passenger car

noun

US
: a railroad car that carries passengers

Examples of passenger car in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That’s up from a penetration rate of 36% exactly a year ago, and a dip below one-third in January, according to CNBC calculations of passenger car association data. Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2024 The fatality rate for motorcyclists in 2022 was 22 times more than those of passenger car occupants per 100 million vehicle miles traveled. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024 In response to the oil crisis and a burgeoning environmental movement, federal regulations went into effect in 1978 requiring automakers’ passenger car fleets to meet a fuel standard of 18 miles per gallon. Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 3 May 2024 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 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 16 Sep. 2024.

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