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Cristian Agatie

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As a child, he grew up among tractors and heavy machinery and was covered in grease from tip to toe most of the time. It was a tractor that he drove for the first time and when asked what he’d become, he candidly replied: “tractor operator”. Later on, he drove all kinds of vehicles, from heavy trucks to off-roaders, all outside of public roads until he got his driving license.

He did not become a tractor operator, as you can tell already. Instead, he got interested in journalism and pursued a career finding stories for local newspapers and radio stations. But the first love is never forgotten, so when presented with the chance, he seized it and became a motor journalist in 1995.

Having found the perfect job to mix his passion for cars and journalism, he couldn’t help exploring other areas, like science, computers, and mobile devices. He took stints working for a computer magazine for a couple of years, and it was then that he had his first contact with new media. But cars always remained his passion, so he returned to motor journalism when Auto Bild started its local branch. Later, he became an internet junkie, and moving online felt only natural.

In the meantime, he also became obsessed with technology, electric vehicles, batteries, and whatnot, so he writes a lot about those. He found autoevolution a fertile ground for exploration and so he discovered his passion for RVs and campers, but also solar panels and new energy solutions.
Filthy-Reach Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Bought This Mauck MSV Mobile Office in 2001
Filthy-Reach Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Bought This Mauck MSV Mobile Office in 2001

4 Jun 2022, 22:34 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Mauck Special Vehicles or Mauck MSV were once some of the most exclusive custom buses, with prices often exceeding $200,000. Only around 100 units were built between 1996 and 1999, and one of them was acquired by ex-Microsoft Paul Allen in 2001. Th...

 
Solid-State Sodium-Sulfur Batteries Thought Impossible To Make Until This Breakthrough
Solid-State Sodium-Sulfur Batteries Thought Impossible To Make Until This Breakthrough

4 Jun 2022, 21:02 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Scientists at the University of Houston are confident of overcoming one of the biggest problems preventing solid-state batteries from becoming widespread. Their homogeneous glassy electrolyte paves the way for extremely powerful solid-state sodium-...

 
Somebody Was About To Pay $200,000 on This Westy, Worth Every Penny
Somebody Was About To Pay $200,000 on This Westy, Worth Every Penny

4 Jun 2022, 10:14 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / One of the best-maintained Volkswagen Type 2 campers we’ve ever seen has traveled half the world to get to Oregon. Carefully rebuilt, it is now offered on Bring a Trailer with no reserve, and a bidding war has already started. The second-g...

 
How Good Is the Starlink for RVs Service? First Impressions From People Who Got the Kit
How Good Is the Starlink for RVs Service? First Impressions From People Who Got the Kit

3 Jun 2022, 22:48 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Recently, Starlink got a roaming feature with the launch of the Starlink for RVs service. This also comes with a smaller, more portable hardware kit than the regular service. As the first kits arrived at customers, so did the first impressions on t...

 
Million-Dollar Wreck During Atlanta's Gumball 3000: Watch McLaren 570S Get Airborne
Million-Dollar Wreck During Atlanta's Gumball 3000: Watch McLaren 570S Get Airborne

3 Jun 2022, 17:13 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A strange three-car accident happened in Atlanta on Tuesday when a McLaren 570S got airborne after crashing into a Lamborghini Aventador SV Roadster and a BMW i8. Considering the value of the cars involved, insurance companies might look at a milli...

 
France Has Found a Clever Way To Prevent Flippers From Quickly Reselling EVs for Profit
France Has Found a Clever Way To Prevent Flippers From Quickly Reselling EVs for Profit

3 Jun 2022, 12:45 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / New cars are harder to buy, with supply chain issues causing long delivery delays. This has encouraged people to resell their newly purchased vehicles for a hefty profit, sometimes as soon as they took delivery. France has a solution to prevent tha...

 
GM's Cruise Is the First To Offer Self-Driving Service to Paying Customers in California
GM's Cruise Is the First To Offer Self-Driving Service to Paying Customers in California

3 Jun 2022, 10:46 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / GM subsidiary Cruise is one of the many companies trying to develop the concept of automated driving. The company has gotten a step closer to its objectives after receiving the first California permit to charge for self-driving car rides in San Fra...

 
New Convenience Feature Coming to Tesla Cars Will Leave You High and Dry in a Good Way
New Convenience Feature Coming to Tesla Cars Will Leave You High and Dry in a Good Way

2 Jun 2022, 15:23 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Many exciting features have been introduced to Tesla cars following Twitter exchanges with Elon Musk. The outspoken Tesla CEO is very active on social media. He often decides if a requested feature is good enough to be implemented. In a recent repl...

 
This Chevrolet G20 Conversion Van Will Make Interior Designers Cry, Still Very Capable
This Chevrolet G20 Conversion Van Will Make Interior Designers Cry, Still Very Capable

2 Jun 2022, 14:20 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Built for the 1993 model year, this Chevrolet G20 Conversion Van gained a luxurious but eye-soaring interior. Nevertheless, it features a solar system and a power-folding rear bench that could form a great basis for a future off-grid camper. The...

 
Hyundai Ioniq 5 Will Receive Two Infotainment OTA Updates per Year
Hyundai Ioniq 5 Will Receive Two Infotainment OTA Updates per Year

2 Jun 2022, 12:34 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Hyundai is the latest carmaker to embrace the much-hyped over-the-air updates. The Korean manufacturer announced that it will offer infotainment updates for its Ioniq 5 EV. This will be pushed over the air and installed automatically, without the o...

 
Idra's 9,000-Ton Giga Press Is Ready To Cast Tesla Cybertruck's Underbody
Idra's 9,000-Ton Giga Press Is Ready To Cast Tesla Cybertruck's Underbody

2 Jun 2022, 11:47 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / As promised so many times, Tesla Cybertruck is about to enter production. This time, it could be the real thing, though, as the Italians from Idra have shown the assembling process of their biggest Giga Press yet. The 9,000-ton machine is supposed ...

 
Electric Vehicles Are Crazy Expensive Now, but a Price War Is Nigh, Says Ford's Farley
Electric Vehicles Are Crazy Expensive Now, but a Price War Is Nigh, Says Ford's Farley

2 Jun 2022, 09:53 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The EV market is on an upward trend, but so are the prices paid for the few electric models available today. Despite that and the increased dealer markups, Ford CEO Jim Farley thinks a price war that is about to start will push the prices below the...

 
Famous YouTuber Shares the Weak Spot of the Rivian R1T After Driving It for 1,500 Miles
Famous YouTuber Shares the Weak Spot of the Rivian R1T After Driving It for 1,500 Miles

2 Jun 2022, 08:42 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Rivian is marketing the R1T as an adventure vehicle. It proved to be a competent truck that can do pretty much anything you’d expect a pickup truck to do. But it isn’t spotless, as revealed on several occasions. The last one who discove...

 
New Mercedes-Benz GLC Hits the Road With Mild-Hybrid Tech and EQC Styling
New Mercedes-Benz GLC Hits the Road With Mild-Hybrid Tech and EQC Styling

1 Jun 2022, 16:37 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Mercedes-Benz has introduced the new GLC to the world as the third chapter of its compact SUV story that started with the GLK in 2008. The new model will be available in the U.S. as the GLC 300 with rear-wheel drive and GLC 300 4Matic with all-whee...

 
Ford Patents a Crazy New Feature for a Vehicle's Windows, It Will Blow You Away
Ford Patents a Crazy New Feature for a Vehicle's Windows, It Will Blow You Away

1 Jun 2022, 16:00 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Ford is on a roll filing patents for all sorts of crazy stuff, showing that creativity isn’t dead with traditional carmakers. The latest is a patent for a switchable glass system that takes the electro-chromatic glass to the next level. M...

 
Alphavan's Gorgeous Multiroom Camper Is the First Starlink-Ready RV to Market
Alphavan's Gorgeous Multiroom Camper Is the First Starlink-Ready RV to Market

1 Jun 2022, 10:27 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Starlink for RVs allows campers to benefit from fast satellite internet service optimized for mobile use. German manufacturer Alphavan declared itself the first camper company in the world to offer Starlink-ready vans. These are ideal for digital n...

 
Consumer Reports Recommends Avoiding Chevy Malibu Just As Americans Fell in Love With It
Consumer Reports Recommends Avoiding Chevy Malibu Just As Americans Fell in Love With It

31 May 2022, 16:54 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Many people think Chevrolet Malibu lives on borrowed time, and reports say that GM will drop the car after the 2023 model year. Despite that, the Americans seem to love the sedan, as the sales are strong, and Chevrolet had to accept new orders for ...

 
New Tesla Model Y Is Riddled With Problems, the Owner Still Very Much Loves It
New Tesla Model Y Is Riddled With Problems, the Owner Still Very Much Loves It

31 May 2022, 15:55 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla sparks many controversies, with most people either loving or hating it. When it comes to Tesla owners, though, it’s a consensus: they all really love their cars, despite the many problems reported. In a recent video, Youtuber Just Fruga...

 
Rugged RV Started Life as a Dakar Service Truck, Is Now Offered as a Rental on Camptoo
Rugged RV Started Life as a Dakar Service Truck, Is Now Offered as a Rental on Camptoo

31 May 2022, 13:35 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / An off-road truck is a perfect base for a rugged RV that can access almost any place on earth without worrying about roads. Some of the best trucks for this job are the civilian versions of military trucks. We argue that a truck tested during the m...

 
This Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia Owned for 12 Years by a Car Restorer Is Worth a Look
This Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia Owned for 12 Years by a Car Restorer Is Worth a Look

31 May 2022, 12:18 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The third generation of the Volkswagen Type 2 was a popular choice for camper vans conversions, even Volkswagen offering official builds. The Westfalia was among the most popular, but the Multivan version was preferred by people who only needed the...

 

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