Otilia Drăgan
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A master’s in International Relations, as well as working in online media for more than five years, have given her a deeper perspective on how people everywhere can inspire each other.
Homes on wheels, aircraft or boats, these fresh, sometimes quirky, ideas from all over the world are worth sharing.
Pre-1986 Bentleys and Jaguars to Show Off at the Yorkshire Motorsport Festival
15 Apr 2021, 08:29 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Good news for vintage cars and motorsport lovers: after being canceled last year, the first edition of the Yorkshire Motorsport Festival is set to take place this summer. Watch out for an excellent round-up of classic cars, some of which will be co...
Swoon-Worthy Brabus Shadow 500 Black Ops Is the Black Panther of Boats
14 Apr 2021, 14:37 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Brabus Marine is releasing another limited-edition beauty and it looks good enough to make you want to sell your house and go sailing around the world. Or at least for the weekend. It’s not the first time that Brabus Marine, the boat-man...
Kapsch Begins Testing Real-Time Traffic Management Solution in European City
14 Apr 2021, 12:55 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Everybody hates being stuck in traffic, but not everybody is that good at figuring out the best alternative route at a particular moment. Wouldn’t it be easier if we could just get customized directions on the spot? That’s what Kapsch T...
Mont-Tremblant Racing Circuit for Sale, F1 Team Owner Lawrence Stroll Wants Out
14 Apr 2021, 11:24 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A beautiful, historic racetrack might be forever gone from the racing circuit: Canadian Mont-Tremblant circuit is just a day away from being sold. After 21 years, Billionaire Lawrence Stroll, owner of Aston Martin Formula 1 team, is saying goodbye ...
Chinese Startup WeRide to Begin Self-Driving Car Testing in the U.S.
14 Apr 2021, 09:07 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Residents of San Jose, California, are about to see something new riding around: fully autonomous robotaxis, with no driver in sight. That’s because WeRide just got the green light for the second phase of their driverless cars testing. The...
New Steve McQueen Scrambler 1200 Out to Play, Regular Range Also Updated
13 Apr 2021, 15:52 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / If you were not familiar with the Triumph Scrambler 1200 XC from across the pond, just know that it featured in the 25th James Bond movie and made quite an impression on the stunt team. And what’s cooler than James Bond? Well, Steve McQueen, ...
Nuclear-Powered Earth 300 Superyacht Is Where Luxury and Science Meet
13 Apr 2021, 12:28 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / When you think of superyachts, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Probably not scientific research. Yet, this is exactly the purpose of the Earth 300, a 300-meter (984 feet) vessel that is more than a luxury yacht, more than a sustain...
DARPA Launches Nuclear Spacecraft Program, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Is in It
13 Apr 2021, 09:16 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is set to design a nuclear spacecraft, together with Lockheed Martin and General Atomics, after winning a contract with Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The goal is to design and build a demo...
Industry Moves On with EV Development as Battery Makers Settle Risky Dispute
12 Apr 2021, 15:37 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The American auto industry breathes a sigh of relief as SK Innovation and LG Energy Solution end their litigation over trade secrets. The dispute between the two EV battery makers was threatening to leave Ford and others without their main battery ...
Isuzu Series N Trucks Get a Boost With Gatik Self-Driving Technology
12 Apr 2021, 12:39 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Truck-manufacturing veteran Isuzu and self-driving up-and-coming Gatik are ready to introduce the first fully autonomous trucks in the medium category. This collaboration could bring significant changes to B2B logistics in particular and transporta...