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.
Battery Swapping - The Way into the Future for the EV
21 May 2012, 09:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Well, according to California-based company Better Place (BP), it can and does, in Israel. The mission of BP is to create a proper infrastructure for EVs, but aside from what we’ve already heard about charging stations and whatnot, BP is plan...
SAE ‘Formula Hybrid’ Won by Birgham Young University Team
21 May 2012, 08:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Hybrid made their way slowly but surely into our daily lives, now so many manufacturers are offering a hybrid, if one was to buy a hybrid, the choice would be confusing. Hybrid powertrains have made their way into some racing-oriented cars as we...
In-Road EV Charging on the Go - On Its Way
21 May 2012, 07:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The biggest hurdle faced by today’s EVs is the bulky batteries they have to carry around everywhere they go. Not only are batteries, even the most modern of them, extremely heavy, but also expensive to manufacture and relatively inefficient. ...
Can Diesel Be Fun?
19 May 2012, 21:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The first documented operation of a ‘compression-ignition engine’ was recorded in 1897, when French genius-inventor Rudolf Diesel fired up his first single cylinder motor. The engine was first appreciated by the heavy machinery industry...
Martin Scorsese Announces Movie About Rolls Royce History
18 May 2012, 16:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If there was one manufacturer who needed a move made about its history, it’s Rolls-Royce. They’ve had a long and very diverse history, making engines for the aeronautical industry and even tanks during the Second World War. The movie...
A Postman’s Dream - The M3E Tilting Electric Trike
18 May 2012, 16:11 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The designer of this electric trike, Simon Williams, is an Australian inventor who, in the interest of research, worked as a postman for 18 months so that he could properly understand the needs of a postman. After compiling his research, he deci...
Chevy Volt Drivers Averaging 1400 KM Before Refueling
18 May 2012, 16:04 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Chevrolet are very proud of their range-extended Volt, so much so that they have compiled a series of statistics, some of which are interesting, others are just marketing nonsense, if you ask us. For example, they say that Volt owners have alrea...
SEAT Planning Rapid Expansion Into China
18 May 2012, 15:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Yes, you’ve read right: SEAT and expanding in the same sentence. The Spanish member of the ‘VAG family’ is planning on expanding its dealer network in China to offset poor European sales figures. SEAT executives are planning on...
Crash:Maserati GranCabrio and Nissan Sunny in China
18 May 2012, 14:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With so many luxury cars being bought in China, by newly-wealthy people, it’s inevitable for incidents to take place involving some of these expensive cars (extremely so in China, where such cars end up costing twice as much as on most other...
Mitsubishi Readies i-MiEV Evolution for Pikes Peak 2012
18 May 2012, 14:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Mitsubishi i-MiEV is a rather bland-looking electric city runabout, created so that people can bore you with range and economy figures which will never be achieved in the real world. The i-MiEV Evolution takes all that and flushes it down the t...
Toyota CEO Names Favourite Cars from Other Brands
18 May 2012, 14:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In a world, the back stage of which is shrouded in secrecy, we so rarely hear about stuff like this. What cars does someone whose opinion maters like? Well, Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda has recently made a list of all the various Japanese cars that he li...
Cherry to Establish Joint Venture with Jaguar Land Rover
18 May 2012, 12:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With Land Rover sales having skyrocketed by 68% last year to 34,993 units and Jaguar sales also going up considerably, by 58% to 3,897 vehicles, all of which were imported, with the number of cars sold expected to drastically increase, Chery is pl...
Acura Recalls Almost 57,000 Cars in the US
18 May 2012, 12:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Honda have announced a recall of 56,881 Acura TL sedans manufactured between 2007 and 2008. The total number of 56,881 represents 52,615 cars from the US and an additional 4,266 from Canada. Apparently, the North American-made TL suffered from a...
Awesome RYNO Electric Unicycle
18 May 2012, 11:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The RYNO is, in our eyes, one of the coolest looking vehicles ever made! It looks like something you could strap guns or missiles on the sides and cyborgs would start appearing from the future (Terminator style), with massive man versus machine bat...
L.A. Drivers Embracing EVs More Than the National Average
18 May 2012, 11:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / US driver are embracing EVs more by the day, and even more so in Los Angeles than in any other American city. Apparently, L.A. drivers travel further than in any other city, and they also charge more frequently at public charging points, and at nig...
First Coda Electric Sedan Delivered to AEP Ohio Fleet
18 May 2012, 09:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Coda sedan was supposed to be released nearly 3 months ago, however, due to a problem with some of the parts shipped from China, the launch was postponed. The first 10 cars were put on sale in their L.A. based dealership and, apparently, thi...
New French President Francois Hollande Rides in a Citroen DS5
18 May 2012, 09:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Newly appointed French president, Francois Hollande, waves to the crowds from within the huge sunroof of his bespoke DS5 HYbrid4 Laundulet. We’re kind of sad to see the truly and undeniably presidential Citroen C6 being phased out as the m...
Hawaii - US Leader in EV Purchases
18 May 2012, 08:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In the US as a whole, EVs account for a negligibly small percentage of 0.1% (17,345) out of a total of 12,8 million vehicles sold. That’s a very small percentage, however, that doesn’t mean that all states are dragging the US down. T...
Lexus Discontinues Slow-Selling HS250h Sedan
18 May 2012, 07:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Lexus HS was introduced back in 2009 as a ‘dedicated hybrid’ vehicle, which was also affordable. It never really caught on, selling only 20,226 units in the US and 8,494 units in Japan, where it was pegged as a sure-fire hit amongst...
All Aboard the Landcruiser Express - Only in Russia
17 May 2012, 16:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Have you ever sat in a traffic jam and wished your car was on rails and you could just whiz by all the congestion? Well, in Russia, someone just made your dream a reality. Apparently, this Toyota Landcruiser driver got fed up with waiting in th...