passenger car
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It said that 52 percent of its passenger car sales in Europe are now electrified vehicles -- fully electric, plug-in hybrids and non-plug-in hybrids -- up from 43.8 percent in the first half of 2025.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
“I would like to propose a small addition,” he wrote, “in all passenger car and truck lines.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
A van and a passenger car had crashed in the turn lane outside the lot.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025
Of the 31 passenger car brands represented last month at the sprawling Indonesia International Auto Show outside Jakarta, about a third were from China.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2024
Back in my seat in the passenger car, I would study them and try to figure out what was worth what.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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