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The Paris Olympics Promise to Be Stunning. The Prices Already Are.

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Nonstop flights on Expedia.com from New York to Paris start at around $1,300 the weekend before the Olympics, up from an average of $1,000 last summer. Another option is to fly into an alternate airport, either in France or a nearby country like Belgium, Britain or Germany, and take a train. The Prices Already Are.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

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A pre-production XC40 Recharge I drove for an hour last October through rolling suburban hills outside New York City drew little attention, perhaps due to its muted, elegant silvery-green color and black roof. Best of all, Volvo has handed over its dashboard and infotainment software to Android Auto. Android above all else.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Other trials include commercial auto fleets, a set of utility vans in Copenhagen , two electric school buses in Illinois, and five in New York. Here the king [middle] is shown with Robin Berg [left], founder of We Drive Solar, and Jerôme Pannaud [right], Renault's general manager for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

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Strasbourg for Book Lovers

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Things suddenly get dark inside La Tache Noire (The Black Stain), a shrine for worshipers of crime novels from China, India, Iceland, Mexico, Belgium, France and other far-flung nations. As she writes, “Buying a book you’ve never read is like buying a dress you’ve never tried on.” So always take the time to browse.

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