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Drive performs this function in English, it can be used both for persons

2 a : to operate a vehicle
// learned to drive at the age of seventeen
b : to have oneself carried in a vehicle
// drove to Canada as a kid

_{(source: Merriam-Webster)}

and for the vehicles themselves:

1. To move along or advance quickly: We could hear the trucks driving along the highway.

_{(source: The Free Dictionary)}

For persons/vehicles, ride works as well:

1 a: to travel on
// ride a bike
// ride the bus

_{(source: Merriam-Webster)}

Your example would become:

Imagine a car driving down the way, and then it stops gently.

Words like "hitchhike", "trek", "swan off" have very specific meanings and are never used in a general sense.

Drive performs this function in English, it can be used both for persons

2 a : to operate a vehicle
// learned to drive at the age of seventeen
b : to have oneself carried in a vehicle
// drove to Canada as a kid

_{(source: Merriam-Webster)}

and for the vehicles themselves:

1. To move along or advance quickly: We could hear the trucks driving along the highway.

_{(source: The Free Dictionary)}

For some persons/vehicles, ride works as well:

1 a: to travel on
// ride a bike
// ride the bus

_{(source: Merriam-Webster)}

but, as Tᴚoɯɐuo notes in the comments, we do not ride a car; we ride in a car.

Your examples would become:

• I'm driving/riding on the way now.

• Imagine a car driving down the way, and then it stops gently.

Words like "hitchhike", "trek", "swan off" have very specific meanings and are never used in a general sense.

Drive performs this function in English, it can be used both for persons

2 a : to operate a vehicle
// learned to drive at the age of seventeen
b : to have oneself carried in a vehicle
// drove to Canada as a kid

_{(source: Merriam-Webster)}

and for the vehicles themselves:

1. To move along or advance quickly: We could hear the trucks driving along the highway.

_{(source: The Free Dictionary)}

For some vehicles, ride works as well, but it's almost never used with a car:

1 a: to travel on
// ride a bike
// ride the bus

_{(source: Merriam-Webster)}

Your example would become:

Imagine a car driving down the way, and then it stops gently.

Words like "hitchhike", "trek", "swan off" have very specific meanings and are never used in a general sense.

Drive performs this function in English, it can be used both for persons

2 a : to operate a vehicle
// learned to drive at the age of seventeen
b : to have oneself carried in a vehicle
// drove to Canada as a kid

_{(source: Merriam-Webster)}

and for the vehicles themselves:

1. To move along or advance quickly: We could hear the trucks driving along the highway.

_{(source: The Free Dictionary)}

For persons/vehicles, ride works as well:

1 a: to travel on
// ride a bike
// ride the bus

_{(source: Merriam-Webster)}

Your example would become:

Imagine a car driving down the way, and then it stops gently.

Words like "hitchhike", "trek", "swan off" have very specific meanings and are never used in a general sense.

Drive performs this function in English, it can be used both for persons

2 a : to operate a vehicle
// learned to drive at the age of seventeen
b : to have oneself carried in a vehicle
// drove to Canada as a kid

_{(source: Merriam-Webster)}

and for the vehicles themselves:

1. To move along or advance quickly: We could hear the trucks driving along the highway.

_{(source: The Free Dictionary)}

For some vehicles, ride works as well, but it's almost never used with a car:

1 a: to travel on
// ride a bike
// ride the bus

_{(source: Merriam-Webster)}

Your example would become:

Imagine a car driving down the way, and then it stops gently.

Drive performs this function in English, it can be used both for persons

2 a : to operate a vehicle
// learned to drive at the age of seventeen
b : to have oneself carried in a vehicle
// drove to Canada as a kid

_{(source: Merriam-Webster)}

and for the vehicles themselves:

1. To move along or advance quickly: We could hear the trucks driving along the highway.

_{(source: The Free Dictionary)}

For some vehicles, ride works as well, but it's almost never used with a car:

1 a: to travel on
// ride a bike
// ride the bus

_{(source: Merriam-Webster)}

Your example would become:

Imagine a car driving down the way, and then it stops gently.

Words like "hitchhike", "trek", "swan off" have very specific meanings and are never used in a general sense.