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automotive industry

range of organizations associated with motor vehicles, such as automobiles, trucks and motorcycles
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automotive industry

Summary

automotive industry is an economic activity[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of economic_activity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,593 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • automotive industry's instance of is recorded as economic activity[3].
  • automotive industry's instance of is recorded as type of industry[4].
  • automotive industry is a type of manufacturing industry[5].
  • automotive industry is a type of vehicle industry[6].
  • automotive industry is part of division in classification of productive activities[7].
  • automotive industry's Commons category is recorded as Automotive industry[8].
  • automotive industry's said to be the same as is recorded as manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers[9].
  • automotive industry comprises manufacture of motor vehicles[10].
  • automotive industry comprises manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers[11].
  • automotive industry comprises Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles[12].
  • 1893 marks the founding of automotive industry[13].
  • automotive industry's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Automotive industry[14].
  • automotive industry's product or material produced is recorded as car[15].
  • automotive industry's product or material produced is recorded as motor vehicle[16].
  • automotive industry's product or material produced is recorded as truck[17].
  • automotive industry's product or material produced is recorded as motorcycle[18].
  • automotive industry's facet of is recorded as transport industry[19].
  • automotive industry's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as industrial=automotive_industry[20].
  • automotive industry's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • automotive industry's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[22].
  • automotive industry's topic has template is recorded as Template:Automotive industry[23].
  • automotive industry's International Standard Industrial Classification code Rev.4 is recorded as 29[24].
  • automotive industry's different from is recorded as vehicle construction[25].
  • automotive industry's different from is recorded as vehicle construction[26].
  • automotive industry's different from is recorded as vehicle industry[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include economic activity[3] and type of industry[4]. Recorded subclass of include manufacturing industry[5] and vehicle industry[6].

Origins

1893 marks the founding of automotive industry[13].

Use and Application

Components include manufacture of motor vehicles[10], an economic activity[28]; manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers[11], an economic activity[29]; and Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles[12], an economic activity[30]. automotive industry is part of division in classification of productive activities[7].

Why It Matters

automotive industry ranks in the top 6% of economic_activity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,593 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Rev. 2 (2008). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . International Standard Industrial Classification Rev. 4. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Rev. 2 (2008). wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Rev. 2 (2008). wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Rev. 2 (2008). wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Rev. 2 (2008). wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . independent.co.uk. independent.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
    Has parts → —
    Part of → division in classification of productive activities
    Has part(s) → manufacture of motor vehicles, manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles; manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers, Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9630, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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