Andrei Nedelea
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Personal motto:
"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself" - Ferdinand Porsche
He is a strong believer in the recent developments in green car tech and especially its entertaining applications. However, for him, green is more than just a brash color sprayed onto a supercar, it's a different way of thinking and perceiving modern car culture.
The Ultimate Engine Sound - Made by a Diesel
19 Jun 2012, 12:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You may know that we here at autoevolution are very interested in performance diesels and we would like to see more sporty diesels on our roads. However, despite the fact that the number of such cars is on the rise, which is all well and good, none...
Skoda Employee Gets Keys to All-Electric Octavia
19 Jun 2012, 11:12 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Back in August 2011, Skoda officials announced that 10 Octavia estate-based Green E Line units would be built for testing purposes and for the evaluation of viability of such a drivetrain. All of the 10 cars have now travelled more than 50,000 ...
Mitsubishi to Reveal Outlander Plug-In Hybrid in Paris
19 Jun 2012, 10:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The 2012 Paris Motor Show is the venue of choice for Mitsubishi to show the world their new ‘green’ offensive, the highlight of which will be the showing of the all-new Outlander Plug-in Hybrid EV. Apart from previewing the hybrid drive...
Skoda Fabia RS Launched in Australia
19 Jun 2012, 09:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf isn’t the only exciting new car to be released in Australia this week. It is followed by the very competent (and great looking in green with its roof black) Skoda Fabia RS. The car, as everybody knows, is based on the VW Polo ...
Nissan Leaf Needs Australian Government Support for Success
19 Jun 2012, 09:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf has just gone on sale in Australia, making it only the second all-electric car to be sold on the continent, following the launch of Mitsubishi’s iMiEV, in August of 2011. At the press conference held after the launch, Nissan&r...
Tennessee Plant Opening to Double Leaf Sales, Say Nissan
19 Jun 2012, 08:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf has proven itself to be the word’s first proper mass market (-ed) EV. Nissan are a good few years ahead of the competition, a situation which represents the vision of Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Nissan. Sales-wise, the Leaf is sellin...
Corvette Driver Hits Deer on Race Track
19 Jun 2012, 08:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Hitting a deer has got to be on the list of things least likely to happen on a race track, along with chatting with grey aliens or getting by a car you think is much weaker, when in fact it’s anything but - plausible but seriously unlikely. ...
Nissan DeltaWing Driver Trying to Restart Car After Crash
19 Jun 2012, 07:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite having the most peculiar shape of any car participating at Le Mans this year, the Nissan DeltaWing was by no means slow and put on quite a show. Sadly, a Toyota driver decided that the DeltaWing shouldn’t be in the race and simply pus...
Simon Cowell in Custom 1932 Ford Hot Rod
18 Jun 2012, 16:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Who would have thought that Simon Cowell drove, as opposed to being driven around the bend all the time. Well, he does and it’s a rather cool car, despite the fact it’s slightly strange to see him in such a typically American car - a Cu...
Pagani to Show Zonra R Evo at Goodwood
18 Jun 2012, 16:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If you were wondering when Pagani were going to make an even faster version of their already monstrously fast Zonda R - the ‘Evo’. The car, which you can’t take out on the streets, unless you are from China, features a bespoke-bui...
High-Tech Hand-Crafted Wooden Bicycles Offer Better Ride
18 Jun 2012, 16:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Renovo is a Portland-based bicycle builder with a twist. In-keeping with the philosophy of the founder of the company, Ken Wheeler, the bikes’ frames are all made of wood. A CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine carves out the basic shape ...
Audi R18 E-Tron quattro Wins Le Mans
18 Jun 2012, 16:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Audi were set to triumph at this year’s edition of the LeMans 24 hour race. Nobody but Toyota could have stopped them in their quest to win - but they didn’t. At the end of the 24 hours, an Audi R18 e-tron quattro took the checkered fla...
Triumph to Unveil New Bike at Tridays
18 Jun 2012, 15:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Tridays is festival dedicated to Britain’s best known motorcycle manufacturer, Triumph. This year, the festival is taking place in the small village of Garmich Neukirchen, in Austria. It will last from June 22nd to 24th and among the othe...
Audi R18 e-tron quattro Night Lap at LeMans
18 Jun 2012, 14:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Audi R18 e-tron quattro proved that it was the fastest car around the LeMans circuit, just ahead of the Toyota TS030s. Both cars are hybrid-powered and equally interesting, but the Audi takes the crown, partly because of its slight technologica...
Aero Kit for Toyota GT-86 Hints at Higher-Powered Variant
18 Jun 2012, 14:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Toyota GT 86, and its two other siblings were recently launched onto the world stage. Everybody loved the cars and appreciated the philosophy behind them, as we had been missing a good and relatively cheap RWD sports car which was actually fun ...
PG-Bikes BlackBlock2 - EV Bicycle With Two Motors
18 Jun 2012, 13:58 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The marriage between the bicycle and the electric motor is a natural one, as human power can easily replenish the batteries while on the move. There are already quite a few different types of such bicycles for sale, however, none are quite as cool ...
Nissan DeltaWing Crash at LeMans
18 Jun 2012, 13:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nissan’s DeltaWing is a real step forward in racing philosophy and technology. The aim of the racecar is to be as quick (or quicker than) conventional racing cars, while being considerably more efficient. However, in practice, these principle...
Toyota TS030 and Ferrari 458 GTE - Massive Crash at LeMans
18 Jun 2012, 13:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Some people may not realize the full extent of aerodynamics and how they are the only thing keeping our modern racing cars on the track at the bewildering speeds achieved today. However, once the downforce created by the clever aerodynamics is disr...
Spyshots: Track-Focused Jaguar XKR-S
18 Jun 2012, 12:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As we had previously reported, Jaguar is working on a more track focused 911 GT3 RS and R8 GT rival, by giving the XKR-S more go (and stop). As you may have heard in this video, the car retains the excellent-sounding supercharged V8, however, we ex...
The Problem of Recycling Automotive Batteries
18 Jun 2012, 11:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The advance of the EV and the hybrid is relentless. It is a matter of (few) years before we see all cars fitted with fuel consumption reducing devices, before the final transition to all electric. As the world’s population will approach 8.2-b...