Andrei Nedelea
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Personal motto:
"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself" - Ferdinand Porsche
He is a strong believer in the recent developments in green car tech and especially its entertaining applications. However, for him, green is more than just a brash color sprayed onto a supercar, it's a different way of thinking and perceiving modern car culture.
Porsche Taycan Is Technically Impressive, But Is It Fun to Drive?
28 Oct 2019, 17:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Porsche is a bit late to the electric vehicle party, but according to reviews, its new Taycan EV sedan is probably the best and most accomplished battery-powered car out there. But since it wears a Porsche badge, expectation is for it to be fun...
What’s With All the Electric SUVs? Aren't EVs Supposed to Be Super Efficient?
28 Oct 2019, 15:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / When automakers set out to make an electric vehicle, they should try to seek out as much range as possbile out of that vehicle’s battery pack. They should strive (at least in theory) to make it as efficient as is humanly possible, given the c...
Are We Ready to Be Martians Yet?
28 Oct 2019, 13:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Humans last set foot on another celestial object in 1972 when the Apollo 17 mission to the Moon was undertaken. Since then, we’ve only been in space around the Earth and that’s pretty much it. But there are highly ambitious plans to...
All-Electric Drivers’ Cars: Is There Such a Thing?
28 Oct 2019, 10:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Moving cars away from internal combustion engines and bestowing them with tailpipe emissions-free all-electric powertrains wasn’t a move intended to make them more fun to drive. The only reason why this is nowadays a trend is because gover...
Ready for the World’s First EV Hot Hatch? It Could Be This VW ID.3 GTE
26 Oct 2019, 11:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Volkswagen recently revealed the production version of its ID.3 all-electric hatchback, and while many people were wondering what its range was or how much space there was inside, I was seeing its hot hatch potential. Hear me out here. The ID.3 ...
Here's What the VW Golf GTI Mk.8 Will Look Like
25 Oct 2019, 11:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Volkswagen has pulled the wraps off an all-new, eighth-generation Golf hatchback and its look are nothing to write home about. Maybe the GTI will change all that, though. It’s a huge cliché to point out the fact that the new Go...
Looking Back at Toyota’s Recent Hot Hatches and the Next Yaris GRMN
24 Oct 2019, 19:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Toyota isn’t what you’d call an established player on the hot hatch market, even though it’s no stranger to spiced up grocery getters. Its hot hatches have never been among the most extreme, and usually not as powerful as riva...
BMW Z4 M Coupe Shooting Brake Is a Modern Clown Shoe
24 Oct 2019, 09:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / BMW didn’t originally plan to sell the Z3 M Coupe or any hardtop version of the Z3. Engineers working on the project, though, led by Burkhard Göschel, thought the car needed additional torsional rigidity and had other plans. Gösc...
2021 Tesla Roadster Will Be Even Faster Than the Already Bonkers Prototype
23 Oct 2019, 17:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / People gasped when the second generation Tesla Roadster was revealed in prototype form. Some of the wow factor came from the way the vehicle looked, and the fact that it was first shown at the end of an event dedicated to the Tesla Semi. It was...
EV-Converted Classics Are Popping up all Over the Place - a Good Trend?
23 Oct 2019, 10:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Classic cars’ value is higher the closer they are to the state in which they originally left the factory. If they are modified (even if this means genuine, usable upgrades), their value will usually go down since originality is prized above a...
Helical Engine Could Help Us Explore the Universe at Near-Light Speed
23 Oct 2019, 09:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Trying to fathom the concept of a light-year is not by any means easy - it’s literally how far light travels in a year, roughly 9,460 billion kilometers or 5,880 billion miles. That’s a lot of zeros. It is the preferred unit to meas...
Most Memorable Mercedes-Benz Movie Cars
23 Oct 2019, 08:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mercedes-Benz cars are featured very frequently in movies simply because the brand has plenty of associated connotations. That means writers and directors can use these cars to add more depth to the their characters. Seeing the Three Pointed St...
Most Memorable BMWs in Movies
22 Oct 2019, 12:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / BMW has made a name for itself over the decades as being a manufacturer of high quality luxury cars that have a distinctly sporty edge. The fact that the company’s motto used to be “The Ultimate Driving Machine” still stands true ...
These Are the Dirtiest Spots Inside Your Car
19 Oct 2019, 12:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Toilet seats seem to be a benchmark to compare against when it comes to just how bacteria-ridden certain parts of your car are. And it’s actually pretty good to compare against it given that it is definitely perceived as dirty and unsanitary,...
What Happens With the International Space Station at the End of its Life?
19 Oct 2019, 09:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The International Space Station is a habitable satellite currently soaring around the Earth at 27,600 kph (17,100 mph), at an altitude of just over 400 km (250 miles) and it completes 15.5 full orbits of the planet each day. It’s been doing s...
What Else Can You Run a Diesel Car On?
17 Oct 2019, 15:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Compression-ignition engines, more commonly known as diesel engines were initially designed to run on peanut oil, not the slightly viscous, petroleum-based fuel it runs on today. Its inventor created it specifically to run on pretty much any fuel t...
Does Having a Certain Color Car Make It An Accident Magnet?
15 Oct 2019, 15:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Few if any car buyers take safety into consideration when choosing which color they want on their new car. But maybe they should because it turns out some colors have a lower safety rating and thus have a direct effect on your chances of being invo...
CO2 Captured From The Atmosphere Could Become The Fuel Of The Future
15 Oct 2019, 09:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Capturing carbon dioxide out of the air using man-made tech is not a new development - we’ve had the capability to do it since the mid-1950s. It has so far stayed under the radar because it was considered prohibitively expensive to get workin...
These Automotive Jobs Can't Be Done By Machines (Yet)
14 Oct 2019, 14:18 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Automotive manufacturing pairs people and machines that work together to build cars as quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. The process has, ever since Ford invented the moving assembly line, more than a century ago, involved some...
You Can Buy Car-Branded Cologne and Perfume, But Should You?
14 Oct 2019, 12:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Automakers often don’t just limit themselves to making cars. To increase popularity and reach, they create branded products whose only real connection to the core brand is that they share a logo. Usually, such products are commissioned to oth...