Automotive industry in Onaway

Automotive production is a historically-significant industry in Onaway. It directly employs more than 80,000 persons in vehicle assembly and auto parts manufacturing, as well as another 245,000 in after-market services (including distribution, sales and service, and marketing). It is presently the tenth-largest auto producing nation in the world, and fifth-largest by value. The most notable and largest Onawean domestic auto manufacturer is Keaton Motors, though Udenaban has grown to become the leading heavy and commercial vehicle producer. As of 1610, [NUMBER] foreign-owned auto companies operate or are constructing manufacturing facilities in Onaway.

History
Onawean automotive history stretches back to at least the 1480s, when the brothers Mingan and Wagos Mizhakan began experimenting with their first designs, based on modified horse-drawn carriages of the days fitted with early electric motors purchased in Florencia. While very little industrial investment towards Onaway was given from its westward neighbor for much of the nation's history, the nascent technology of the rapidly industrializing country, alongside knowledgeable emigrants of many backgrounds, were in more ample supply. With much of the country still only sparsely connected by rail and waterways, transportation was often difficult on unreliable roads, and much of the effort in these early days were focused on creating hardiness and reliability. As such, the first appearance of the and  in Veharia was seen in Onaway during the latter decades of the 14th Century.

Despite the difficulty of popularizing the technology in the early days of the automobile, the technical groundwork spread among the nascent population of skilled industrial workers and engineers that emerged as urbanization spread, albeit slowly. Numerous small automotive companies, usually limited in scope to a handful of skilled master craftsmen selling to wealthier persons, would appear throughout the Onawean South. Many of these early local workshop-based manufacturers would begin to consolidate into regional ones during the Chancellorship of Samoset Hinto following the passage of law recognizing in 1497. However, while the country's auto manufacturing was growing more close-knit and capital-rich, it wouldn't be until into the early 15th Century that the concept of the "people's car" would truly enter the popular imagination of the country. Instead, many of these engineers would find regular employment in the manufacturing of and, which would often serve as the foundations for automotive companies to follow.

Post-restoration adjustments
Following Onawean constitutional restoration, was no longer recognized, and all businesses were mandated to be reconfigured into worker-owned cooperatives by the end of 1585. While many economists feared capital flight as a result of this, especially in manufacturing, the brief decline in the value of the Onawean economy and the Miswabik was balanced out by the halt in the closure of numerous factories and the stabilization of the employment of thousands of jobs. Domestic automotive manufacturing following 1581 began reversing a decade of consolidation and decline in the face of stronger-performing automakers in Azora and Tarsis. As the political and economic turmoil of the latter 1570s faded from the public short-term memory, criminal justice reforms made a safer urban core, and new economic policies propped up domestic industry and bolstered demand for autos built domestically, Onawean automakers became competitive in the wider Veharian market, many for the first time in their existence. Overall auto sales rose around 12% from 1580 to 1585, when the economic mandate went into full effect. From 1585 to 1590, it rose an additional 8%.

Manufacturers
The Onawean auto industry can generally be divided between domestic and foreign producers. With Onaway's unique economic configuration, domestic and foreign companies alike are required to operate under a policy of "workplace democracy" in which all factories engage in, have a strong presence of , and are often tied to local and regional economies more intensively than to national or global markets, with a few notable exceptions.

cars are not highly popular for personal and household transportation in Onaway, due to their performance in colder weather that defines a large swathe of the country's climate, and accounted for only 8.8% of all car sales in 1605, compared to roughly half in economies of similar size elsewhere in the world. are relatively popular, with, , and other, more recent forms of being fairly commonplace alongside standard types of conventional fuels owing to significant investment in research in the field over the decades, and versatile fuel source motors are considered to be standard in Onawean autos. was banned in the country in 1579, the first country outside of Azora to do so.

List of notable domestic enterprises

 * Inday Motor Company
 * Keaton Motor Company
 * Mizhakan Brothers Autocarriage Enterprises
 * Udenaban Automotive Enterprises

List of foreign enterprises

 * CSWA Onaway
 * Arrasate AFC of Onaway
 * Sogdo Auto Enterprises of Onaway
 * Står Motors of Onaway