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Sales of new energy vehicles for the first four months of the year have dropped by 17% in China, according to the country's passenger car association.—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 May 2026 And with the average passenger car carrying between 12 and 16 gallons of fuel, according to online car-shopping guide Edmunds, costs can add up quickly per fill-up.—Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 29 Apr. 2026 Garcia’s relative and his girlfriend, who are not charged in the incident, were in a silver passenger car.—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026 Illustrations by Thomas Merceron Even glancing contact between a passenger car and a semi truck is often enough to send the smaller vehicle pinwheeling across the highway.—Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for passenger car