passenger car

noun

US
: a railroad car that carries passengers

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Marie's International Bridge Administration, the passenger car traffic in April was down 44% compared with last year. Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 26 May 2025 The peak-hour toll to enter New York by bridge or tunnel in a passenger car is $16.06. Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 13 May 2025 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 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 19 Jun. 2025.

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