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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.
Cops Stop U-Haul Truck With a Car Hanging Out the Back, Make Startling Discovery
Cops Stop U-Haul Truck With a Car Hanging Out the Back, Make Startling Discovery

13 May 2022, 08:50 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / When you’re living in a glasshouse, it’s best not to play with rocks, they say, but I guess the driver of this U-Haul truck did not get the memo. He was pulled over by the Washington State Patrol on SR 97 north of Okanogan because of a ...

 
Elon Musk Confirms That Tesla Superchargers in the U.S. Will Gain CCS1 Plugs
Elon Musk Confirms That Tesla Superchargers in the U.S. Will Gain CCS1 Plugs

12 May 2022, 18:36 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Elon Musk has confirmed in an interview with Financial Times that Tesla will add an industry-wide connector to help open the network to all other EVs. It is not clear how this change will be implemented or when the new connector will become availab...

 
1990 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Is a Great Stealth Camper After Proper Conversion
1990 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Is a Great Stealth Camper After Proper Conversion

12 May 2022, 17:12 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / This Volkswagen Vanagon GL was among the last T3s imported into the U.S., being built in 1990. Thanks to its apt camper conversion, it’s just as good as a Westfalia build but at a more affordable price. The Vanagon was sold until 1991 in t...

 
2023 Subaru Legacy Debuts With Refreshed Styling and Updated Safety Features
2023 Subaru Legacy Debuts With Refreshed Styling and Updated Safety Features

12 May 2022, 15:02 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Subaru has shown the updated Outback during the New York Auto Show in April and is now time that the Legacy will gain similar enhancements. The menu includes a redesigned front fascia, the latest version of the EyeSight driver assist technology, an...

 
Everything We Know About Volkswagen's Revived Scout Brand Points to a Start-Up Approach
Everything We Know About Volkswagen's Revived Scout Brand Points to a Start-Up Approach

12 May 2022, 13:57 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Volkswagen has confirmed the earlier rumors about the revival of the Scout brand and has offered details about its intentions. Not everything has been cleared out though and a lot of things are still speculations at this point, but what we know so ...

 
Tesla Sources the Bulk of Its Raw Materials Directly From the Mines
Tesla Sources the Bulk of Its Raw Materials Directly From the Mines

12 May 2022, 11:35 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The carmakers want to go electric all at once and this started creating problems. Raw materials like lithium, nickel, and cobalt became harder to source, which led to surging prices. Right now, every car maker is engaged in a battle to secure a ste...

 
Watch Corolla Driver Rear-Ends Car Twice in Strange Accident Caught on Camera
Watch Corolla Driver Rear-Ends Car Twice in Strange Accident Caught on Camera

12 May 2022, 09:29 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A Toyota Corolla driver was involved in a strange accident a few days ago, her car slamming twice the same vehicle in a matter of seconds. The accident was captured by an onboard rear-facing camera and posted on Reddit for all of us to wonder about...

 
GM Is Facing a Class-Action Lawsuit for Refusing To Fix 8-Speed Automatic Transmissions
GM Is Facing a Class-Action Lawsuit for Refusing To Fix 8-Speed Automatic Transmissions

11 May 2022, 16:46 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / GM has a long history of class-action lawsuits filed over its 8L45 and 8L90 eight-speed automatic transmissions. Customers have complained a lot about the “violent shakes, jerks, and hard shifts” but GM still hasn’t solved the pro...

 
The Tesla Torn Apart After Renting It on Turo Is Totally Messed Up, Police Won't Help
The Tesla Torn Apart After Renting It on Turo Is Totally Messed Up, Police Won't Help

11 May 2022, 15:48 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The drama continues for the guy who rented his Model 3 on Turo and found it torn apart in a body shop. In a follow-up video, TikToker Frank Valdez explains what happened to the car after the incident, especially since the assistance systems started...

 
GM Acknowledges Limited EV Towing Range, Patents Assisted Towing Concept
GM Acknowledges Limited EV Towing Range, Patents Assisted Towing Concept

11 May 2022, 14:21 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Towing a trailer can be taxing on the range of a truck or SUV. While it is merely a matter of putting more gas in a gas-powered vehicle, it can ruin a day in the case of an electric vehicle. General Motors is well aware of that and is hard at work ...

 
Honda ZR-V for China and Europe Looks Like a Rebadged U.S.-Spec HR-V
Honda ZR-V for China and Europe Looks Like a Rebadged U.S.-Spec HR-V

11 May 2022, 10:35 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / After the 2023 HR-V was launched in the U.S. as a bigger model, Honda continued to offer the HR-V in its old shape in Europe. Now, the Japanese want to bring another SUV model to Europe and China. The new ZR-V will slot between the HR-V and the CR-...

 
Musk: Tesla Ponders Closing the Order Books on Some Vehicles Due to Long Waiting Times
Musk: Tesla Ponders Closing the Order Books on Some Vehicles Due to Long Waiting Times

11 May 2022, 09:25 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Just like the rest of the auto industry, Tesla grapples with supply chain problems and chip shortages. Despite the recent price increases, Tesla vehicles are still in huge demand, which means new customers face ridiculously long waiting times. This...

 
Volkswagen Will Revive Scout as an EV Off-Roading Brand in the U.S.
Volkswagen Will Revive Scout as an EV Off-Roading Brand in the U.S.

11 May 2022, 08:10 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Volkswagen eyes the lucrative truck and SUV U.S. market with the revival of the iconic American off-road badge Scout. The Germans will follow Rivian with an all-electric truck-SUV duo and the leaked rendering from the group’s design team show...

 
Tesla Leads Both the U.S. EV Market and the Luxury Car Segment, Leaving Rivals in the Dust
Tesla Leads Both the U.S. EV Market and the Luxury Car Segment, Leaving Rivals in the Dust

10 May 2022, 16:46 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla is having a field day judging by the Q1 registrations in the U.S. as the EV maker leads both the EV and the luxury segments. Data from Experian also shows that electric vehicle registrations in the U.S. have surged 60% in Q1, driven by Tesla,...

 
You Can't Go Unnoticed With This Show-Ready Volkswagen Type 2 Westfalia in Helsinki Green
You Can't Go Unnoticed With This Show-Ready Volkswagen Type 2 Westfalia in Helsinki Green

10 May 2022, 15:26 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / People pay sizeable amounts of money to own a first-generation Type 2 Westfalia, and this example on Bring a Trailer is one of the finest. It’s a “survival vehicle”, meaning it wasn’t altered in any way, although it was refu...

 
Dozens of Ford F-150 Lightning Pile Up at Dearborn Test Track, the Problem Is Too Familiar
Dozens of Ford F-150 Lightning Pile Up at Dearborn Test Track, the Problem Is Too Familiar

10 May 2022, 14:05 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Ford has started production of the electric F-150 Lightning truck at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center and has already built around 2,800 of them. It appears now that The Lightning faces the same problems with chip shortages as the Bronco and its I...

 
Many of the Ford F-150 Lightnings Delivered Are the $40K Pro Model for Commercial Buyers
Many of the Ford F-150 Lightnings Delivered Are the $40K Pro Model for Commercial Buyers

10 May 2022, 12:42 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Usually, EV makers start selling the most expensive version of their vehicles to maximize profits and compensate for the low production pace. Ford, on the other hand, wasted no time in delivering even the cheapest F-150 Lightning trims to commercia...

 
Mercedes-AMG Will Unveil Its First Dedicated EV Platform Alongside the Vision AMG Concept
Mercedes-AMG Will Unveil Its First Dedicated EV Platform Alongside the Vision AMG Concept

10 May 2022, 10:30 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A year ago, Mercedes-Benz announced a significant EV push with four new electric architectures in the pipeline and a phase-out of ICE vehicles. A lot has happened since then, and Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Kaellenius revealed that a new dedicated platfo...

 
Tesla Superchargers Vandals Give Cord-Cutting a Dark New Meaning, We All Know Why
Tesla Superchargers Vandals Give Cord-Cutting a Dark New Meaning, We All Know Why

10 May 2022, 08:26 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla’s greatest asset is its extensive charging network dubbed Supercharger. As good as it is, it’s also the weakest link in Tesla’s business since owning a Tesla is indissolubly tied to using the Supercharger network. And when a...

 
Natron To Launch Mass-Production of Sodium-Ion Batteries With Almost Unlimited Lifetime
Natron To Launch Mass-Production of Sodium-Ion Batteries With Almost Unlimited Lifetime

9 May 2022, 16:22 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Li-Ion batteries might be all the rage in electric vehicles of today, but the scarcity of raw materials will have them replaced with new chemistries based on readily available materials. Sodium-ion batteries are said to be a worthy solution, but no...

 

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