Codrin Spiridon
635 ARTICLES
Personal motto:
Do what you love, and try to make an honest buck out of it.
A University of Portsmouth graduate, Codrin seized the opportunity to jump into the automotive world after having been a gaming/tech TV journalist for quite some time.
He feels there's something incredibly special about having the opportunity to write about things you're passionate about, and at the end of the day... get to pay the bills too.
Elon Musk Raises Tesla FSD Price to $15,000
22 Aug 2022, 07:23 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Not even a day after the beta release of the Full Self-Driving 10.69 update, Elon Musk already tweeted that Tesla will raise the price of the FSD software from $12,000 to $15,000 starting from September 5. This Sunday, the Internet was roaming ...
Tesla's Full-Self Driving v10.69 Update Explained
22 Aug 2022, 07:12 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Hot of the press via Twitter user @ACPixel, we finally get to see the early access release notes from the Tesla FSD (Full Self-Driving) v10.69 update. Or as the tablet “Software update” screen shows, the 2022.16.3.10 version. Let’...
1929 Duesenberg Model J Looking for New Owner at $1,700,000
21 Aug 2022, 10:22 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / In 1926, three years before the Great Depression hit, Fred Duesenberg was ordered to create the greatest automobile America had ever seen. Depending on who you ask, that came true on December 1st, 1928, with the Model J. Our topic of the day p...
1916 Excelsior With Sidecar Sells for $45,000
21 Aug 2022, 10:05 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / World War I era olive drab 1916 Excelsior rocking a 998cc (61 Cl) F-head V-twin engine with 3-speed transmission has only seen 4,900 miles (7,886 km) worth of action. Not too shabby for a 106-year-old bike. I had one-year-old cars with more dig...
Bidirectional Charging Technology: The Way of the Future or a Fad?
21 Aug 2022, 09:54 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Mr. La Forge, set EV battery phasers to charge and engage! One day, not too far off into the future, we could be powering up our homes, schools, hospitals, offices, or even part of the local electrical grid just by parking our cars. In 2021, i...
Car NFTs Price Tags and Backstories Are Ridiculous
20 Aug 2022, 11:39 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Non-Fungible Tokens aren't going away anytime soon. While scouring the Internet I came across some very ridiculos and pricey NFTs. Not to mention the mind-blowing stories behind some of them. The very first NFT came into existence on ...
Major Milestone Achieved by Fully Electric Seaplane
20 Aug 2022, 11:27 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Last Thursday, a seaplane called "eBeaver" successfully landed after a 45 miles (72.4 km) test flight that lasted for 24 minutes. It took off at 08:12 and landed at 08:36 with battery to spare. The plane's course started fro...
POTUS Joe Biden Signs $3 Billion Law for an Electric United Stated Postal Service
19 Aug 2022, 13:31 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / The Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, aims to revitalize the United States Postal Service with a $3 billion infusion during the next eight years. The IRA became law on the 11th of August 2022 when U.S. President Joe Biden signed it. ...
Bugatti Major Reveal Incoming in Less Than a Week
15 Aug 2022, 21:27 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Bugatti has just dropped a teaser of its upcoming model on its official Instagram account. It will be shown in a couple of days, and the audience of The Quail will be the first to publicly see it live. The vehicle in question is described as an ico...
Justice Is Being Served by the FBI Police in a 2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT
15 Aug 2022, 13:37 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / If you’re ever in Washington, D.C. enjoying a grilled sandwich across the street from the FBI headquarters on 10th St NW, you might want to keep an eye out for the FBI police officers strolling around in a 480-HP Mustang Mach-E GT. ...
$400 Mil. Team Up Between Hyundai and Boston Dynamics in AI Venture
15 Aug 2022, 07:26 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Hyundai Motor Group and Boston Dynamics will invest over $400 million into the Artificial Intelligence Institute. It’s called Boston Dynamics AI Institute, and its purpose is to achieve ground-breaking advances in artificial intelligence and ...
Tesla Reaches Important Milestone, Produces Over 3M Cars
15 Aug 2022, 07:12 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Elon Musk took to Twitter this Sunday evening to congratulate the Gigafactory Shanghai employees on producing their one-millionth car. He also mentioned that the total number of Tesla vehicles made has crossed the three million units threshold. ...
You Might be Out of a Job by 2030 if You Work in the Auto Industry
14 Aug 2022, 12:22 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / I don’t know about you, but I shudder at the thought of 630,000 people or more losing their jobs in the auto industry by 2030. Whether you believe in global warming or not is irrelevant. What truly matter are the undisputable ramific...
Six in Ten Brits Fear Driving on Certain Roads, Study Claims
14 Aug 2022, 05:54 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / A recent study carried out in the United Kingdom by a road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has revealed that 60% of drivers are concerned about certain types of roads. The opinion poll was conducted on 1.004 drivers. They were asked which types o...
Brand New Cars Animated Series on Disney+, You Can Watch It Next Month
13 Aug 2022, 20:00 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / We probably won't be getting Cars 4 from Pixar anytime soon, but Cars on the Road sure looks like it can take care of our need for speed in the meantime. Only this time, it's in the form of a nine-episode series on Disney+ available for s...