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.
Mark Webber Takes the Monaco Checkered Flag First
29 May 2012, 13:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In an unprecedented feat in F1 history, the first six races of the season have been won by different drivers, with the latest driver to climb to the top spot of the podium being Australian driver, Mark Webber. Mark qualified first, and then went...
New Honda Wave110i Available for Purchase in the UK
29 May 2012, 11:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If you’re in the market for a frugal, small and easily-maneouvrable bike, Honda’s new Wave110i is right up your alley. Factor in its very low price of £1,800 (€2,250) and you have a very affordable vehicle to get you through ...
Infiniti to Sell 500,000 Cars World-Wide by 2016
29 May 2012, 11:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With the premium German manufacturers already on their way to making millions of cars among themselves, only in China, Infiniti, a brand which recently opened its headquarters in Hong Kong, wants a piece of the action too. Infiniti are planning ...
BMW Opens New Factory in China
29 May 2012, 10:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nothing seems to stand in the way of BMW’s expansion into China. After joining forces with Brilliance Automotive 2003 and beginning production of BMW-badged cars in China in 2004. On May 24th, BMW opened a new factory in the Tiexi distric...
Dutch Superbus Is Now Road Legal
29 May 2012, 09:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Superbus project is a very interesting one, attempting to combine mass transit, with luxury, safety, efficiency and speed all in one package. Its electric drive has a maximum power output of 804hp, which can be maintained for 1 minute, with a c...
Alfa Romeo 4C - Displayed at Villa d’Este in All Its Glory
29 May 2012, 09:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Alfa Romeo 4C is a truly stunning car in terms of the way it looks. It looked great in its studio shots, but it looks even better outside, with natural light giving a new dimension to its curves, creases and dimples. It is an exquisite piece...
First Electric Ford Focus is Delivered to Customer
29 May 2012, 09:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The current Ford Focus isn’t a looker by any standards, specially not compared with the facelifted version of the previous generation, with its long C-pillar mounted rear lights and smart front fascia. However, the new Focus, we think looks b...
Yamaha R6-Based EV Gets Awesome Carbon Fiber Look
29 May 2012, 08:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Yamaha R6 is a pretty serious bike, and it was the first 600cc production bike to break the 100hp barrier, with the latest version pushing closer to 130hp. It was also part of a scandal which ensued after Yamaha officials lied abut the bike&rsq...
BYD Stocks Drop After EV Taxi Fire Incident
29 May 2012, 08:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Stock values are always a sensitive matter, with their value constantly changing, according to what the market is doing, and what the company is doing at the same time, as negative events tend to manifest themselves rather quickly in the value of a...
Nissan Leaf Predicted to Retain 95% of Its Value After One Year
29 May 2012, 08:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Within its first year, a vehicle loses on average, around 30% of its value, and after two more years, some cars lose up to 50%, or more. However, investing in an all-electric Nissan Leaf is a safe bet, says the National Automobile Dealers Associati...
Overtaking Russian Style - Failing Miserably
28 May 2012, 15:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Overtaking safely is an art. One needs to calculate the speed of the oncoming car, the gap at one’s disposal and also whether or not whatever’s lurking under the bonnet is up for the job of getting you safely to the other side of the ma...
New Fuel Cell Mercedes Citaro Buses Enter Service in Switzerland
28 May 2012, 15:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The hydrogen fuel cell, we think, is still the best way to power us into the future, cleanly, efficiently and very simply, by combining hydrogen and oxygen and capturing the electrical charge of the chemical reaction and storing it in a battery of ...
Chinese Automaker Dongfeng Makes Blatant Copy of Cadillac SRX
28 May 2012, 14:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Why is it that whenever a Chinese manufacturer decides that they want to copy a car, they always seem to pick the wrong one? Like that copy of the Matiz which frankly is pointless, though there’s a chance that it was a better quality product ...
SARTRE Road Train Project - First Test on European Roads
28 May 2012, 14:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / SARTRE stands for Safe Road Trains for the Environment, as well as the name of a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter and literary critic, but that’s completely unrelated to the point at hand. The project is c...
EVGT-40 - Ford GT-40 Inspired EV
28 May 2012, 13:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You may have noticed that EVs nowadays still aren’t lookers, so if you want style while you’re driving completely combustion-free, you’re not spoiled for choice. It would be nice to have an electric car which is interesting to loo...
EV Maker Coda Is a ‘GOOD’ Company According to IBM
28 May 2012, 13:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Coda is an EV manufacturer which uses Chinese parts imported from China to make its Mitsubishi-based sedan. The company is based in Los Angeles and has only recently launched its first ever model, two months behind schedule. However, according t...
US-Bound Volkswagen CC R-Line Gets Golf GTI Engine
28 May 2012, 13:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Volkswagen CC may look sleek and sporty, but it’s basically a Euro-spec Passat underneath, the previous generation of the car was called the Passat CC, let’s not forget. VW have decided to give it some more shove, so they’ve g...
Canadian Man Pulls Electric Car On Foot for 475km / 295miles
28 May 2012, 12:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite driving one of the most efficient vehicles on the road today, and doing so without hurting a single leaf or blade of grass, Canadian Marcelo da Luz, the designer and builder of his very own solar-powered car, is pulling his creation for the...
BMW’s ‘Born Electric’ World Tour Set to Start this June, in Rome
28 May 2012, 12:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / BMW is organizing a year-long tour in which their two new ‘green’ offerings will be showcased, despite the fact that they are blue. Apparently, BMW consider that their ‘i’ line hasn’t gotten enough exposure world wide,...
Americans Giving Up Gas Guzzlers in Favor of Smaller, More Efficient Cars
28 May 2012, 11:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Americans are world famous for their simply monstrous sedans and pick-ups, which used to be twice as heavy their European or Japanese counterparts. This ‘upsizing’ trend was fueled (literally) by very low oil prices throughout the count...