--- title: "8 Automakers Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Automakers quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Automakers sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/amory-lovins-15083_innovation_some-automakers-already-sell-autos-with_242340.png" --- > [“Some automakers already sell autos with carbon-fiber composite parts or powered by electric motors. As we’ll see next, these innovations are about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amory-lovins/some-automakers-already-sell-autos-with-carbon-fiber-composite-parts/) [Amory Lovins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amory-lovins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/amory-lovins-15083_innovation_some-automakers-already-sell-autos-with_242340.png) > [If General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/if-general-motors-ford-and-chrysler-get-the-bailout-that-their-chief/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/mitt-romney-268_atrophy_if-general-motors-ford-and-chrysler-get_739404.png) > [Automakers have been unable to build a viable electric car, mainly because batteries don't allow enough range, are too costly, and take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-platt/automakers-have-been-unable-to-build-a-viable-electric-car-mainly/) [Charles Platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-platt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/charles-platt-20450_accelerate_automakers-have-been-unable-to-build-a-v_905038.jpg) > [What if the Big Three automakers made products that were simple and easy to use - imagine a car with a user…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-lyons/what-if-the-big-three-automakers-made-products-that-were-simple-and/) [Daniel Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-lyons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/daniel-lyons-6710_art_what-if-the-big-three-automakers-made-pr_933039.jpg) > [I understand how important the automakers are to America. And I understand a bankruptcy; a failure in that industry wouldn't be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-paulson/i-understand-how-important-the-automakers-are-to-america-and-i/) [Henry Paulson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-paulson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7c/henry-paulson-2282_america_i-understand-how-important-the-automaker_945255.png) > [ \[Buckminster Fuller\] started talking about it far enough afterwards, an audience that was far enough from when they - when the air… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/buckminster-fuller-started-talking-about-it-far-enough-afterwards-an/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/jonathon-keats-10822_air_buckminster-fuller-started-talking-about_1066738.jpg) > [“But the more the Tesla guys researched the industry, the more they realized that the big automakers don’t even really build their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashlee-vance/but-the-more-the-tesla-guys-researched-the-industry-the-more-they/) [Ashlee Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashlee-vance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/ashlee-vance-4672_raw-material_but-the-more-the-tesla-guys-researched-t_2177980.jpg) > [I know the automakers are important to the United States. We care about the automobile industry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-paulson/i-know-the-automakers-are-important-to-the-united-states-we-care/) [Henry Paulson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-paulson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/henry-paulson-2282_about_i-know-the-automakers-are-important-to-t_2730859.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/automakers/#itemlist", "name": "Automakers Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Some automakers already sell autos with carbon-fiber composite parts or powered by electric motors. As we’ll see next, these innovations are about to converge, not just to make a better, more efficient auto but to support the companies’ long-term survival and success. 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The days of Henry Ford having raw materials delivered to one end of his Michigan factory and then sending cars out the other end had long passed. “BMW didn’t make its windshields or upholstery or rearview mirrors,” Tarpenning said. “The only thing the big car companies had kept was internal combustion research, sales and marketing, and the final assembly. 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