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“The electric light did not come from the continuous improvement of candles” (Oren Harari, business professor at the University of San Francisco)

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Like any other petrolhead out there, Oraan fell in love with cars in his infancy, so it was only natural for him to become student at a University specialized in the automotive field. In 2000, he became a car journalist and for almost 15 years he tested all kinds of cars, wrote industry analysis articles and expressed his opinions on automotive subjects.

Unlike many petrolheads out there, Oraan-the-engineer increasingly became aware of downsides of combustion engines. At the beginning of the 2010s Oraan-the-car-journalist transformed at a fast pace from a nothing-to-worry-petrolhead to an environment-responsible-electrohead.

At that time everybody was mocking Elon Musk for his Tesla “secret plan”, so Oraan-the-electrohead became the outlaw-advocate-of-electromobility in the petrolheads world. In 2014 he decided to start his own online project aimed to inform and educate the public about green technologies and so-called unconventional-propulsion for cars.

In recent years, Oraan involved in other projects out of the car industry. But he’s still a vigilant “devil’s advocate”, especially since he’s a daily EV commuter. That’s why he couldn’t miss the opportunity to debunk EV myths, explain green tech breakthroughs and share the news in this field to autoevolution audience.
Cradle-to-Grave Lifecycle Analysis: Batteries' New Foes Are Supposedly E-Fuels
Cradle-to-Grave Lifecycle Analysis: Batteries' New Foes Are Supposedly E-Fuels

10 Feb 2023, 19:12 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / The Argonne National Laboratory last year updated a 2016 cradle-to-grave lifecycle analysis on the U.S. light-duty vehicle-fuel pathways, namely sedans, and SUVs. While batteries are clearly the best performers in slashing GHG emissions, e-fuels sh...

 
FYI: RIP ICE. OMG! LOL, BEV
FYI: RIP ICE. OMG! LOL, BEV

6 Feb 2023, 10:31 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Do you get it? The title, I mean. I think you do. You should, because it’s the new fast language that our brain is forced to accept. If you don’t understand what these groups of three capital letters mean… then you’re just ...

 
Have You Seen the Tesla Cybertruck's Rear Wheel Steering System at Work? It's a Must-Have
Have You Seen the Tesla Cybertruck's Rear Wheel Steering System at Work? It's a Must-Have

5 Feb 2023, 16:30 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Tesla Cybertruk is not the first car in the world to feature four-wheel steering. It’s not even the first electric pick-up to steer all four wheels, as Hummer EV1 is already doing it. But Cybertruck surely is the first out-of-this-world elect...

 
Diesel Fans, Rejoice! U.S. Renewable Diesel Production Could Double by 2025
Diesel Fans, Rejoice! U.S. Renewable Diesel Production Could Double by 2025

5 Feb 2023, 13:28 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / A recent EIA study – EIA is the U.S. Energy Information Administration, so this is solid information – forecasts that renewable diesel production in the U.S. could more than double through 2025. So, is it good news, or should we worry a...

 
Here Is Why Battery-Electric Semis, Not H2, Will Dominate Zero-Emissions Road Freight
Here Is Why Battery-Electric Semis, Not H2, Will Dominate Zero-Emissions Road Freight

4 Feb 2023, 15:14 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / It took several years for Tesla to finally put its Tesla Semi into mass production. While it is certainly the most appealing long-haul electric truck at the moment, it is not the first of its kind on the road. Volvo, Daimler, Renault, and others ha...

 
Toyota's Newest "Pick-Up" Is Electric, Has Only Two Wheels and Is Built by DOUZE Cycles
Toyota's Newest "Pick-Up" Is Electric, Has Only Two Wheels and Is Built by DOUZE Cycles

4 Feb 2023, 13:22 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Toyota Motor Corporation sold 10.5 million vehicles globally in 2022, including Lexus and Daihatsu passenger cars, but also Hino Motors buses and heavy-duty vehicles. As you know, Toyota is not a fan of EVs, so it’s no wonder it only sold abo...

 
Directly Using Seawater for Green Hydrogen Could Be the Breakthrough of the Century
Directly Using Seawater for Green Hydrogen Could Be the Breakthrough of the Century

3 Feb 2023, 21:22 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Sourcing clean hydrogen from water (H2O) only needs splitting the two atoms of hydrogen from the oxygen one. It turns out this is far from a simple task. It’s an energy-intensive process and we still haven’t figured out how to make it e...

 
Although Electric Cars Don't Need Petroleum, Their Motors Still Require Oil
Although Electric Cars Don't Need Petroleum, Their Motors Still Require Oil

3 Feb 2023, 10:24 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / After more than a century and a half of development and improvements, the internal combustion engine’s thermal efficiency is still a joke compared to electric motors. That’s because of the more complex design of the ICE, and the high te...

 
Dude, Where's My Solar Car?
Dude, Where's My Solar Car?

29 Jan 2023, 15:26 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Sono Motors, Lightyear, Aptera. These start-ups have already booked tens of thousands of pre-orders for their so-called “solar cars”. But is the solar car for the masses really achievable? Almost every year I have friends asking me s...

 
Audi Designer Sparks Rumors About Electric Offroad Contender for the G-Class and Defender
Audi Designer Sparks Rumors About Electric Offroad Contender for the G-Class and Defender

29 Jan 2023, 09:14 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Audi is part of the Volkswagen Group, and it shares a lot of its models’ platforms with “cousins” from Porsche and Volkswagen. For instance, Audi Q7/Q8 has the same underpinnings as Porsche Cayenne and VW Touareg. But now a new of...

 
Big Oil Will Ditch Fossil Fuels in Favor of Ammonia and Hydrogen, Not Batteries
Big Oil Will Ditch Fossil Fuels in Favor of Ammonia and Hydrogen, Not Batteries

28 Jan 2023, 16:26 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Fossil fuels industry - you can’t live with it, and you can’t live without it. As we are slowly shifting to a hydrogen-based economy, it seems that lately, ammonia is the perfect answer to this hopeless ongoing conflict. At least this i...

 
These Electric Retrofit Kits by Renault and R-FIT Raise the Question "Seriously, Why?"
These Electric Retrofit Kits by Renault and R-FIT Raise the Question "Seriously, Why?"

28 Jan 2023, 12:16 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Converting a used car into an EV would make sense if the retrofit kit would be affordable. But when your used car is worth less or much less than the €10,000 (about $10,900) mark, and it costs you at least that amount of money to transform it ...

 
Study: We Need Smaller EVs, More Public Transport, and Less Car Ownership. Say What?
Study: We Need Smaller EVs, More Public Transport, and Less Car Ownership. Say What?

27 Jan 2023, 12:24 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Almost 300 million vehicles are roaming the roads of America, most of which are propelled by internal combustion engines. No problem, we’ll replace them with EVs, and this way we’ll slash emissions and pollutants by half, right? Not so ...

 
This Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss Will Probably Be the Most Expensive to Date
This Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss Will Probably Be the Most Expensive to Date

27 Jan 2023, 00:44 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / This piece-of-motoring-art Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss looks like a four-wheeled gizmo of the 21st Century, but it really is a tribute to the winner of the famous Mille Miglia race in 1955. That was Sir Stirling Moss, the biggest F1 rival...

 
Vector, the Longest Electric Pumping Duration EV Firetruck Will Keep Daytona Speedway Safe
Vector, the Longest Electric Pumping Duration EV Firetruck Will Keep Daytona Speedway Safe

22 Jan 2023, 13:18 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / NASCAR’s spectacular accidents are sort of a trademark for its racing series. And make no mistake, those flames need firefighters. Everybody wants a big show nowadays but racing also needs to be as safe as possible. And 2023 is the year of an...

 
5 Methods Exxon Used to Make You Believe Climate Change Myths and Delay Climate Action
5 Methods Exxon Used to Make You Believe Climate Change Myths and Delay Climate Action

22 Jan 2023, 10:12 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / In 2015, an investigation carried out by journalists revealed that oil company Exxon had known since the ‘70s that using fossil fuels could lead to a dramatic climate change scenario by 2050. Today #ExxonKnew activism movement is widespread, ...

 
TikTok "Challenge" Now Has Teenagers Stealing KIA and Hyundai Cars Built Before 2021
TikTok "Challenge" Now Has Teenagers Stealing KIA and Hyundai Cars Built Before 2021

21 Jan 2023, 18:16 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / When you’re a teenager or even an only 11 or 12-year-old kid, stealing a car might seem like fun if it’s not perceived as a wrongdoing. That’s the case of several videos on TikTok with tens of millions of views of teenagers explai...

 
We Need a Lot More Long-Duration Gravity Energy Storage for a 100% Renewable Energy Grid
We Need a Lot More Long-Duration Gravity Energy Storage for a 100% Renewable Energy Grid

21 Jan 2023, 16:44 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Your gasoline car’s tank and your electric car’s battery are energy storage devices. The hydropower lake and the mountains of coal waiting to be burned in a power plant are sort of energy storage forms. Unfortunately, the electrical gri...

 
Against All Odds: Audi Wins in Court Over NIO's "Too-Similar" ES6, ES8 Model Names
Against All Odds: Audi Wins in Court Over NIO's "Too-Similar" ES6, ES8 Model Names

20 Jan 2023, 17:44 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / The European auto industry is struggling to make the transition to zero-emissions vehicles, while a flock of Chinese carmakers is already invading UE’s markets with more affordable electric cars. It’s a silent war out there and every pa...

 
Study: Computers Found in One Billion Self-Driving Cars Will Have a Huge Carbon Footprint
Study: Computers Found in One Billion Self-Driving Cars Will Have a Huge Carbon Footprint

20 Jan 2023, 07:24 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Carmakers, tech companies, and startups are pouring billions into self-driving technology. It’s very promising, but there are still many obstacles to pass. One of them is the carbon footprint of autonomous cars’ computers. Today, inf...

 

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