passenger car

noun

US
: a railroad car that carries passengers

Examples of passenger car in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web EVs made up 18% of global passenger car sales last year, as The Times’ Russ Mitchell reports. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024 The four-door Honda Civic passenger car struck the rear of the residence, but no one inside the home was hurt. Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Mar. 2024 The Hyundai passenger car had extensive fire damage to the front bumper and engine compartment. Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 2 Apr. 2024 Hydrogen has found little success in the passenger car market. Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 27 Feb. 2024 Autonomous driving could generate between $300 billion and $400 billion in the passenger car market by 2035. Steve Richmond, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024 The last automaker to accomplish that in even one year in the American market was General Motors — and that was in 1946, after G.M. had suspended passenger car sales during the four preceding years because of World War II. Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024 In 2023, China’s passenger car exports rose 62% from 2022, according to data published by the CPCA last month. Laura He, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024 With the beginning of the new rail car service, Frisco ended its passenger car service to Bentonville. Randy McCrory Vintage Bentonville, arkansasonline.com, 1 Feb. 2024

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“Passenger car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger%20car. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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