Andrei Nedelea
3,618 ARTICLES
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.
Who Needs EVs When We Have the WMZ3
30 May 2012, 13:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With the EV craze now sweeping the world, and alternative fuels being touted as the solutions to a better future, we tend to forget that petrol and diesel are still viable, cheap and relatively clean (if burnt properly) sources of energy. L...
Saggy Road Surfaces Waste Fuel According to MIT Engineers
30 May 2012, 12:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The problem of road surface sagging has been around since the invention of tarmac and it has been mainly caused by very heavy big rigs digging into the tarmac on hot days, leaving grooves in its surface. Apparently, it’s more than just an ...
Israeli Government to Outlaw Headphones for Bicyclists and Pedestrians
30 May 2012, 12:29 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Most younger people fully enjoy listening to music as they ride their bike on the street or simply going for a walk. It gives a new dimension to a simple walk or bike ride, by supplying a user-chosen soundtrack to go along with the atmosphere of an...
Russian Ingenuity Shines Through Again
30 May 2012, 11:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You may be familiar with the story of NASA’s problem with writing on paper in the gravity-less void of space. Rumor has it that NASA spent millions upon millions to develop their “astronaut pen” which would work in space. They suc...
Norman the Dog Rides a Bike
30 May 2012, 11:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After previous reports that cats and dogs are mimicking human behavior, this video takes things to a whole new level. It’s a dog, riding a bike, and genuinely so. When was the last time you saw something like this? We’re guessing nev...
Fisker Try to Achieve Sales Goals with Some Help from the Dutch
30 May 2012, 10:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Having sold no fewer than 1000 of their Karmas in the first months of the year, as previously reported, and Fisker having announced that their revenues for the period have exceeded $100- (€80-) million, while at the same time the company&rsquo...
Industry's Green Focus Shifts but Obama Still Supports Hybrids
30 May 2012, 10:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After having reported that President Obama may be shifting his focus from the (still very promising) hydrogen fuel cell technology, towards the more commercial and frankly less interesting and promising plug-in EVs and hybrids. However, accordin...
Ford Proud of Sustainable Materials Use for 2013 Fusion
30 May 2012, 09:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Since so much of each material has been produced so far in our history (plastic, steel, paper, various types of cloth) it would be foolish of us not to reuse at least some of the leftovers before incinerating them into a huge hole in the ozone laye...
Consumer Reports Tests Economy of Small Sedans in 'ECO' Guise - US
30 May 2012, 09:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The trend of making a regular car more efficient, by fitting it with various systems and gadgets in order to increase its fuel economy isn’t a new thing. The ball was put in motion by Volkswagen with their 2006 Polo BlueMotion, which was foll...
Scrappage Scheme to Be Revived by Chinese Government
30 May 2012, 08:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Scrappage schemes have been used successfully in 14 European states, ever since the dreaded recession hit us in 2008, with Norway using a version of the system as far back as 1978. Furthermore, in Romania, 189,000 were scrapped in 2010 alone, so th...
Video Shows Tesla Model S Body Panel Stamping Process
30 May 2012, 08:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With deliveries of the all-electric Model S set to begin on June 22nd, Tesla is apparently making a really big deal of this and they will even have live coverage of the first delivery, as opposed to more mainstream manufacturers for whom their firs...
Biodiesel Race Car by Heico Previews Volvo V40 Mods
30 May 2012, 07:29 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Due on sale in July, the V40 is a very important car for Volvo, a company which has suffered from the lack of a Focus-sized hatchback to take the fight to its more premium rivals, like the new Audi A3 or the new A-Class from Mercedes. It will al...
Ducati Factory Closed - Second Earthquake Hits Bologna, Italy
29 May 2012, 15:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Two earthquakes have hit Italy within the last two weeks, a magnitude 6.0 tremor which hit Northern Italy on May 20th, was followed today by a slightly milder 5.6 magnitude earthquake. Sadly, these two events have caused the death of 15 people so f...
Ray J Flaunting His Rolls Royce Ghost
29 May 2012, 15:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor Ray J was recently seen taking his new Rolls Royce Ghost for a spin, and maybe do a spot of shopping. It is odd, however, how the mind of the rich and famous celebrity works. How come everyb...
Brody Jenner Fills Up His Dodge Charger
29 May 2012, 15:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / American TV personality, model and son of olympic decathlete Bruce Jenner, Brody whom you may know from a show on MTV, is also a step-brother to all of the Kardashians. With a lineage like that, you’d expect this guy to drive something spe...
Gwen Stefani Gets Pinned Inside Her G-Class Mercedes
29 May 2012, 14:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The appeal of Mercedes’ G-Wagon is far reaching and long lasting, and, as a result, despite Merc officials wanting to pull the plug on its production several times over its 33 year lifespan, it’s still with us and extremely exclusive an...
Selena Gomez Removing Bugs From Her Windscreen at Gas Station
29 May 2012, 14:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Women have been scientifically proven to be better at multitasking then men are. As you can see, 19 year-old actress and pop star Selena Gomez cleans her windscreen while talking on the phone - a real multitasking achievement. However, she still...
Justin Bieber's Trucker Hat Now Makes Sense
29 May 2012, 14:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Of all the weird things we’ve seen stars driving, none are stranger and more unexplainable than Justing Bieber’s matte Mercedes Sprinter - a pointless for an 18 year-old pop singer to be doing. However, if we were to correlate Justin...
Michelle Trachtenberg's Grey Range Rover Sport
29 May 2012, 14:09 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We admire those stars who have genuinely good and positive movie appearances and seem to be generally down to earth kind of people, like Michele Trachtenber. She was spotted recently getting aboard her grey and rather dull-looking Range Rover Sport...
There May Still Be Hope for Detroit’s Youth in the Motor Industry
29 May 2012, 13:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Detroit was called the ‘Motor City’ for a reason, and it has become a metonymy for the US auto industry, in the same way Hollywood is a metonym for the US cinematography industry. However, due to the economic downturn which occurred ...