Ionut Ungureanu
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When it comes to his preferences, our newest team member will always want to get the oldest ride in the barn. He’ll be the first to try a steam-engined car and will probably start a random discussion about it. Modern designs are rarely going to his likes, but when we tease him with annoying questions, our “celebrities specialist” will eventually admit hypercars are what he dreams of.
Personal motto: It’s later than you think, so push the pedal.
Nissan Wants the UK Government to Put EVs on the Map
22 Oct 2015, 11:27 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Throughout the UK, there are more than 9,000 EV charging points, covering almost all the motorway services. Over 11,500 all-electric Nissan Leafs have been sold in Great Britain since the model's launch in early 2011. The market is there, but ...
Hendo Hoverboard 2.0 Is Tony Hawk Approved, but Still Needs a Copper Deck to Work
22 Oct 2015, 09:40 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / As promised, California-based gizmo maker Arx Pax has just unveiled their latest model of a working hoverboard the other day. It’s not quite what Marty McFly used in Back To The Future II, but it’s one of the closest things we have. Lex...
The First Vehicle Ever Designed by a Pizza Maker Is Here, and It Looks Tasty
22 Oct 2015, 09:02 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / You can deliver pizza and then you can DELIVER pizza. Domino’s has just unveiled a pizza mobile that will not only keep your favorite meal heated up until it lands on your plate but should also help with the company’s sales. Yes, it has...
Picking Up Girls in the DeLorean Time Machine Not Only Works but It's also Fun
22 Oct 2015, 08:12 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / You’d expect people to turn their heads after a Lamborghini revving its lungs out in the open. Heck, a parked Ferrari 458 will do the job too, not to mention there was this guy once who didn’t even need to say anything to get girls to r...
Volvo’s Reflective Spray for Cyclists Is So Popular It Will Launch in the UK This Weekend
21 Oct 2015, 17:11 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Volvo cares about safety so much they are kind enough to offer a helping hand to two-wheel commuters too. A while ago, everybody was going nuts about this new reflective spray, aimed at increasing the visibility of cyclists on the road. It was firs...
Here Are Five DeLorean Time Machine Alternatives According to UK Survey
21 Oct 2015, 16:29 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / A science fiction trilogy managed to turn a bankrupt automaker into an icon of the 1980s. Tens if not hundreds of people still drive it on a daily basis. Say Doc Brown built a replacement for his famous Time Machine every decade, have you ever wond...
This Batmobile from Batman: Arkham Knight Was Built on a Go-Kart · Video
21 Oct 2015, 15:38 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / This may not be the real deal, but it sure looks like a hell of a ride. It was built on top of a go-kart and designed by artists who managed to turn a two-seater plaything into the Caped Crusader’s hero car. Great things happen to great ga...
Back To The Future Did Not Predict This Self-Driving, Electric DeLorean That Drifts
21 Oct 2015, 14:22 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / When you see a Delorean getting out of the hangar and on the race track, you know something is going on. But then you get all confused since you see two guys who get in the car wearing helmets. They both look like software engineers, not to mention...
Chinese-Made London Cab of the Future Is a Plug-in Hybrid That Will Hit the Road in 2017
21 Oct 2015, 13:32 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Rarely do you get to talk about a company that has been manufacturing the same type of product for more than 100 years. The London Taxi Company has been around since 1899, and even though it was purchased by Chinese automaker Geely, it seems there&...
Bentley Uses Emotional Recognition Technology to Help You Find a Personalized Bentayga
21 Oct 2015, 12:10 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / You download this app and launch it. At some point, it plays a movie, and as you watch it, the app uses your device’s camera to record your facial and emotional reactions. Based on these measures of engagement, Bentley will define “your...
In Mount Isa, Australian Police Officers Rode Hoverboards Today
21 Oct 2015, 11:15 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Wait, who cares about hoverboards in Mount Isa? Do they even exist? Two questions you’re entitled to ask if it were any other regular day, but not today. October 21, 2015, does it ring a bell? Marty McFly, Doc Brown, the DeLorean Time Machine...
Google Software Engineer Lives in a 2006 Ford Truck, Saves 90% of His Income
21 Oct 2015, 09:48 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / We’re not sure if you’re watching HBO’s comedy series called Silicon Valley. It focuses on six young men who found a startup company in the southern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area. The show is structured as an inside view o...
Toyota Proves Trash Can Power a Car in the Future, Now
21 Oct 2015, 09:02 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Great Scott! Perhaps we should say great Hydrogen because that’s what you get when you process trash and turn it into biofuel. Take that and mix it up with some natural gas and you get the right juice the Toyota Mirai needs to hit the 88 mph ...
Here’s How I Think You Should Celebrate October 21, 2015
21 Oct 2015, 04:03 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Do you realize a science fiction movie turned a bankrupt carmaker into a legend of the past? After all, DMC was around only for that much. It did manage to make about 9,000 DMC-12s before production halted in early 1983. Bottom line, today is the m...
Bentley Opens First UK Showroom with a Corporate Identity, Luxury Reaches New Ends
20 Oct 2015, 14:23 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Reinvent yourself. Break yourself into pieces and glue them all together in a different form. That is what the word eccentric is all about. Every new step you take towards becoming significant has to be a ritual. To prove the level of class in each...
Xiaomi-Owned Ninebot Unveils a Much Cheaper Segway You Control with Your Knees
20 Oct 2015, 13:50 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / What do you do when a competitor is messing around with your sales? You buy the company and make sure you’re the only one making the same product. That’s pretty much what happened with Segway, which was acquired by Ninebot, a Chinese su...
When She’s Over F1, Susie Wolff Will Train Younger Female Drivers for the Track
20 Oct 2015, 12:10 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Whether or not she’ll back off from the Formula One competition next season has yet to be decided, but whenever that moment comes, Susie Wolff wants to make sure future generations of F1 female drivers will get the right training they deserve...
Lyft Offers DeLorean Time Machine Rides in New York on Wednesday
20 Oct 2015, 11:40 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Well, Uber apparently lost this ride. We’re saying this because the San Francisco-based transportation giant is regularly the one who searches for new ways to entertain their customers. Lyft has no interest to send you back to the future, but...
Uber Offered Rides in the New BMW 7 Series Yesterday
20 Oct 2015, 11:26 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / A chance to ride in BMW’s new flagship even before it hits the US market? Wow, that has to be one of the biggest marketing gigs Uber has pulled out lately. Sure, it was just for one day, and it only ran in some cities throughout the country, ...
Oslo to Ban Cars in the City Center by 2019
20 Oct 2015, 08:58 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Paris was one of the biggest cities in the world to be part of this year’s World Car Free Day, set for September 22. We heard the capital’s traffic was about half as busy as it would be on a regular day, which means the initiative didn&...