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☆ When I was a kid, I moved every few months. Now that I'm a parent, I focus on creating stability for my family.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Tiffany Nieslanik | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

There weren't any specific reasons for most of the moves; we weren't a military family or moving due to work. As a parent, I focus on creating routines and stabilityWhen I became a parent, I read about the benefits of routines for children and the security that familiarity provides. As they have grown, we have built family rituals such as Friday Family Night, where we take turns deciding what to do as a group. These all add another layer of predictability to their lives and give our kids a sense of family identity and belonging. But I hope that the scaffolding of predictable routines and rituals as a foundation in their lives will give them the support they need to handle big changes when they arise.

Organizations: Service Locations: Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia, Southern, friendless, Amsterdam

☆ 'House of the Dragon' director says she 'couldn't sleep' thinking about how to film Daemon's game-changing finale vision
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

By the season finale, Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) knows that she has no allies left in King's Landing. "Every time I'm in a scene like Rhaenyra and Alicent, I'm thinking about the war zone," she said. Matt Smith and Emma D'Arcy as Daemon and Rhaenyra Targaryen in the season two finale of "House of the Dragon." AdvertisementDaenerys Targaryen briefly appears in Daemon's vision in the season two finale of "House of the Dragon." What I love about the way Sara particularly wrote the season finale is that she grounded it in relationships.

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☆ Pan Zhanle: China’s internet explodes with pride at ending US swimming 4x100m medley relay reign
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Nectar Gan | Hassan Tayier | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

This is China’s second gold in swimming at the Paris Olympics, following Pan’s record-setting win last Wednesday. In China, many social media users saw the Chinese swim team’s historic win in the relay as a resounding vindication. The hashtag “Pan Zhanle’s stunning reversal” racked up more than 500 million views, as did another hashtag about the relay gold medal. Pan, who turned 20 on Sunday, called the team gold medal his birthday present. The Chinese swim team is always the best!”Pan also won fans for his confidence and candidness.

Persons: Pan Zhanle, Pan, WADA, –, “, ”, Pan’s, Christian Liewig, Brett Hawke, Adam Peaty, we’ve, I’ve, ” Peaty, you’ve Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Olympics, Team USA, Paris, Tokyo, China’s, Doping Agency, Tokyo Games, New York Times, ARD, Paris Olympics, Australian Olympic, British, Reuters Locations: China, Hong Kong, States, Beijing, Weibo, Paris, Australian

CNN —Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva said she’s “finally being treated as a human being” following her release from Russian detention in a historic prisoner exchange between Washington and the Kremlin last week. “I’ve been waking up from that nightmare,” Kurmasheva told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead” in her first television interview since her release. Kurmasheva rushed into the arms of her husband and daughters on the tarmac after greeting Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden. The US-backed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist had been detained in October 2023 and found guilty of spreading false information about the Russian army – charges her family and employer deny. Kurmasheva and her husband, Pavel Butorin, have two daughters, including one who turned 13 just minutes after reuniting with her mother.

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☆ I spent two months working on a farm in South Korea for free lodging and food. It was hard work, but I saved at least $2,000.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Erin Liam | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But eight days before I headed to South Korea, a host texted me, asking, "Hey, are you still free?" He needed volunteers for his chestnut farm on the outskirts of Cheongyang, a village two hours from Seoul. AdvertisementI didn't know what to expect on the farmAfter finishing tasks on the farm, volunteers often take quick naps during their lunch breaks. Tim WinklerIt was a nice working atmosphere and there was no pressure to finish tasks by a certain time. AdvertisementThere was no set schedule on the farmWinkler said that no two days on the farm were the same.

Persons: —, Tim Winkler, I'd, I've, Winkler, we'd Organizations: Service, University of Hamburg, Business Locations: Germany, Bangkok, Asia, South Korea, Japan, Seoul, Cheongyang, Spain, Scandinavia

☆ Meet Michal Kosinski, the Oppenheimer of AI's Scariest Future
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Eugenicists used photographs and IQ tests to determine which people were "inferior," and sterilized those who didn't measure up — which usually turned out to be anyone who wasn't white and rich. Before he worked with photographs, Kosinski was interested in Facebook. It's just picking up on the way gay people present themselves on dating sites — which, not surprisingly, is often very different from the way straight people present themselves to potential partners. Kosinski thinks AI's ability to make the kind of personality judgments he studies will only get better. That is the future Kosinski fears — even as he continues to tinker with the very models that prove it will come to pass.

Persons: Michal Kosinski, Kosinski, I'm, they'd, isn't, Oppenheimer, David Stillwell, Stillwell, aren't, Brian Stauffer, Aleksandr Kogan, Donald Trump, —, Kosinski isn't, MAGA, Bernie bros, Alexander Todorov, It's, they've, — Francis Galton, Ronald Fisher, Karl Pearson —, Aubrey Clayton, Hitler, Trump, They're, Adam Rogers Organizations: Stanford University, Kosinski, Facebook, Cambridge, Cambridge Psychometrics, National Academy of Sciences, Psychometrics, BI, intuit, Guardian, Rights, GLAAD, Stanford, HRC, University of Chicago, US Supreme, tinker, Business Locations: California, Stanford, Kosinski, Russia

☆ Japan Needs Foreign Workers. It’s Just Not Sure It Wants Them to Stay.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Motoko Rich | Kiuko Notoya | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Ngu Thazin wanted to leave her war-torn country for a better future. Yet she gladly took a job in Japan changing diapers and bathing residents at a nursing home in a midsize city. “And I want to send my family money.”Japan desperately needs people like Ms. Thazin to fill jobs left open by a declining and aging population. The number of foreign workers has quadrupled since 2007, to more than two million, in a country of 125 million people. Many of these workers escaped low wages, political repression or armed conflict in their home countries.

Persons: Ngu Thazin, ”, Thazin Locations: Japan, Myanmar, midsize, “, ” Japan

☆ Leon Marchand, the king of the 2024 Olympic Games – and the club where it all began
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Tom Burrows | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

This is where a young Leon Marchand first swam. Coloma believes Marchand has been the star of the Olympic Games (Tom Burrows/The Athletic)“Everyone is talking about Leon here. Marchand started out at the small indoor winter pool, before graduating to the Olympic pool at the complex — which also has a huge 150m long summer pool. Knowing that someone like Leon Marchand swam here and became what he is today… it’s very inspiring. “Leon Marchand is the best possible flagship for the city that you can dream of — with Dupont as well.

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☆ I quit corporate and turned my side hustle into a 6-figure dream career — here's how
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

When I took my side hustle full-time, I started making around $125,000 more than my last salary. AdvertisementI started music as a side hustle in March 2019I've played the piano for 21 years and the alto saxophone for 18. I was fortunate to still have a paycheck and work from home when most full-time event industry professionals were shut down completely. AdvertisementA surge of events started in 2021, and I knew I made the right decision to leave the 9-5 world the previous October. If I had let a few hundred dollars a month of health insurance hold me back from quitting my full-time job, I would never have had all these incredible experiences.

Persons: —, Jason Nelson, It's, I've, Nelson, Teresa Guidice, Luis Ruelas, Teresa Giudice, it's Organizations: Service, Business, DJ, Fox, New York Jets, Real Housewives of, Bravo Locations: Hoboken , New Jersey, Puerto Rico, St, Maarten, Aruba, Dubai, Jersey

☆ New homes are getting smaller. That could be big news for first-time buyers
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

In 1973, the median size of completed single-family homes was 1,525 square feet, according to US Census data. But as the cost of buying a home has exploded and McMansions have fallen out of favor, homebuilders have reversed course, building smaller homes with an eye to first-time buyers. Today, smaller, often more affordable homes under 1,000 square feet are harder to come by in most US suburbs. According to an NAHB survey, 17% of homebuilders said they built homes on smaller lots in 2023 to support home sales, and 14% said they built more townhouses. Smaller homes and fewer amenitiesHeather Eisenmann, a Realtor who specializes in selling new construction in Clarksville, Tennessee, said that she’s noticed that many of the new homes she shows now have smaller bedrooms and living rooms.

Persons: Jordyn Carias, ”, homebuilders, Alan Ratner, “, we’ve, Levittowns, wasn’t, Jacob Anbinder, ” Anbinder, Levitt, Irving Haberman, Michael Murray, Heather Eisenmann, she’s, ” Eisenmann Organizations: CNN, Zelman, Associates, National Association of Homebuilders, Cornell University, Sons, National Association of Realtors, Census Bureau Locations: Muscatine , Iowa, America, Levittown, New York, Puerto Rico, Real, United States, Horton, Clarksville , Tennessee, Muscatine, Sacramento

Former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance, on Sunday expressed confidence in Georgia’s election security, a contrast with Trump’s recent attacks against Republican state officials Gov. At the time, Trump and his allies filed a series of lawsuits in an effort to overturn the 2020 election results, but none succeeded due to a lack of evidence. Ahead of the 2024 election, the Trump campaign and the RNC have pledged to enlist 100,000 volunteers and attorneys to monitor votes in battleground states. On Jan. 2, 2021, Trump also called Raffensperger, a Republican, urging the top Georgia election official to “find” the votes to toss out Biden’s victory in the battleground state. Trump and 18 co-defendants last year were charged with racketeering in connection with their efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Sen, JD Vance, Brian Kemp, Brad Raffensperger, ” Vance, Trump, Vance, we’ve, ”, “, you’re, Kemp, Raffensperger, Stacey Abrams, ” Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, —, Trump’s Organizations: Republican, Fox News, Republican National Committee, RNC, Republican Party, Democratic Locations: American, Georgia

The campaign is tapping state political directors to lead outreach to Republicans in their regions, the source told NBC News. However, the source said the campaign is having a difficult time locking in support from certain state leadership teams to head GOP outreach. As part of Sunday’s announcement, the Harris campaign said it will unveil a digital campaign where Republican Harris supporters make “their case online to fellow Republicans.”During the 2020 election, the Biden-Harris campaign relied on independent, never-Trump groups to court GOP voters. That source believes former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., will eventually endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, though she was not included in Sunday’s rollout of campaign endorsements. The source also said they suggested that the Harris campaign court the endorsement of former Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who endorsed President Joe Biden in 2020.

Persons: Harris, Nikki Haley —, “, Republican Harris, Adam Kinzinger, Austin Weatherford, “ Donald Trump’s MAGA, Donald Trump, ” Weatherford, “ Donald Trump, Bill Weld of, Trump, Stephanie Grisham, Republican surrogates, Liz Cheney, Kamala Harris, Sen, Jeff Flake, Joe Biden, Cheney, Flake, Biden, Kinzinger, I’d, ” Kinzinger, Grisham, ” Organizations: Republicans, GOP, Republican, NBC News, Democratic, Green New Deal, Sunday, ”, Biden, Trump, Republican Gov, Rep, Denver Riggleman, Capitol, White, Republican Party Locations: Illinois, Bill Weld of Massachusetts, Atlanta

☆ I live in Boston and New York City. Supercommuting is hard, but I'm unwilling to sacrifice my personal or professional life.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay has been adapted from a conversation with Sophie Rae, a 27-year-old graphic designer and artist, who lives in both Boston and New York City. AdvertisementSophie Rae lives in Boston and New York City. Sophie RaeI was like, "OK, this could be a really good excuse to have that New York moment in my life, in my career." My boyfriend lives in Boston, and his whole family lives in the surrounding area. He was with me when I got the job offer, and he was the first one to say, "OK, you've got to say yes.

Persons: —, Sophie Rae, I've, It's, They're, it's, you've, he's, You'll Organizations: Service, Business, Amtrak, Netflix Locations: Boston, New York City, New York, York, Massachusetts

☆ 19-year-old friends run a six-figure business cleaning barbecues. How they started with $400 and scaled to 20 employees.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Buying a car, notching his first five-figure month, and partnering with a friend to bring the business onlineAfter a year of school, Shaidle restarted his cleaning business in June 2022. AdvertisementAran Giffen joined the Shaidle Cleaning team in 2023. He and Giffen spent their second year at university planning for what they expected to be a busy 2024 season for Shaidle Cleaning. Shaidle Cleaning is completely student-operated. Giffen, who's on a full university scholarship for accounting, isn't technically under contract as a Shaidle Cleaning employee.

Persons: Jacob Shaidle, Shaidle, —, that's, Aran Giffen, He'd, didn't, Jake, Giffen, they've, you've, who's, I'd Organizations: Service, Business, Home, University of British, UBC, Hamilton Spectator, Shaidle Locations: Hamilton, Canadian, Ontario, University of British Columbia, Canada

☆ The Nonsense Over Secondhand Fentanyl Overdoses Must End - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( John Woller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

On a crisp December morning in my small Southern hometown, my mother found my brother unresponsive in his bed. When law enforcement officers arrived, they performed testing to confirm fentanyl overdose was the cause of death. When the test turned positive, they informed my parents that it was unsafe to enter my brother’s room. It was unsafe for us to breathe the air in the room of someone who died “that way,” we were told. And as a physician who cares for patients who use fentanyl, I knew these claims were incorrect.

Persons: overdosed Locations: Southern

☆ With my Costco executive membership and store card, I earn enough rewards to pay for a whole shopping trip — here's how
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Dawn Levitt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But even so, I think the pricier executive membership is 100% worth it for my family — especially when it's paired with the rewards from my Costco store credit card. Just remember that it's a credit card, and interest will be charged on any balance you carry over. Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesFor my family, our average $300 monthly trip earns us an annual $72 from executive-membership rebates and $72 in Costco credit card rewards. For example, last year, we bought a washer and dryer, tires for the car, and my laptop through our Costco membership. In total, we earned over $400 last year between our executive membership and Costco store credit card.

Persons: —, it's, Dawn Levitt There's, I'm, It's, Lindsey Nicholson Organizations: Service, Costco, Business, Citi, Shipping, Getty

☆ Novak Djokovic beats Carlos Alcaraz to win Olympic gold and career Golden Slam
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Matthew Futterman | James Hansen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

Relive how Novak Djokovic won Olympic gold against Carlos Alcaraz with game-by-game live coverage from the matchPARIS — Novak Djokovic beat Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(3), 7-6(2) in the men’s singles Olympic final at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday. Djokovic won in four. GO DEEPER Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz meet in a Wimbledon final duel of the extraordinaryThe first set lasted 93 minutes. After the Wimbledon final, Djokovic was largely sanguine about how soundly he had been beaten, saying Alcaraz was simply better in every department. It was a confidence and a quality not seen since that French Open final in 2023 and perhaps the US Open final in the same year.

Persons: Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, PARIS — Novak Djokovic, Roland Garros, Alcaraz, Matt Futterman, James Hansen, Djokovic, Philippe, Chatrier, Miguel Medina, Novak, crunching forehands, Patricia de Melo Moreira, deuce, hadn’t, Lorenzo Musetti, Thibaud Moritz, ” Djokovic, “, Jelena's, ”, Roger Federer, Alex de Souza, Carlos, Rafa, Spain …, Matthew Stockman Organizations: Olympic, PARIS, Djokovic, Wimbledon, Games, Getty, Cincinnati, Olympics, U.S, Serbia, Spain Locations: Paris, AFP, Alcaraz

☆ Cindy Ngamba wins first ever medal for Refugee Olympic Team
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Olympic Games is bound up with questions of nationality, with crowds waving a kaleidoscopic collage of different flags and national anthems playing for every gold medal winner. Except it was the Refugee Olympic Team crest that Ngamba held up as she celebrated the historic achievement of becoming their first ever medal-winning athlete after winning her women’s middleweight quarterfinal and guaranteeing herself a place on the podium. Ngamba was born in Cameroon and moved to the UK aged 11, where she now trains, but represents the Refugee Olympic Team, which has allowed refugee athletes to compete at the Games since 2016. Peter Cziborra/Reuters“I’m so grateful,” Ngamba told Eurosport after her fight. “I’m over the moon, I had my refugee team, the crowd, France and Paris team, and everyone in my family to come and support me.

Persons: Cindy Ngamba, France’s Davina Michel, Ngamba, Michel, Peter Cziborra, Reuters “, ” Ngamba, “, ”, they’ve Organizations: CNN, Refugee, Refugee Olympic, Games, Reuters, Eurosport, Paris, Team, Olympic Team, Olympics Locations: Cameroon, France, London

☆ I took a job in New Zealand after my life turned upside down. I love it here, but the pay isn't sustainable.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Tess Martinelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Camille Fahrnbauer, a 26-year-old travel nurse from Georgia currently working in New Zealand. Travel nursing in the US was debilitating. So when my husband left me unexpectedly and my life flipped upside down, I took a nursing job in New Zealand. AdvertisementFor a fresh start, I signed a year-long nursing contract in New ZealandI'd been travel nursing across the West Coast for three years when I started feeling a pull to nurse abroad. Dubai is at the top of my list because it's reported to have a great work-life balance and solid pay.

Persons: —, Camille Fahrnbauer, It's, I've, I'd, we're, I'm, Tess Martinelli, tmartinelli@businessinsider.com Organizations: Service, Business, West Coast, Facebook Locations: Georgia, New Zealand, West, Auckland, Dubai

☆ I'm a millennial who can finally afford to live alone. But I choose to live with a roommate so I don't feel lonely.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Jamie Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAs a hardworking, single woman who turned 30 this year, I was "living the dream" by most people's standards. The dream is to earn enough money to pay my own bills, to make my own decisions, and — maybe most importantly — to live by myself. AdvertisementI felt isolated when I lived in an apartment aloneI lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Denver for a year. It is difficult to adjust your way of living after getting used to having everything your way. Now that I have chosen to live with a roommate, I am saving money, growing and learning more about myself, and getting companionship.

Persons: —, Miranda Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Denver

☆ The Office Ties That Bind
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Anna Holmes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. A Question of LoyaltyI work for a smallish company (fewer than 100 corporate employees with and 1,500 field workers). I enjoy my job, the challenge, my co-workers and the good work-life balance. — AlbertMy first question for you: How much do you want a new job versus thinking you should want a new job? It sure sounds that you’re in an enviable, if not ideal, position: You enjoy your job, your colleagues, and the work-life balance that your job affords.

Persons: I’ve, I’m, — Albert

☆ Attending or throwing a wedding? Here’s advice for low drama
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

My husband converted to Christianity two years before our wedding, so we had a Christian wedding ceremony. “If it is a larger wedding, you might only be able to tell the couple how beautiful the wedding is and move on,” she said. The couple are balancing difficult roles as both the guests of honor and hosts of their wedding, Kuehl said. “The most important thing parents need to do is … realize this wedding is in no way about them,” she said. “You are there to facilitate and help, so your children can get married and have a lovely wedding — most importantly, the wedding they wanted.”

Persons: ”, Sherry Kuehl, “, Kuehl, Lizzie Post, Emily Post’s, ” Kuehl, Post, Jesus, doesn’t, Myka Meier, ” Meier, don’t, Meier, videographers, ‘, … Organizations: CNN, The Kansas City Star, Emily Post, Beaumont Locations: United States, New York City

☆ After various degrees and a brain injury, I owe $150,000 in student loans. The lawsuits and election only make it worse.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I wasn't prepared for the reality of my teaching salary or complicated nature of interest on student loans. I'm 35 now and have a long, winding history with my student debt, from income-driven repayment plans, to in-school deferments, to the SAVE plan, which an appeals court just blocked. And with the lawsuits and delays, my $150,000 of worth of debt in private and federal loans is now in limbo. AdvertisementThe lawsuits feel political to me, but I just don't see why politicians are interested in hindering my ability to survive. The election looms before me, with my financial future depending on who occupies the White House and how they feel about student debt.

Persons: Shanna Hayes, I'd, wasn't, I've, deferments, —, it's Organizations: Service, New England College, SAVE, House Locations: New York, New Hampshire

☆ Georgia was fading from the presidential battleground map. But Kamala Harris has put the state back in play.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewLast week, both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump held rallies at the same Georgia State University venue in downtown Atlanta just days apart. AdvertisementWhereas many Republicans were beginning to see Georgia for the taking due to Biden's sagging numbers, Harris has given Democrats a jolt of energy in the state. Harris has strength with young voters and minoritiesBiden in 2020 swept nearly every swing state, boosted by his electoral advantage with young voters and minorities. And the latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll taken in Georgia showed Harris and Trump tied at 47% support each among registered voters. And if Trump holds on to 2020 instead of uniting Georgia Republicans, Harris will likely benefit.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Trump's, MAGA, Harris, Joe Biden, Biden, Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Joe Raedle, Nikki Haley, Brian Kemp, Brad Raffensperger, Kemp, Raffensperger, he's, Marty, Kemp's, Stacey Abrams Organizations: Service, Georgia State University, Business, Republican, Black, GOP, Emerson College, Trump, Peach State, Bloomberg, Republicans, Trump GOP, Georgia Republicans, Republican Gov, Republican Party Locations: Atlanta, Georgia, Peach, Atlanta's, Raffensperger

☆ EV charging company moves to clamp down on charger hogs
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

EV fast chargers – the big tall units that look like major appliances – aren’t generally designed to completely fill an EV’s batteries. A line of EVs wait to charge at Electrify America chargers in East Brunswick, New Jersey, on July 6. At 10 of the busiest EV fast charging stations in California, Electrify America has enacted a strict limit. There can also be other legitimate reasons a driver may want to charge to 100% at a fast charger, said Barrosa. Cases like these are why Electrify America probably won’t institute an overall charging cap at charging stations near major highways, he said.

Persons: Peter Valdes, unplug, Tesla’s, ”, Sara Rafalson, we’ve, Robert Barrosa, ’ ”, EVgo, EVgo’s Rafalson, Barrosa, let’s Organizations: CNN, Chevrolet Blazer, EV, Mercedes, Benz, Hyundai, Fiat, Mazda Locations: New York City, Bristol , Pennsylvania, Bristol, East Brunswick , New Jersey, EVs, America, California, America’s

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