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Recharge your EV while you recharge your personal batteries with a Slurpie or Big Gulp. 7-Eleven is launching a new, proprietary EV charging network offering fast fast-charging, at what the chain called “select” locations across the USA and Canada. According to the press release we received, it is a proprietary system called 7Charge, available via
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Amelia Earhart’s 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton is being added to a select group of vehicles on the National Historic Vehicle Register. The pioneering aviator’s vehicle is only the 33rd vintage vehicle to be inducted into the only federally recognized program to document the historical and cultural significance of the automobile. That compares with more than
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Vacations are not the time to relax your personal safety, including taking internet security precautions. Everyday, it seems, we hear about hacking, doxxing, identity theft or some other invasion of our digital privacy. Here’s how to protect your online life from cyber criminals while you are away from home on spring break, summer vacation, the
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Simply, some passports are more powerful and easier to travel with than others, without the need for a visa. So which ones are the best? A U.S. passport is one of the world’s ten best, but not the best. The most powerful passport award goes to Japan, according to the Henley Passport Index, a global ranking
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Since our mental health is connected to our physical well-being, these FREE fitness apps will help motivate you whether or not you are avoiding the gym at home or hotel gyms when you are on the road. These free fitness apps offer at-home exercises including yoga, measure your walks and hikes, and meditation to help
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You probably have never heard of the boutique sportscar maker Automobili Estrema, and probably can’t afford to buy its $2 Million EV hypercar, but it’s nice to dream and drool. The Fulminea – which means “Lightning Fast” in Italian, is exactly that – able to rocket to 200mph in under ten seconds thanks to four
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Lost bags are a nightmare for airlines and for passengers. The latest high-tech way to prevent missing bags is a digital bag tag passengers can activate before reaching the airport. Alaska Airlines is the first U.S. airline to launch such an electronic bag tag program, which lets passengers tag their luggage on the airline’s mobile
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As always, four-season resorts from East to West were busy this summer upgrading existing chairlifts and gondolas or adding entirely new ones to open acres of new terrain for skiing and riding. If you are a downhill enthusiast – as I am – check out these best new lifts to get you up the mountain
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If you need to talk to a live Frontier Airlines customer service agent, you are out of luck. The troubled low-cost airline has shut down its customer service call center, which most major airlines still operate, including competitors Spirit and Allegiant. Instead, the only way to get help with rebooking a cancelled or missed flight,
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Instead of raising prices and adding to inflation, The US Government is rolling back the price of the TSA PreCheck program by 10%. That’s good news for anybody who is returning to traveling again and wants to avoid long airport security lines. Now, instead of paying $85 for five years, it’s $78 for five years
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