auto

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China’s auto market weakened further in May, with rising oil prices denting demand for gasoline-powered cars and helping electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles capture a record share of new car sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

"I think that the hesitation on the part of the Chinese manufacturers is very great," Frank Schwope, an auto industry consultant and lecturer at the FHM Berlin university, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Wall Street used to gauge the auto industry’s health by how many new cars drove off dealer lots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

“Think about in history and when technology has stepped in,” she said, using the auto industry with robotics as an example.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

His mother came down in a hired auto, in a fur suit like an arctic explorer’s, and saw him off in a twenty-five mile wind and a steady drove of ice floes like dirty sheep.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner