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.
Lit Motors C1 - Brilliant Two-Wheeled EV First Road Test
24 May 2012, 11:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Our modern day cars have four wheels mainly for stability and cornering grip and safety, but it doesn’t have to be that way. The Lit Motors C1 is one of the most interesting and futuristic modes of transport we’ve ever had the pleasure ...
Mini Showcase Creative Use of Rooftop Space
24 May 2012, 11:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Automakers nowadays seem to drift further and further away, in their marketing schemes, from their actual cars. Similarly to Fiat’s Argentinean Palio ad, they are using completely irrelevant things to convince us that their cars are the best ...
Nissan Officially Puts e-NV200 Van into Production
24 May 2012, 11:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With their plans to electrify Europe underway, Nissan seem committed to showing us that the electric way is the best way. And so, they have announced the entry into production of the e-NV200 compact van, which we had previously seen in concept form...
Gas Turbine-Powered Datsun 280ZX is Awesome!
24 May 2012, 09:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The 280ZX, the second generation Z-car from Nissan, is a great car and is nowadays appreciated as a classic and one of the best sports cars of its era. However, people tend to take already good (classic) designs and ‘improve’, sometimes...
French Adventurer Starts 4,800Km African Trip in Citroen Berlingo EV
24 May 2012, 09:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / French adventurer, Xavier Chevrin, apparently loves challenges with a green twist, after having ridden an electric scooter from France to Kazakhstan in 2008, and two years later he took the Venturi-powered Citroen Berlingo EV from Shanghai to Paris...
Seat Delivers Two Hybrids and an EV to Barcelona City Hall
24 May 2012, 09:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / SEAT, like all other mainstream manufacturers, has its own green program going on, spawning cars like the Leon TwinDrive Ecomotive (a hybrid) or the Altea XL Electric Ecomotive. Two of the Leons and one Altea have been delivered to the City Hall of...
Tesla-Engineered Electric Mercedes A-Class Actually Real?
24 May 2012, 08:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Having previously collaborated on the creation of the electric A-Class E-Cell, a car with a limited production run of 500 units and the Smart ED, according to a Dutch site, the cooperation between Mercedes-Benz and Tesla isn’t over, in fact T...
Honda's Sales in India to Account for 30% of Global Total by 2020
24 May 2012, 07:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / How much of their yearly motorcycle production do you think Honda sells in the US? Nope, you’re wrong, it’s 1.6% of their total worldwide sales. The bulk of their production goes to the Asian market, a whopping 79%. Honda officials ...
New Fuso Canter Hybrid Truck with Dual-Clutch Transmission Revealed
24 May 2012, 07:32 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If you have a business and need something bigger than a van, but smaller than a full-sized truck, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), one of Asia’s leading truck manufacturers, may have the answer for you, with their refreshed ...
Spectacular Tram Drift in Russia
23 May 2012, 16:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Of all the vehicles we thought we’d see drifting, we’d never thought we’d ever see the something this awesome and spectacular. It is a genuine, real, tram drifting off the rails, where else but in Russia. We wonder, how the tra...
High Center of Gravity Truck Fail in Russia
23 May 2012, 16:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Truck driving, especially on a twisty mountain road, is an art form onto itself, having to maintain speed, balance and the right gear at all times. Trucks are top-heavy, when transporting something other than solid objects firmly strapped down,...
Volvo's Potentially Life-Saving Pedestrian Airbag
23 May 2012, 15:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Volvo are well known for their interest in safety (it must be a Swedish thing as Saab were safety-mental as well). Volvo will be introducing, along with their new Golf- and Focus- rivaling V40, an under-bonnet pedestrian airbag. The idea is that...
Jaguar XF Diesel Takes Class Honors at Nurburgring 24H
23 May 2012, 15:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We already know that the road-going XF diesel, with the 3.0-liter diesel V6 is a very competent car, and in racing we were honestly expecting it to do equally well. It did do well, winning its class after leading for most of the race. The car wa...
Jennifer Lopez Spotted Riding in Casper Smart's Bentley Droptop
23 May 2012, 15:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After recently being photographed getting out of a Rolls Royce Ghost, as always under the watchful eyes of her boyfriend and ex-back-up dancer, Casper Smart. Apparently, they have a thing for British luxury cars, as this week they’ve been spo...
Subaru to Phase Out the Tribeca by the End of 2012
23 May 2012, 14:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Subaru Tribeca or B9, was never a match for its more established rivals, being a quirk car one would buy just to be different, or to enjoy the nice 3.0 or 3.6-liter flat-six engines, which despite not being powerful enough for the body, are som...
Youngman Motors Halts Saab Takeover Negotiations
23 May 2012, 14:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The shock of Volvo, a brand whose tradition is deeply European and deeply Scandinavian, being bought and administered by Chinese investors was an inconceivable idea... 10 years ago. Now it’s happened, and apparently Volvo is doing very well, ...
Roding Roadster Electric Created by Siemens
23 May 2012, 13:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With two RUF 997s, a Porsche Cayenne and an Orange County Chopper under their belt, Siemens definitely have the experience and the necessary resources to turn anything they want into something powered by electricity. The Roding Roadster, which o...
The 2Wheela - Fresh Take on Modular Urban Transportation
23 May 2012, 13:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / People steal ideas from other people and that’s a fact. Such people don’t realize and appreciate the greatness that comes with making something that we take for granted, in a different, better way than we do it normally. For instance...
New RWD Alfa Romeo Spider Based on Next-Gen Mazda MX-5
23 May 2012, 12:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Great news! Mazda and Fiat have officially signed a deal for the development and manufacturing of a new Alfa Romeo roaster, which will be based on the rear-wheel drive platform of the future Mazda MX-5. Yes, you heard right, the Japanese and Italia...
Google Self-Driving Car Law Passes California Senate
23 May 2012, 12:22 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Google’s push of its autonomous car legislation seems relentless, after legalization in Nevada, the rest of the country will probably soon follow. The bill, presented by Google, passed the California State Senate today, with a unanimous vote,...