passenger car

noun

US
: a railroad car that carries passengers

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Investigators say the suspect had access to multiple vehicles, including a 1996 green-lime Ford pickup truck, red station wagon, red small passenger car like a Ford Pinto, Escort or Toyota with partial Maryland tags FG-549, 594 or 546, and a teal passenger vehicle. Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Mar. 2025 Starting next year, at least 35% of manufacturers’ new passenger car and truck sales must be electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids or hydrogen-fuel cell vehicles, known as ZEVs (zero-emission vehicles) for short. Phillip Molnar, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025 The Pullman sleeper car was a railway passenger car that also provided accommodations for comfortable daytime travel. Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025 The industry needs high-capacity charging, which Shimoda said are 10 times the size of an electric passenger car charger. Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 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 25 Apr. 2025.

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