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Cristian Agatie

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As a child, he grew up among tractors and heavy machinery and was covered in grease from tip to toe most of the time. It was a tractor that he drove for the first time and when asked what he’d become, he candidly replied: “tractor operator”. Later on, he drove all kinds of vehicles, from heavy trucks to off-roaders, all outside of public roads until he got his driving license.

He did not become a tractor operator, as you can tell already. Instead, he got interested in journalism and pursued a career finding stories for local newspapers and radio stations. But the first love is never forgotten, so when presented with the chance, he seized it and became a motor journalist in 1995.

Having found the perfect job to mix his passion for cars and journalism, he couldn’t help exploring other areas, like science, computers, and mobile devices. He took stints working for a computer magazine for a couple of years, and it was then that he had his first contact with new media. But cars always remained his passion, so he returned to motor journalism when Auto Bild started its local branch. Later, he became an internet junkie, and moving online felt only natural.

In the meantime, he also became obsessed with technology, electric vehicles, batteries, and whatnot, so he writes a lot about those. He found autoevolution a fertile ground for exploration and so he discovered his passion for RVs and campers, but also solar panels and new energy solutions.
Chevrolet Silverado EV Has 150,000 Reservations, Will Help GM Get to One Million EVs
Chevrolet Silverado EV Has 150,000 Reservations, Will Help GM Get to One Million EVs

28 Jul 2022, 16:16 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / General Motors is confident it can achieve its new goal of building one million EVs annually by 2025, even though this is not enough to surpass Tesla as initially planned. Chevrolet Silverado, expected to launch next year, is GM’s first mass-...

 
Hyundai Found Guilty of Messing Up Customers' Credit Scores, Will Pay $19.2 Million
Hyundai Found Guilty of Messing Up Customers' Credit Scores, Will Pay $19.2 Million

28 Jul 2022, 14:56 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / After being accused of using child labor at one of its subsidiaries, Hyundai is once again in trouble. The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ordered Hyundai Capital America to pay $19.2 million for repeatedly giving credit-reporting age...

 
Tesla Abruptly Cancels a Customer's Order, There's No Arguing With That
Tesla Abruptly Cancels a Customer's Order, There's No Arguing With That

28 Jul 2022, 13:25 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla is among the carmakers that try to prevent people from reselling their cars. The EV maker has put a clause in the sales contract that can have people banned from ever buying a Tesla again if they are found to act as a reseller. Tesla is not s...

 
Ford Sends a Dire Warning to Dealers Who Try to Resell or Markup Popular Models
Ford Sends a Dire Warning to Dealers Who Try to Resell or Markup Popular Models

28 Jul 2022, 10:37 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Ford is working hard to curb markups and reselling practices for its most in-demand models, but nothing seems to help. In the latest move, the Blue Oval issued a dire warning to dealers trying to profit by applying markups or reselling the vehicles...

 
Rivian Gear Guard Catches Honda Hitting Pimped-Up McLaren 570S, Who's to Blame?
Rivian Gear Guard Catches Honda Hitting Pimped-Up McLaren 570S, Who's to Blame?

28 Jul 2022, 08:41 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / With many car accidents, the blame used to be sorted out by witnesses’ accounts. Still, with billions of video cameras everywhere, things are much easier today. Nevertheless, this video of a Honda hitting a McLaren in a Detroit intersection s...

 
This Cheerful Volkswagen Type 2 Camper Is Perfect for a Day at the Beach
This Cheerful Volkswagen Type 2 Camper Is Perfect for a Day at the Beach

27 Jul 2022, 17:40 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Nothing signals a rebel more than a Volkswagen Bus except, maybe, a surfboard. By that measure, the owner of this Volkswagen Type 2 is a true nonconformist. After enjoying the camper for more than twenty years, he is willing to pass it to another r...

 
GM's EV Ambitions Get Smaller by the Day, and Nobody Asks Mary Barra Why Is That
GM's EV Ambitions Get Smaller by the Day, and Nobody Asks Mary Barra Why Is That

27 Jul 2022, 16:13 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / General Motors is one of the bullier carmakers when it comes to overtaking Tesla, even though it lags behind the competition in this regard. Despite all the bold statements about surpassing Tesla “by mid-decade,” GM is taking steps away...

 
New-Vehicle Prices Hit a Record-High in June, EVs Selling for $66,000 on Average
New-Vehicle Prices Hit a Record-High in June, EVs Selling for $66,000 on Average

27 Jul 2022, 14:45 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Inflation, low inventories, and a strong luxury share (18% of car sales) have pushed new-vehicle prices to a record-high in June. Electric vehicles registered one of the highest price increases of all segments, with an average transaction price of ...

 
Robotaxi Company Cruise Burns Cash at an Alarming Rate as It Prepares to Extend Services
Robotaxi Company Cruise Burns Cash at an Alarming Rate as It Prepares to Extend Services

27 Jul 2022, 12:40 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Cruise recently started commercial service in San Francisco and is gearing up to enter more cities. But the rate at which the company burns through cash is worrying investors, despite the company’s executives being bullish on Cruise’s p...

 
Test Shows That the Starlink Internet Service Works Reliably Even at Speeds of Over 80 MPH
Test Shows That the Starlink Internet Service Works Reliably Even at Speeds of Over 80 MPH

27 Jul 2022, 09:49 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The Starlink internet service was battle-tested in Ukraine, proving itself immensely valuable and hard to crack for Russian counterintelligence. But what started as a fixed internet service soon expanded as a mobile solution and proved surprisingly...

 
Jeep Wagoneer Totally Demolished After Delivery Truck Driver Makes a Costly Mistake
Jeep Wagoneer Totally Demolished After Delivery Truck Driver Makes a Costly Mistake

27 Jul 2022, 08:58 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Waiting for your brand new car to deliver can be a painful experience, especially when you learn that it was completely destroyed while in transit. Although rare, these things happen, as we can see from this unlucky Jeep Wagoneer’s encounter ...

 
This Volkswagen Type 2 Camper Rocks an Intriguing Engine Swap, Amazing DIY Job
This Volkswagen Type 2 Camper Rocks an Intriguing Engine Swap, Amazing DIY Job

26 Jul 2022, 18:09 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / We’ve seen many Volkswagen Vanagon camper vans with a Subaru engine at the back, but this Type 2 from the second generation is quite unusual. For a DIY job, it looks impressive and sports some good utilities to work as an off-grid camper. ...

 
Guy Honestly Describes His Experience With the Rivian R1T After 1,500 Miles
Guy Honestly Describes His Experience With the Rivian R1T After 1,500 Miles

26 Jul 2022, 17:33 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Everyone who got to drive the Rivian R1T praised the qualities of the electric pickup truck. But the R1T is by no means perfect, and honest reviews have revealed several issues, although many could be fixed with a software update. The Rivian R1T...

 
This 2018 Tesla Model 3 Passed the 300,000-Mile Mark, Here's What You Need To Know
This 2018 Tesla Model 3 Passed the 300,000-Mile Mark, Here's What You Need To Know

26 Jul 2022, 16:01 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla Model Y is a relatively new model on the market, so there are few cars with high mileage to show how they cope with abuse over time. Earlier in the year, we wrote about a Model 3 with 100,000 miles. Still, a new story from Canada shows that e...

 
How Much Lighter Is a Tesla Model Y Built With 4680 Cells Compared to One With 2170 Cells?
How Much Lighter Is a Tesla Model Y Built With 4680 Cells Compared to One With 2170 Cells?

26 Jul 2022, 12:51 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla promised that the bigger 4680 cells and the structural battery pack would help build lighter EVs without offering more details. Somebody wanted to prove this theory and compared the made-in-Texas (MIT) Tesla Model Y with the one built in Frem...

 
Tesla Will Start Charging Customers for Essential Navigation Services After Eight Years
Tesla Will Start Charging Customers for Essential Navigation Services After Eight Years

26 Jul 2022, 10:49 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Carmakers are head-on into subscription services, even when sometimes this means alienating their customer base. Tesla was among those that had a more careful approach toward subscriptions, only putting advanced features behind a paywall. This will...

 
Driver Discovers Reality Is Harsher Than Statistics After Being Caught Speeding Twice
Driver Discovers Reality Is Harsher Than Statistics After Being Caught Speeding Twice

26 Jul 2022, 09:17 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / People often comfort themselves by referring to statistics, but sometimes statistics and reality are two different things. A man was arrested in Las Vegas after being caught speeding twice in two minutes. What were the odds...? Speeding is one o...

 
1977 GMC Motorhome Coachman Royale Is More Than a Home, Will Outlast You
1977 GMC Motorhome Coachman Royale Is More Than a Home, Will Outlast You

25 Jul 2022, 17:31 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Looking at a GMC Motorhome, you wouldn’t believe these were built in the ’70s. The futuristic style and innovative chassis were far ahead of their times, and that’s why these rigs are still in high demand today. The GMC Motorho...

 
Watch Tesla FSD Navigate Road With Crooked Lane Markings Like a Pro!
Watch Tesla FSD Navigate Road With Crooked Lane Markings Like a Pro!

25 Jul 2022, 16:19 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / People in Hollister, California, were confused after a contractor mistakenly painted “drunk” lane lines on a recently repaved road. It wasn’t long before someone decided to test the Tesla FSD beta in the area to see what it gives....

 
One of the Very Few Toyota bZ4Xs in the U.S. Was Totaled After 1,360 Miles, Still Valuable
One of the Very Few Toyota bZ4Xs in the U.S. Was Totaled After 1,360 Miles, Still Valuable

25 Jul 2022, 14:41 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Toyota electric vehicles are the rarest of the rarest, and it’s not far-fetched to compare them to classic Ferraris in this regard. This is why seeing one that crashed right after delivery is such an eye sore. Hopefully, it gets to live a sec...

 

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