Cristina Mircea
1,684 ARTICLES
She nailed her motorcycle license test shaming all the males in her class with her highest score in the written exam and the best time obtained during the skills test.
Writing has been her livelihood for more than ten years now, and there’s no topic she doesn’t dare tackling, from IT solutions to outdoor equipment, electronics, and now the automotive industry.
When she’s not typing, she also loves riding non-motorized two-wheelers, going on hikes with her dog, and rocking her electric guitars.
Bet You Didn't Know You Can Use Hot Glue Gun Sticks to Make Your Own Bike Tires!
12 Oct 2022, 11:59 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Manufacturers are constantly coming up with more durable, puncture-proof tires that can last longer, but this guy thinks he can do better. His name is Sergii Gordieiev and he is the mastermind behind The Q YouTube channel. He is a content creat...
Chinese-Made EHang EH216 Autonomous Air Taxi Completes Flight Demonstrations in Spain
12 Oct 2022, 08:53 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Chinese eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft manufacturer EHang has multiple ongoing partnerships in Spain, where it keeps a constant presence with its EH216 AAV (autonomous aerial vehicle). The latest event involving EHang&rsquo...
Sierra Nevada Corporation Buys Volansi, Plans to Develop Mission-Tailored VTOL Drones
11 Oct 2022, 15:04 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Sierra Nevada Corporation revealed recently that it finalized acquiring drone developer Volansi, with the former planning to use the latter’s UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) technologies to support a variety of industries and “deliver any...
Summer Camper Van Is a Luxurious Beach House on Wheels, Designed With Relaxation in Mind
11 Oct 2022, 11:21 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / With its six panoramic windows that bring nature in, its warm interior design, its cascading plant box, and outside hammocks, the Summer camper van oozes calmness and peacefulness, making you feel like you are living in a luxurious beach house on w...
Aussie-Made Ryder Trailer Is Both Compact and Spacious, Can Carry Up to Three Dirt Bikes
11 Oct 2022, 08:37 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Offline Campers' latest product is an Aussie-made trailer designed with riders in mind. The Ryder can carry up to three dirt bikes and still offers plenty of storage space and an equipped kitchen. Aussie trailer manufacturer Offline Campers...
Creepy-Looking Coffin Car Has a Lid Instead of Doors, Is Powered by a Pulsejet Engine
10 Oct 2022, 14:48 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / With a design that gives you the chills and makes you think twice if you want to hop in it for a ride, the Coffin Car looks like another Crazy Rocketman winner. It is powered by a pulsejet engine and is almost ready to become an internet sensation....
2004 SunnyBrook Trailer Gets an Extreme Makeover, Becomes a Luxury House on Wheels
10 Oct 2022, 10:53 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Moving into a tiny house on wheels doesn’t necessarily mean you have to compromise in terms of luxury. This 36 ft (11 m) renovated SunnyBrook trailer comes as proof, showing that you can downsize and still enjoy a stylish dwelling that’...
Free-Spirited Couple is Pursuing the Hollywood Dream in a Cozy Ford Transit Converted Van
10 Oct 2022, 08:50 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / While van life is definitely not for everyone, for some people it can be the perfect solution to enjoying a debt-free and unencumbered lifestyle. This couple is pursuing their Hollywood dream in a 2019 Ford Transit converted van and they are having...
Fancy This Custom LEGO Freightliner Semi-Truck? Here's How You Can Build One Yourself
8 Oct 2022, 08:00 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Over time, the guy behind the Luxury Bricks YouTube channel has delighted us with the most creative LEGO art projects, with his high-end motorhomes and campers making us all wish we were plastic mini figures. Now, the LEGO maniac kicks it up a notc...
Black Swan Cargo Drone To Become Carbon Neutral, Will Be Powered by Fossil-Free Fuel
4 Oct 2022, 13:42 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / When the Bulgarian-made cargo drone, Black Swan, was unveiled last year, it was advertised as the most fuel-efficient unmanned cargo airplane, boasting an impressive range and payload capabilities. That same UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) now wants ...
Zectron Folding E-Bike Wants To Be Your Urban Dream Ride, Boasts 150 Miles of Range
4 Oct 2022, 11:21 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Comfortable, easily portable, and boasting an insane range, Zectron’s folding e-bike sounds like a winner and a "dream ride", to quote its manufacturer. As far as urban commuters are concerned, the smaller, the better. And if you...
Wisk Aero Unveils Its 6th Generation Air Taxi, Says Is the Most Advanced in the World
4 Oct 2022, 09:15 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Back in August, eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft developer Wisk Aero let the world know that it will soon reveal its sixth generation air taxi. That moment just arrived, with the air mobility company boasting of it being the ...
Compact but Functional Gullwing Flatbed Pop-Up Camper Is Ultra-Light and Off-Grid Capable
2 Oct 2022, 08:00 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / A compact design, off-grid capabilities, and maximum functionality, all packed in the smallest, most lightweight package possible. That is the Gullwing Flatbed Pop-up camper in a nutshell. Designed by Oregon-based company Optimized Overlanding, ...
Delfast's California Two-Wheeler Is a Long-Distance Commuter E-Bike but Also a Statement
1 Oct 2022, 08:00 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / The Delfast California e-bike is a statement. It was designed as a symbol of resistance in Ukraine by a Ukraine-based manufacturer. It is also touted as one competitive commuter e-bike, “possibly the best” one ever built. Delfast be...
Rhaegal Cargo UAV Completes Its First Hover Flight, Lifts Record-Setting Payload
30 Sep 2022, 15:48 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / The Rhaegal VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) cargo drone recently reached two important milestones, achieving its first hover flight and managing to break the payload world record of any commercial UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle). Drone develo...
Fritz Tiny Homes Offers a Video Tour of Its Luxurious Halcyon, a Modern Oasis of Calm
30 Sep 2022, 13:51 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / With a name inspired by a bird, compact yet spacious, and boasting an innovative design, the Halcyon tiny house on wheels allows you to live a free and luxurious life. The Halcyon is not a new tiny house model. On the contrary, it is the f...
Cybertruck-Inspired Bike Is AI-Optimized, Rides Itself and Is Fully Controlled by Software
30 Sep 2022, 10:07 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / An AI (artificial intelligence) copilot that lets you ride it safely without hands, and software that controls nearly every component of it, make the Weel EV-B the smartest e-bike ever built, at least in the opinion of the manufacturer. Nowaday...
Crazy Rocketman Takes His Jet Engine Dragon Out for a Ride, Ends Up Spitting Too Much Fire
30 Sep 2022, 08:09 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Robert Maddox, a.k.a. the Crazy Rocketman by the Internet, has lived his entire life around pulsejet engines, building them, testing them, repairing them, and using them to power the most insane, homemade vehicles. Most of the time, the guy’s...
Wingcopter Is Testing the Delivery of Consumer Goods by Drone in Rural Parts of Germany
29 Sep 2022, 14:07 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / When it started back in 2017, Germany-based drone company Wingcopter focused mostly on airborne deliveries of medical supplies. Over time though, it began to take an interest in other sectors, too. Its latest project is a first-of-its-kind in the c...
Canadian-Made Atlas EV Claims to Be the World's First Fully Electric Amphibious 8x8 XTV
29 Sep 2022, 12:49 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / After making a reputation selling its gas-powered, amphibious XTVs (extreme terrain vehicles), off-road ATVs, and powerful utility vehicles, Canadian manufacturer Argo is ready to test new waters. The company recently unveiled the Atlas EV, adverti...