—established the Big Three automakers and cemented Detroit's status in the early 20th century as the world's...
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    of 2021, Consumer Reports shows a rise in automakers making city-speed AEB standard. In 2021, six automakers included AEB on all models, up from two in...
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    Daewoo cars had been assembled by the company since 1997, but this Korean automaker stopped exporting to Iran after being acquired by GM in 2002.It is offered...
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    Kageyama, Yuri (1 June 2011). "Toyota set to raise production in japan: Automaker projects recovery at 90 percent of pre-disaster levels by june". Charleston...
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    It was made of rubber, and Frederick Simms gained a patent in 1905. Automakers added bumpers in the mid-1910s, but consisted of a strip of steel across...
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    and ITMCO is the biggest tractor manufacturer. Iran is the 12th largest automaker in the world. Construction is one of the most important sectors in Iran...
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    Motor Company; however, the automakers did not survive the Great Depression of the 1930s. Detroit's Big Three automakers maintained a presence in the...
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    airbag modules under the "Air Cushion Restraint System" name, or ACRS. The automaker discontinued the option for its 1977 model year, citing a lack of consumer...
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    a yearlong investigation that exposed how two of the world's largest automakers and a major poultry supplier in Alabama violated child labor laws and...
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    the military, particularly the Willys Jeep. Willys-Overland was a major automaker headquartered in Toledo until 1953. Industrial restructuring and loss...
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  • Enterprises Applied Sciences Division Production: 2 built Designer: German automaker Zimmer Body and chassis Class: Reconfigurable Embedded System / Urban...
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    dominated by light industries, especially textile companies (many of Japan's automakers, such as Toyota, have their roots in the textile industry). By 1940 light...
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    state. Alabama currently ranks 4th in the nation for vehicle exports. Automakers accounted for approximately a third of the industrial expansion in the...
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    for example, 100 km/h (62 mph) on autobahns effective 13 November 1973. Automakers projected a 20% plunge in sales, which they attributed in part to the...
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    all the cars, including the export models. Volvo was the world's first automaker to take this step, even though Ford fitted a "lap" belt on one or other...
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    other German automakers with developing the processes necessary for producing the monocoque Project 1 model, but the other German automakers had priorities...
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    Natalie (December 8, 2017). "Generation Z May Not Want To Own Cars. Can Automakers Woo Them In Other Ways?". NPR. Retrieved June 2, 2019. Gardner, Greg (March...
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    between the German government and the country's car industry, German automakers then limited their high-performance cars to a top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph)...
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    recovered, the industry was unable to respond. By October 2021, multiple automakers had announced plans to cut or halt production. The chip shortage and a...
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    Pennsylvania Hillclimb Association series, which follows the same route the automaker used to test his cars. Reading played host to a stop on the PGA Tour,...
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    state. Alabama currently ranks 4th in the nation for vehicle exports. Automakers accounted for approximately a third of the industrial expansion in the...
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    any U.S. city, after Honolulu. The city has headquarters of Japanese automakers and offices of other Japanese companies. Because of this many Japanese...
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    which manufactured the first Chinese truck in 1956 and car in 1958. The automaker's factories and associated housing and services occupy a substantial portion...
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    city of Torrance in Greater Los Angeles has headquarters of Japanese automakers and offices of other Japanese companies. Because of the abundance of Japanese...
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    supplied tons of gasoline on credit to Franco until the war's end. American automakers Ford, Studebaker, and General Motors provided a total of 12,000 trucks...
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    Guide (Scarecrow Press, 2004) pp59-60 A. J. Jacobs, The New Domestic Automakers in the United States and Canada: History, Impacts, and Prospects (Lexington...
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    travelers; some bullet trains were utilized as temporary hotels. Some automakers (Mitsubishi Motors & Mazda Motor) halted production as the rain and flooding...
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  • The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 March 2022. "GM and some other automakers suspend business to Russia". Archived from the original on 1 March 2022...
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    Michigan news stories in Michigan as follows: Record losses by the Big Three automakers and layoffs of 190,000 workers by year's end and production falling below...
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