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Here are the best and the worst times to be on the road between Sat., Dec. 23 and Mon., Jan. 1, to avoid congestion and road rage by drivers who can’t cope with it. Holiday Travel 2023: AAA expects nearly 104 million people will drive to their holiday destinations, an increase of 1.8% compared to
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Kids and parks deserve to be together. That’s why a National Park Foundation program to fund field trips and other educational activities is so important. The Open OutDoors for Kids program is granting $4.4 Million dollars to nearly 100 school districts around the USA during the 2023-2024 school year. The goals are to deepen young
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If you are traveling 50 miles or more from home over the Thanksgiving Day holiday, you’ll be among more than 55 million fellow travelers, an increase of 2.3% over last year. That’s the prediction of the AAA, which has been tracking Thanksgiving holiday travel numbers since 2000. It marks the third-highest Thanksgiving weekend forecast in
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Now that EVs and plug-in EVs have gone mainstream, we’ve got to learn to play nice and share parking spots with charging units, whether they are on public streets or in airports, shopping malls, hotels or public garages. The EV version of spam is parking your gas-powered vehicle at an EV charger spot, or leaving
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Current military, veteran, reservist or not – everybody gets free admission to 400+ national parks and historic sites on Veterans Day, Sat. Nov. 11. That includes more than 100 sites with special ties to the US military, including Revolutionary and Civil War sites and those related to US presidents. There also is special programming at
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There’s no mistake – electric vehicles have gone mainstream, with models in all shapes, sizes and prices. These EVs are under $35,000, making them affordable as well as eco-friendly. Some include safety features as standard not usually found at this low price and up to 258 miles per full charge. A $7,500 federal tax credit,
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The best new EV sedan is the all-new VW ID.7, a luxurious EV performance sedan with a range of up to 435 miles between charges, some cutting edge technology, and a powerful and efficient 282-horsepower engine capable of launching 0-60 in around 6 seconds. It arrives in North America in mid-2024 as a 2025 model.
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Just when you thought flights to Europe were overpriced and out of your budget, Low-cost Norwegian airline Norse Atlantic has launched another airfare sale from five US cities to, Oslo, London, Paris and Berlin, from $129 each way. Unlike other airfare sales, there are no blackout dates, so you can fly over the upcoming holidays
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The words Apocalypse and Nirvana don’t necessarily go together, but that’s the name of this tough, hulking new off-road EV. It has a starting price of $150,000, for a gi-normous 850HP power plant, a sportscar-like 0-60 MPH in just three seconds and a 350-mile range on its equally gi-normous batteries. The Nirvana is described as
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One of the largest solar panel installations in the US has just gone into operation – to power electric vehicle charging stations. The solar farm is one square mile with more than 200,000 solar panels, in the desert near San Bernadino, California. It produces enough energy to charge 500 EVs at 150kW stations simultaneously. It’s a
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