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And the winner is….. Nominees for the prestigious Motor Trend Car of the Year, SUV of the Year and Truck of the Year awards include Tesla S60 and Model X, Chevrolet Bolt, Volvo S90, Jaguar XE and F-Pace and Ford F-150. Winners are being announced during a live stream and gala event in Los Angeles
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The 2016 models are being replaced by the 2017s. If you are considering a new car, SUV, crossover or pick-up, these tips will save you money when you buy, or when you trade-in Old Breakdown for a new model. These are all links to articles ecoXplorer Evelyn Kanter has written for top outlets including US
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Travel tips: The holidays are the busiest travel days of the year. That”s no surprise. Also, no surprise that the reports of unruly passengers re increasing. Etiquette is as important at the airport and during the flight as it is anywhere else, so we can all avoid air rage, the flight version of road rage.
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See that highway billboard? Even if you ignore it, that billboard may be watching you, via secret cameras that track you and sell the information to advertisers. These new high-tech spying billboards use tracking technology called “RADAR”. On-board cameras already watch those around us to warn about a driver approaching our blind spot or slowing
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A specially-tuned Volkswagen Beetle LSR has hit 205MPH on Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats, making it the world’s fastest VW Beetle, and one of the fastest four-cylinder cars from any manufacturer. The world’s fastest VW Beetle is powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged, direct-injection four-cylinder TSI gasoline engine. Plus, the suspension was lowered, special Salt Flat wheels
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Travel deals: If you’ve got the urge to get away, take advantage of one of these great airfare and hotel deals for fall and winter, for travel to to the Caribbean and the South Pacific, Europe and Asia. Book now to get the best deals for holiday travel. Fiji Airways is celebrating its national pride
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What do you get when you mix a driverless car with a drone that delivers packages? You get a self-driving robot that delivers mail and packages, on demand, like the ones being tested now in Switzerland, in 2016. These are courteous robots, sharing the sidewalk with pedestrians, and stopping when they get close enough to
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Best new athletic gear: The Olympics showcase the world’s top athletes. Lucky for the rest of us that some of the high-tech gear developed for them will be on the market soon to help us improve in our own favorite sports activities, on land or on the water. Here are five new tech developments for
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There’s little to enjoy about airplane travel these days, thanks to long security lines, cramped seats, full flights, extra fees for everything from checked bags to priority boarding. Consumer Reports rates the best and worst airlines in 2016, the best and worst websites for getting airfare deals in a special report. Not surprisingly, there are
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Vacation bound? An empty home or apartment is an invitation to burglars. Protect your home from burglars while you are away on vacation, or just away for the weekend, to avoid being one of the two million plus annual household burglary victims. According to the FBI, more than 65 percent of burglaries are residential break-ins.
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