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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.

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Bogdan keeps an eye on how technology is taking over the car world, and more often than not, you’ll see him writing about the whole thing with a typing speed that a traffic camera could easily issue a ticket for.

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.
Mitsubishi Pajero Turning into Changfeng Pajero?
Mitsubishi Pajero Turning into Changfeng Pajero?

25 Jun 2009, 13:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chinese are everywhere nowadays, that's for sure. After purchasing Hummer and getting involved in two of the biggest deals of the automotive industry - Opel and Saab -, Chinese automakers are again making the headlines on the back of global co...

 
Toyoda Promises Toyota Revival
Toyoda Promises Toyota Revival

25 Jun 2009, 13:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Despite all those reports claiming that Toyota's new president Akio Toyoda won't bring major changes to the Japanese manufacturer, Toyoda promised a number of steps that will refresh the product lineup. Although he didn't reveal prod...

 
Pre-Production Chevrolet Volt Undergoes Road Testing
Pre-Production Chevrolet Volt Undergoes Road Testing

25 Jun 2009, 12:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / With the Chevrolet Volt official launch quickly approaching, the parent company is trying anything possible to be sure everything goes according to the plan and the car will indeed be an important market hit. According to a post on the GM FastLane ...

 
GM to Shutter Shreveport, La. Plant by 2012
GM to Shutter Shreveport, La. Plant by 2012

25 Jun 2009, 11:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors continues its restructuring process in the United States and announced workers at the Shreveport, La. production facility that they will be left out of work by 2012 as it intends to close the factory by this deadline. The assembly an...

 
Audi Says Diesel Is Better Than Hybrids
Audi Says Diesel Is Better Than Hybrids

25 Jun 2009, 10:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / An interesting battle is currently taking place in the United States, a market which is now encountering what seems to be one of the most important restructuring time frames in its history. While President Barack Obama and his administration are st...

 
Suzuki Announces Models Eligible for Cash for Clunkers
Suzuki Announces Models Eligible for Cash for Clunkers

25 Jun 2009, 10:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following the United States government's approval of the Cash for Clunkers scheme, officially known as the Car Allowance Rebate System, automakers selling cars in the country stepped in and applauded the decision, announcing their models eligi...

 
Hyundai Expects Shocking Sales in June
Hyundai Expects Shocking Sales in June

25 Jun 2009, 10:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you, Hyundai is one of the manufacturers which benefited the most from the UK scrapping scheme as the South Korean company sold a large number of cars with the help of these incentives. And the company expects even better sales ...

 
Tata Announces First 100,000 to Own a Nano
Tata Announces First 100,000 to Own a Nano

25 Jun 2009, 09:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Demand for Nano is high, at least this is what the Indian manufacturer Tata Motors is claiming. The company today announced the first 100,000 owners of the Tata Nano selected from a total of 206,706 applicants who booked the car. The lucky winners ...

 
Land Rover LRX Hybrid Approved
Land Rover LRX Hybrid Approved

25 Jun 2009, 09:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Land Rover is getting greener day by day, just like all the other automakers across the globe who are seeking new ways to raise fuel efficiency while reducing CO2 emissions. After debuting the new Freelander with stop-start systems, a hybrid Land R...

 
Mazda3 i-stop Full Specifications and Photos
Mazda3 i-stop Full Specifications and Photos

25 Jun 2009, 07:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Zoom-Zoom has just detailed the i-stop version of the popular Mazda3, a special edition of the car that comes, just as its name suggests, with several enhancements especially aimed at cutting fuel consumption and emissions. Obviously, the main addi...

 
Ford Appoints 16 New Suppliers
Ford Appoints 16 New Suppliers

25 Jun 2009, 06:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While some other companies struggle to reduce the overall count of suppliers in a broader attempt to save their business, Ford today announced that it has appointed 16 new companies to the Aligned Business Framework (ABF). This means Ford's ke...

 
Toyota, Nissan Sorry for Poor Performance
Toyota, Nissan Sorry for Poor Performance

24 Jun 2009, 15:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The economic chaos slaughtered automakers all across the globe so it's shouldn't surprise anyone if a certain company reports poor sale results. But Toyota and Nissan executives feel they should have done better, in spite of the recession...

 
2011 Citroen C4 Early Illustration
2011 Citroen C4 Early Illustration

24 Jun 2009, 15:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While the DS models got all the attention of car enthusiasts around the world, Citroen is also working on a bunch of different cars that are expected to be released in the upcoming years, just like the ones included in the DS line. One of the these...

 
Ford Increases UK Prices. Again.
Ford Increases UK Prices. Again.

24 Jun 2009, 14:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford has just announced a new price increase in the United Kingdom for most of its models from the start of July 2009, mostly due to the "sustained weakness of Sterling against the Euro," as the American manufacturer mentioned in a press...

 
2009 Audi Q5 by Caractere
2009 Audi Q5 by Caractere

24 Jun 2009, 13:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / For those of you who think the Audi Q5 could be a bit more appealing in appearance, we got something for you: aftermarket package designed by the engineers over at Caractere Automobile, a kit which brings a number of styling enhancements. Before ru...

 
Toyoda Unlikely to Bring Drastic Changes in Toyota
Toyoda Unlikely to Bring Drastic Changes in Toyota

24 Jun 2009, 12:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / At least, this is what a Japanese auto analyst says, explaining that that new board will most likely continue the things started by the previous management team. For this reason, Akio Toyoda is unikely to bring major changes in the Japanese manufac...

 
China's SAIC Might Purchase Opel Insignia Platform
China's SAIC Might Purchase Opel Insignia Platform

24 Jun 2009, 12:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / And here we go again.. The Chinese manufacturer Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp, mostly known as SAIC, intends to purchase the Buick Regal platform, the same on which is based Opel's Insignia, to produce its very own models in China. A group...

 
GM Struggles to Meet Obama Plug-in Hybrid Goal
GM Struggles to Meet Obama Plug-in Hybrid Goal

24 Jun 2009, 10:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors admitted that it will struggle to comply with President Obama's goal to have 1 million plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles on the streets of the United States by 2015, a company executive said. Britta Gross, GM's director ...

 
Toyota Hydrogen Car by 2015
Toyota Hydrogen Car by 2015

24 Jun 2009, 09:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Hydrogen-powered cars seem to become somewhat of a trend nowadays, although we admit they might represent a solution for reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. After authorities around the world decided to form hydrogen networks, more automak...

 
Nissan Confirms First US Electric Car by 2010
Nissan Confirms First US Electric Car by 2010

24 Jun 2009, 09:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Following the $1.6 billion loan received from the United States Department of Energy, Nissan once again confirmed its plans to launch electric cars in the country, emphasizing that the funding package it has just received will play a key role in th...

 

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