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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.
Hyundai Motor Dismisses Its Entire Engine Development Center on Way to Electrification
Hyundai Motor Dismisses Its Entire Engine Development Center on Way to Electrification

28 Dec 2021, 15:58 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Hyundai signals the end of the combustion engine with the closing of its engine development center, in a shocking move that relates to the recent company re-organization. According to Korean media, the automaker’s powertrain group was reorgan...

 
CyberKAT Promises To Help Blow the Snow, Plants Cybertruck Thoughts in Your Mind
CyberKAT Promises To Help Blow the Snow, Plants Cybertruck Thoughts in Your Mind

28 Dec 2021, 14:53 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The Tesla Cybertruck is nowhere to be seen but its weird design has already inspired lots of objects, starting with Tesla’s Cyberquad. Bearing a similar signature name that means practically nothing, the CyberKAT wants to be your winter ...

 
Bugatti Chiron Hits 257 Mph on Public Road, No Ticket Issued
Bugatti Chiron Hits 257 Mph on Public Road, No Ticket Issued

28 Dec 2021, 13:24 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Speeding on public roads is a dangerous habit, even when performed legally on the no-speed-limit Germany’s Autobahn network. Yet, this middle-aged businessman from the Czech Republic is doing it regularly. One of his most famous runs is that ...

 
Acura's Next Electric SUV Might Be Named ADX, Will Be Related to Cadillac Lyriq
Acura's Next Electric SUV Might Be Named ADX, Will Be Related to Cadillac Lyriq

28 Dec 2021, 11:09 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Acura will launch its first electric car in 2024, and we already know it will be an SUV developed in close partnership with GM. Now, a recent trademark filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office hints it might be named the ADX. Remember ho...

 
Daihatsu Wants To Blow Away 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon With a Camper Based on the Atrai Kei Car
Daihatsu Wants To Blow Away 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon With a Camper Based on the Atrai Kei Car

28 Dec 2021, 09:47 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Daihatsu will storm the Tokyo Auto Salon with two custom cars based on the Atrai kei truck and van, as well as two versions of the Rocky subcompact SUV. The most interesting concept seems to be the kei camper based on the Atrai Deck Van. The Tok...

 
This 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster From Monaco Wants To Be Your Million-Dollar Toy
This 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster From Monaco Wants To Be Your Million-Dollar Toy

28 Dec 2021, 08:39 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL is one of the most sought-after classic cars and one of the most expensive. It owes its fame mostly to the “gullwing” doors of the coupé, a masterpiece of automotive design. But that is not to say its ope...

 
Another EV Maker Will Have Its Birth Certificate Signed at CES 2022
Another EV Maker Will Have Its Birth Certificate Signed at CES 2022

27 Dec 2021, 17:35 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Turkey’s TOGG will be present at CES in Las Vegas with a host of technologies mysteriously dubbed “Use-Case Mobility.” TOGG is also expected to debut two electric cars next year. The automotive industry is known for its conserv...

 
Tesla Will Install the First Supercharger Stations in the U.S. With CCS Connectors
Tesla Will Install the First Supercharger Stations in the U.S. With CCS Connectors

27 Dec 2021, 16:07 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla decided to make good on its promises to open up its Supercharger stations to other carmakers’ electric vehicles, as a new document shows. The biggest problem with this proposition is the proprietary connector all Supercharger statio...

 
Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban Get a New 10-Speed Automatic for 2022
Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban Get a New 10-Speed Automatic for 2022

27 Dec 2021, 14:45 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Chevrolet Tahoe and its bigger brother, the Suburban, got their all-new fifth-generation a year ago and were updated with a broad range of changes for the 2022 model year. There was one little change that Chevrolet forgot to detail, and it concerns...

 
Rivian Delivery Van Caught on Video While Charging, Looks Surprisingly Massive
Rivian Delivery Van Caught on Video While Charging, Looks Surprisingly Massive

27 Dec 2021, 13:47 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Rivian is now famous for beating Tesla with the R1T as the first pickup truck to market, but there is more to the startup than the R1T truck and the R1S SUV that made the news recently. As some of us remember, Rivian is also preparing an electric d...

 
Watch This Ionity Charging Station Being ICEd to Death by Two Drunk Men
Watch This Ionity Charging Station Being ICEd to Death by Two Drunk Men

27 Dec 2021, 13:25 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / In a recent incident filmed at an Ionity charging station in Croatia (Eastern Europe), two drunk men mock charging their Kia Sportage ICE car and eventually manage to break the stall altogether. Blocking an EV charging station with an ICE car is...

 
1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback Rescued in Lucky Barn Find Is Like Bullitt's Brother
1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback Rescued in Lucky Barn Find Is Like Bullitt's Brother

27 Dec 2021, 10:06 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Ford hit gold with the Mustang in 1964, while creating a whole new affordable sportscar segment. The iconic car was seen as extremely classy and yet it wasn’t as expensive as other sports cars of the time, with an advertised base price of $2,...

 
Just how long can you drive on a donut spare tire? Everything you need to know
Just how long can you drive on a donut spare tire? Everything you need to know

26 Dec 2021, 17:24 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Changing a flat tire is something most of us have done at least once, and it usually involves nothing more than putting the spare wheel on and driving off. Unfortunately, modern cars come with a donut spare tire, if at all. These are nothing like t...

 
Technology Has Made Our Cars Safer, But a Cracked Windshield Is the End of the World Now
Technology Has Made Our Cars Safer, But a Cracked Windshield Is the End of the World Now

26 Dec 2021, 16:24 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Technology has made cars safer, but also complicated and more expensive to repair. Take the windshield for instance: this is no longer a piece of glass to keep the rain and wind out. Today it has sophisticated sensors attached to it and even a heat...

 
Fast Charging vs Battery-Swapping: Which One Is Better?
Fast Charging vs Battery-Swapping: Which One Is Better?

25 Dec 2021, 17:24 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Battery-swapping promised to solve the biggest problems of electric vehicles: cost and the time spent charging. But is battery-swapping the future of EVs? Back in the days when a Nissan Leaf barely had enough range to cross the city boundaries, ...

 
How Much Does a Speeding Ticket Cost Throughout the World
How Much Does a Speeding Ticket Cost Throughout the World

25 Dec 2021, 16:16 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Speeding is considered a serious offense and it often incurs heavy fines and even a license suspension. Every country in the world has its own rules and therefore the cost of speeding tickets varies wildly from a measly $0.07 in Sudan to a median o...

 
Tesla Semi Enters the Final Homologation Phase, More Test Drivers Are Needed
Tesla Semi Enters the Final Homologation Phase, More Test Drivers Are Needed

24 Dec 2021, 17:46 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla is preparing to ramp up the Semi production at its plant in Nevada to reach volume production in 2023. Before that, they need more drivers to help with reliability, performance, and homologation testing of the future semi-truck. In a rece...

 
Volkswagen's ID. Models To Get Bidirectional Charging in OTA Update
Volkswagen's ID. Models To Get Bidirectional Charging in OTA Update

24 Dec 2021, 16:37 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Volkswagen announced earlier this month improvements to the charging experience for those daring enough to choose an ID. electric model. Among the new features that will delight ID. owners on both sides of the Atlantic is a bidirectional charging o...

 
BMW M Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary With a Special Edition M4 CSL
BMW M Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary With a Special Edition M4 CSL

24 Dec 2021, 16:09 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Half a century of excellence in motorsport is a milestone that needs proper celebration, and the BMW M motorsport division will no doubt deliver on that. The Bavarians already announced some goodies for the fans that order an M-branded car, but no ...

 
Lucid Steps Up Air's Production With More Than a Hundred Units Awaiting Delivery
Lucid Steps Up Air's Production With More Than a Hundred Units Awaiting Delivery

24 Dec 2021, 16:01 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Lucid is the second American carmaker that wants a piece of Tesla's business, and it seems it's already in a better position than Rivian in challenging the leader. A flyover video posted online shows more than a hundred cars awaiting deli...

 

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