automobile

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The U.S. has faced the Industrial Revolution, the age of steam, steel and railways, the era of electrification and the automobile, the digital age and so on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

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

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

That included a 30% drop in return trips from the U.S. by automobile to 1.5 million and 11% decline in trips by air from the U.S. to 718,400.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

“Did you tell me the truth when you told me Ernest gave you an automobile as part payment of that job?”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann