automobile

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Previous oil-price surges have sent automobile markets into tailspins: Sales dropped 44.7 percent the year after the 1973 oil shock and more than 40 percent after the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

"Private individuals cannot demand that automobile manufacturers refrain from placing passenger cars with internal combustion engines on the market" ahead of European Union deadlines, it said.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

ADAC, Germany’s largest automobile club, warned against using so-called fuel-saving onboard diagnosis dongles, saying it had recently tested one that “blinks and somehow looks like it is doing something. It isn’t.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

At one end, a small but growing cohort of educated and skilled women is entering salaried roles in IT, automobile manufacturing and business services.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Wagons rumbling by on the paving stones, automobile horns bleating like sheep.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron