Bogdan Popa
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Personal motto:
"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow" - Jeff Valdez, Stand-up Comedian.
He typically carries both an iPhone and Android device because there’s no such thing as the perfect phone, and he drives a car that some say is blue, others say is green.
His guilty pleasure is finding bugs in Android Auto (cc @Google, you’d better keep an eye on his reports, as these could actually help you refine the experience behind the wheel), and he occasionally tries out all kinds of weird gadgets that many people didn’t even know they exist.
His daily tech arsenal also includes a smartwatch and earbuds because that’s how geeks rock, as well as a laptop that has nothing in common with fruit.
Bogdan’s long-term goals are buying an 18-wheeler because he needs more space in the trunk for his kid’s toys, as well as convincing Google and Apple that Android Auto and CarPlay deserve at least as much attention as the phones that these two companies build.
When he’s not writing about cars, Bogdan’s probably trying to fit a bike in the 375-liter trunk of his car or posting tech stuff for autoevolution’s sister site Softpedia.
China to Become a Powerful Challenge, Says Fiat UK Boss
3 Jul 2009, 13:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Fiat's UK managing director Andrew Humberstone said in an interview that China will become a very challenging market in the future as the country is making several major steps towards expanding their market coverage in Europe. Emerging compani...
2011 Hyundai i40 European Specifications
3 Jul 2009, 12:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Hyundai will officially unveil the next-generation Sonata in September, but only in the domestic market, while overseas markets, including North American and Europe, expect to receive the car by February 2010 or a few months later. The European...
Spyshots: 2010 Suzuki Swift
3 Jul 2009, 10:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Swift is surely one of the models which drove Suzuki's sales forward, as it is one of the most popular cars in the Japanese manufacturer's entire lineup. And Suzuki plans to continue focusing on the Swift, with a new model expect...
Ford Spearheads UK Scrappage Scheme
3 Jul 2009, 09:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After Hyundai applauded the United Kingdom scrappage scheme which helped it boost sales, American manufacturer Ford is also revealing enthusiastic figures for the country in which it recorded no less than 12,000 orders. Most of them were a result o...
Audi A7 Sportback to Be Launched in Late 2010
3 Jul 2009, 08:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Initially projected to be released in June 2009, Audi A7 Sportback will be actually debuted in late 2010. At least, this is what a report by auto-motor-und-sport.de claims, pointing that it will compete with models such as Mercedes-Benz CLS, Porsch...
2011 Cadillac XTS Luxury Sedan in the Works
3 Jul 2009, 08:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Cadillac, one of the four core brands the new General Motors is focusing on, is reportedly working on a new luxury sedan codenamed XTS that might be launched sometime around 2011. The future Cadillac will be intended to take on models from Audi, BM...
First Trade-in Car in the US CARS
3 Jul 2009, 07:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The United States government's “Car Allowance Rebated System' (CARS) is already attracting buyers into dealerships. Hyundai is the first to benefit from the scrapping programme as Katherine Michon of Arlington, Virginia decided to t...
Renault Announces Electric Vehicle Trial in Paris
3 Jul 2009, 07:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault has just announced that together with its partner EDF it will launch an electric vehicle trial in Paris in 2010 that will allow the two test the cars, the electric infrastructure and the way people interact with the vehicles in real-life. T...
Ford Leads Canada
3 Jul 2009, 06:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you yesterday in our million reports on the subject, June brought what seem to be the highest monthly sales in 2009, especially in the United States, also known as one of the most affected markets by the economic chaos. But Canada b...
GAZ Fires 5,800, Prepares Opel Production
2 Jul 2009, 14:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Russian automaker GAZ Group, one of the companies involved in the over-debated Opel selling process, announced its decision to cut its workforce by 5,800 employees in a move supposed to help the company cope with the economic recession. This isn�...
SEAT Ibiza Bocanegra Full Photo Gallery
2 Jul 2009, 14:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As you probably know, SEAT Ibiza Bocanegra was officially shown to the world at this year's Barcelona Auto Show but, at that time, only a few photos with the car were actually available. So here we are back on the subject with lots of new phot...
June, Audi's Best Sales Month of 2009
2 Jul 2009, 14:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As you can see from our previous reports on the subject, June 2009 was quite a good month for most automakers in the United States, as they posted increased figures for the majority of models. Audi makes no exception to the rule and today revealed ...
A2A to Build Renault Recharging Infrastructure in Milan, Brescia
2 Jul 2009, 13:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault has just announced that it has joined forces with Italy's A2A to support it in its electric plans and help launch electric cars in the country. The agreement will initially concern the cities of Milan and Brescia, with the energy compa...
Dacia Sandero Stepway Goes Live in France
2 Jul 2009, 13:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault has just announced that Dacia Sandero Stepway will be rolled out in France, with order books to open on July 15. Officially debuted during two simultaneous events at the Barcelona Motor Show and at the L'Atelier Renault showroom in Par...
2010 Mitsubishi Pajero Revealed
2 Jul 2009, 12:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mitsubishi recently presented the 2010 version of the Pajero, a model which comes with minor improvements over the current version available on the market. Although the exterior only brings slight modifications, the main changes could be found unde...
NHTSA Could Make Lane Assistant, Automatic Brake Mandatory
2 Jul 2009, 10:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is currently considering making two more safety features mandatory on new cars: a lane assistant technology that would warn the driver in case they attempt to leave the lane and there is a risk of ...
Subaru of America's Best June Sales Ever
2 Jul 2009, 10:11 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The United States automotive sector is already showing the first signs of recovery and Subaru of America is the first example as the US division of the Japanese manufacturer posted the best June sales ever, with 18,620 units sold in June 2009 versu...
GM's Ally Hitachi to Ramp Up Battery Production
2 Jul 2009, 09:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Battery manufacturer Hitachi plans to invest more in its production process and raise the output of lithium-ion batteries by 70 percent by 2015. According to report by the Nikkei business daily, Hitachi plans to spend between 20 billion to 30 billi...
BAIC Prepares Bid for Opel
2 Jul 2009, 09:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chinese manufacturer BAIC seems to be really enthusiastic with its plans to take over the German ailing unit Opel and is now finalizing a takeover proposal expected to be submitted to General Motors in the next few days. The information, revealed y...
Chrysler Proud of Post-Bankruptcy Performance
2 Jul 2009, 08:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chrysler is really satisfied with the first performance in the US market after emerging from bankruptcy as the company increased retail market share by more than 1 percentage point compared with June 2008. Specifically, Dodge Challenger sales incre...