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Oraan Marc

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“The electric light did not come from the continuous improvement of candles” (Oren Harari, business professor at the University of San Francisco)

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Like any other petrolhead out there, Oraan fell in love with cars in his infancy, so it was only natural for him to become student at a University specialized in the automotive field. In 2000, he became a car journalist and for almost 15 years he tested all kinds of cars, wrote industry analysis articles and expressed his opinions on automotive subjects.

Unlike many petrolheads out there, Oraan-the-engineer increasingly became aware of downsides of combustion engines. At the beginning of the 2010s Oraan-the-car-journalist transformed at a fast pace from a nothing-to-worry-petrolhead to an environment-responsible-electrohead.

At that time everybody was mocking Elon Musk for his Tesla “secret plan”, so Oraan-the-electrohead became the outlaw-advocate-of-electromobility in the petrolheads world. In 2014 he decided to start his own online project aimed to inform and educate the public about green technologies and so-called unconventional-propulsion for cars.

In recent years, Oraan involved in other projects out of the car industry. But he’s still a vigilant “devil’s advocate”, especially since he’s a daily EV commuter. That’s why he couldn’t miss the opportunity to debunk EV myths, explain green tech breakthroughs and share the news in this field to autoevolution audience.
World's First Electric Telescopic Boom Excavator Is Just a Prototype. For Now
World's First Electric Telescopic Boom Excavator Is Just a Prototype. For Now

18 Mar 2023, 16:34 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Did you know that there are excavators out there that rely on telescopic and tilting booms instead of conventional knuckle booms? The American manufacturer Gradall Industries is making this kind of weird machinery. And now it partnered with Volvo P...

 
Bobcat RogueX Concept Is Not Only Electric and Autonomous but Also a Little Bad-Ass
Bobcat RogueX Concept Is Not Only Electric and Autonomous but Also a Little Bad-Ass

18 Mar 2023, 10:24 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Every carmaker is praised by the crowds when a new concept car emerges. But what about construction vehicle manufacturers? Are they capable to surprise us the same way? Bobcat hopes so. This news should be about the world’s first all-elect...

 
The 220-Mile Eunorau Flash E-Bike Could Be Better Than a Long-Range Electric Motorcycle
The 220-Mile Eunorau Flash E-Bike Could Be Better Than a Long-Range Electric Motorcycle

17 Mar 2023, 10:34 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / The race for electric passenger cars with bigger batteries and longer ranges is fierce. In the shadows, the same competition is emerging in the e-bike world. Well, now, is a more-than-200-mile-range e-bike an overkill? Does it really make sense? ...

 
2024 Lexus NX Pricing Announced, Here's How It Compares to Its German Rivals
2024 Lexus NX Pricing Announced, Here's How It Compares to Its German Rivals

17 Mar 2023, 07:14 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / There’s no secret that Lexus NX is Toyota RAV4’s posh sibling. And now the prices make it clear that NX is playing in the compact luxury league. Achtung! This is the Germans’ playground, where the Audi Q5, BMW X3, or Mercedes-Benz...

 
Maybe the Fossil Fuel Industry's 'Methane Bombs' Are Just Fake News and We're All Good
Maybe the Fossil Fuel Industry's 'Methane Bombs' Are Just Fake News and We're All Good

12 Mar 2023, 17:28 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Out of nowhere, this report from Kayrros – a company that I have never heard of, so it’s something veeeery suspicious about it – is warning us against so-called “super-emitting methane leaks.” If it’s methane, th...

 
2022 Was rEVolutionary: EV Sales Were 5% of the U.S. Market and 10 Million Globally
2022 Was rEVolutionary: EV Sales Were 5% of the U.S. Market and 10 Million Globally

12 Mar 2023, 13:52 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Elon’s ‘secret master plan’ hit two important milestones in 2022. Firstly, battery-electric vehicles sold in the U.S. passed the critical 5% of the overall new car market. This is half of the theoretical critical mass needed for a...

 
The New Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe Teaser Hardly Surprises Anyone As We All Know the Recipe
The New Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe Teaser Hardly Surprises Anyone As We All Know the Recipe

11 Mar 2023, 17:37 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / The new generation GLC Coupe will use a well-known recipe: chop the compact GLC SUV and make it look more like a high-ground four-door-coupe-ish. The people will love it because it's a hot trend. It doesn't matter that it will be less roo...

 
Do U.S. Multi-Billion Battery Subsidies Put European Battery Production at Risk?
Do U.S. Multi-Billion Battery Subsidies Put European Battery Production at Risk?

11 Mar 2023, 17:24 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Blaming the U.S. for luring many battery manufacturers from Europe is more like a lousy excuse. Almost a year after the Inflation Reduction Act came into effect in the United States, the EU Commission will respond with the new Net Zero Industrial A...

 
Is 500-kW Wireless Charging Just Around the Corner? Yes, But There's a Catch
Is 500-kW Wireless Charging Just Around the Corner? Yes, But There's a Catch

10 Mar 2023, 16:24 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / In December 2022, SAE International published the first standardization guidelines for wireless power transfer up to 500 kW power, aimed at heavy-duty vehicles. A few months later, Chalmers University in Sweden has already developed a high-power in...

 
Toyota bZ3, Finally Ready to Pre-Order in China, It's 20% Cheaper Than the Tesla Model 3
Toyota bZ3, Finally Ready to Pre-Order in China, It's 20% Cheaper Than the Tesla Model 3

10 Mar 2023, 09:52 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Just like in the story with the boy and the wolf, the ‘Tesla-killer’ is no longer an exciting collocation. But in China, it looks like Tesla Model 3 is finally getting some shivers in the spine. That’s because Toyota bZ3, co-devel...

 
Big Auto Won't Let Go of the ICE and are Risking Everything Betting on E-Fuels
Big Auto Won't Let Go of the ICE and are Risking Everything Betting on E-Fuels

5 Mar 2023, 20:17 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Big changes face big opposition. And ditching fossil fuels is surely going to change our societybig time. In theory, it’s a change for the better. But in the process, some interest groups are poised to set the world on fire if their privilege...

 
World's Largest Green Hydrogen Project Won't Put China in the TOP 10 'Green H2' Countries
World's Largest Green Hydrogen Project Won't Put China in the TOP 10 'Green H2' Countries

5 Mar 2023, 16:49 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / As you know, hydrogen is touted by Big Oil as the zero-emissions technology we should bet on in the long run. Now, China brags it’s taking the lead in terms of behemoth renewable H2 projects. However, projections show that China won’t j...

 
The First Commercial Spiral-Welded Wind Turbine Tower Signals a New Renewables Milestone
The First Commercial Spiral-Welded Wind Turbine Tower Signals a New Renewables Milestone

5 Mar 2023, 09:31 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Building towers for wind turbines 10 times faster and up to twice as tall as today’s conventional technology is something for prime-time news. The new technology can help speed up the deployment of new wind farm projects, on- and offshore. Th...

 
Tesla Cybertruck vs Tesla Semi: Is It a Drag Race or Just Showing Off?
Tesla Cybertruck vs Tesla Semi: Is It a Drag Race or Just Showing Off?

4 Mar 2023, 10:26 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Elon Musk should be proud of Twitter because it’s the first social media to release videos featuring a sort of drag race between the most weird-looking Teslas: the Cybertruck electric pickup truck and the Semi electric freight tractor. Tw...

 
Tesla Lost First Place to Rivian in 2023 in Terms of Owner Satisfaction
Tesla Lost First Place to Rivian in 2023 in Terms of Owner Satisfaction

3 Mar 2023, 17:14 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / J.D. Power is probably the first source that comes to mind for good advice when buying a new or used car. There’s nothing like clients’ opinions and overall satisfaction with their cars. Winning top spots is also free publicity for carm...

 
Auto-Dolly Is the First Autonomous Four-Wheeled Luggage Carrier Operating in an Airport
Auto-Dolly Is the First Autonomous Four-Wheeled Luggage Carrier Operating in an Airport

3 Mar 2023, 12:22 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Major carmakers are advancing self-driving technology at a fast pace. Still, many people are reluctant to vehicles that drive by themselves. We’ll see if these new driverless vehicles will spark a fierce debate on the “robots are steali...

 
Haters Gonna Hate, but I Suspect Smokers and Petrolheads Are Wired the Same
Haters Gonna Hate, but I Suspect Smokers and Petrolheads Are Wired the Same

26 Feb 2023, 17:37 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / I’m not a smoker. I never was and I’ll never be. However, I was a petrolhead. I still have a little devilish petrolhead hidden in my brain. But the engineer in me understood perfectly the big issues of burning fossil fuels in internal c...

 
Charging EVs As They Travel: Wireless Inductive, Conductive, or Battery Swap? (Part 3)
Charging EVs As They Travel: Wireless Inductive, Conductive, or Battery Swap? (Part 3)

26 Feb 2023, 14:14 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / In the first two parts of this series, we briefly looked at battery-swapping technology and conductive charging using pantographs or electric rails. They both have pros and cons, but in the near future, the disadvantages seem to weigh more. The wir...

 
Find Out Why the Electric Ford SuperVan Is Ready To Crush the Pikes Peak Record
Find Out Why the Electric Ford SuperVan Is Ready To Crush the Pikes Peak Record

25 Feb 2023, 19:38 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / 2023 will see the 101st running of the legendary Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) held just outside Colorado Springs. Blue Oval’s vehicles have been competing in America’s Mountain race for over 100 years, so Ford Performance...

 
Charging EVs As They Travel: Conductive, Battery Swapping, or Wireless? (Part 2)
Charging EVs As They Travel: Conductive, Battery Swapping, or Wireless? (Part 2)

25 Feb 2023, 17:12 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / We started the discussion in the previous part based on EVs’ main drawbacks for most car owners. It’s their short ranges and long charging times compared to internal combustion engine cars. Let’s take a look at the pro and cons of...

 

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