Alex Carausu
44 ARTICLES
15 World Titles in One Picture: Hamilton and Rossi Swap Rides in Valencia
12 Dec 2019, 15:54 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / Valentino Rossi returned to the seat of a Formula 1 car for the first time in almost 10 years, as he took the 2017 championship-winning car Mercedes-AMG F1 W08 to the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia for a PR event together with Lewis Hamilton. ...
Formula 1 Reveals 2020 Vietnam Grand Prix Track Final Shape
12 Dec 2019, 12:42 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / Formula 1 is currently enjoying the winter break, but as usual, preparations for the new season are already underway. With two new circuits for the 2020 season, Zandvoort in the Netherlands and Hanoi in Vietnam, the racing calendar will host 22 ...
Nissan Leaf Turns Into Christmas TR33 on Wheels
11 Dec 2019, 09:32 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / In the automotive world, a car that is called a “Christmas Tree” is usually not something flattering. On the contrary, it’s kind of worrying actually because it means that all the lights on the dashboard are lit. And that’s ...
Abandoned in the Desert: The Vehicle Jilting Phenomenon in Dubai
10 Dec 2019, 14:51 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / When you think about Dubai, whether you’ve had the pleasure of visiting or not, you often think of the absurd self-indulgence mentality of a city dedicated entirely to excess and overconsumption. Between giant buildings, artificial islands...
Tesla’s Cybertruck Might Be Cursed as Second Showing Comes With Another Blunder
9 Dec 2019, 16:30 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / Since its launch in November, Tesla’s Cybertruck has managed to divide the automotive world into two big categories. Everyone agrees though that with its completely atypical style, whether you like it or not, the futuristic-looking electric p...
Big Bertha: A 25,000 HP Mechanical Worm Designed in Japan for American Drilling
9 Dec 2019, 15:35 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / It’s a known fact that engineers, in their constant pursuit for innovations, have learned a good amount from nature itself, as it provides one of the best sources of inspiration. Before we even existed as a species, nature was already wor...
Say Goodbye to Traffic Jams From Your Flying Porsche
6 Dec 2019, 20:05 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / So imagine the following scenario: you look up towards the sky one morning and you see flying cars with spinning blades rushing at the height of a 10-story building while trying to overtake each other in order to save some time on their daily commu...
Tesla Deploys Mobile Superchargers to Avoid Thanksgiving-Like Car Queues
5 Dec 2019, 14:49 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / Tesla may have just found the perfect way to strengthen its charging infrastructure during the holidays, a period when more and more drivers are making long journeys and are relying on the company's Supercharger network. Halfway between Los...
Mazda 787B: The 900 HP Rotary Engine That Stunned Le Mans
5 Dec 2019, 13:14 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / Half a century ago, a small Japanese company from Hiroshima by the name Toyo Kogyo made an interesting decision, and a massive leap of faith. They usually offered products under the Mazda brand in that period, name that they’d formally a...
Stratolaunch: A Million Pounds, Six Engines and the Wingspan of a Football Field
3 Dec 2019, 16:30 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / For more than 70 years, the Hughes H-4 Hercules, nicknamed Spruce Goose, held the record for the largest wingspan aircraft that has ever flown. With a length of nearly 320 feet (97,5 meters) and a height of 218 feet (66,6 meters) this giant flying ...
Type 64: A World War II Ambition That Became the Ancestor of All Porsches
30 Nov 2019, 13:10 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / In 1939, the eve of World War II saw mankind on the brink of abyss. The leaders of the age, especially the ones in Germany and Italy, plunged the world into the worst catastrophe of modern times. There are many connections to be made between Ber...
Rusty Treasures: Some of the Most Amazing Cars Found in Abandoned Garages
29 Nov 2019, 19:00 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / It’s generally accepted in the car world that the older the vehicle, the more prone it is to have a greater value, as it is a constant reminder of “greater and simpler times”. Ergo, finding a car that has managed to take roots...
These Upcoming Electric Pickup Trucks Should Give You a Run for Your Money
28 Nov 2019, 10:59 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / The number of options for electric vehicles available in the world is growing at a respectable pace, so it’s no wonder there’s a common feeling that a new era is about to begin. Every way we look at it, it seems probable that in the...
Bloodhound LSR On-Board Video Shows 628 MPH Desert Test Run
27 Nov 2019, 12:57 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / The Bloodhound LSR supersonic rocket of a car is one step closer to its intended goal of setting a new world record for the highest land speed achieved by a vehicle, which for more than 20 years stands at 760 mph (1,223 kph), The Bloodhoun...
Audi Plans to Cut 9,500 Jobs by 2025 as Part of New Transformation Plan
27 Nov 2019, 10:55 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / German automaker Audi, subsidiary of the VAG Group, announced the removal of 9,500 jobs by 2025, as part of a transformation plan to save about 6 billion euros by 2029. The job cuts will take place "along the demographic curve", said W...
NASA Uses Cute Looking 1965 Aircraft to Move Orion Spacecraft
27 Nov 2019, 08:53 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / NASA's ambitions for manned space missions have not been this high for decades. And we’re not talking solely about the development of commercial crew spaceships, but an entire new-gen launch platform called the Space Launch System (SLS),...
NASCAR Champion Joey Logano Breaks World Record for the Longest Hot Wheels Track
26 Nov 2019, 15:25 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / You don’t have to be a kid at heart to get intrigued by Hot Wheels tracks, as they provide at least an interesting and fun experience away from your actual car. Over time, the complexity of the “toys” grew, having now a lot of...
With Two 65-Liters Engines and 4,600 HP, This Is the World’s Biggest Truck
26 Nov 2019, 13:42 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / It’s safe to say that almost every aspect of our contemporary lives has minerals or mineral products at its roots. Be them precious or base metals, coking coal or iron sands, they are all compounds that were vital for our progress as a sp...
Six Wheels of Passion: Cars That Created Controversy Through Ingenuity
25 Nov 2019, 16:50 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / The more the merrier? Well not quite. As we all know, there’s been an ongoing hustle between car enthusiasts and motorbike fans as to how many wheels are appropriate for a motorized road vehicle. Some say two, others say four, but there&r...
Think You Can Beat Lewis Hamilton on Track? Gran Turismo Sport Lets You Prove It
24 Nov 2019, 16:13 UTC · By: Alex Carausu / Racing simulators, make no mistake, are rounding up to become success stories that manage to pull massive amounts of capital in this digital world. And that’s kind of understandable taking into account that they are reshaping the way mot...