passenger car

noun

US
: a railroad car that carries passengers

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Meanwhile, Stellantis has set ambitious EV targets, aiming for 100% battery electric vehicle sales for passenger cars in Europe and 50% of passenger car and light-duty truck sales in the United States by 2030. Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 28 May 2025 The motorcyclist fatality rate was nearly 28 times higher than the passenger car occupant fatality rate in traffic crashes across the country in 2023. Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 15 May 2025 By 2030—and that’s just 4 years away—the global passenger car parc is expected to reach 1.62 billion units! Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025 As the hijackers in their passenger car grew disenfranchised by their leader’s agenda, OA was able to convince once of them (played by Magnum P.I. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for passenger car

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“Passenger car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger%20car. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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