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

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

That includes a 14.5% slump in return trips from the U.S. to 1.5 million, including a near 13% drop in visits by automobile and almost 18% decline in air travel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Paul got the job and worked twelve-hour days threading cords into automobile tires for less than five dollars a week.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling