Daniel Patrascu
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Personal motto:
"I truly believe men and fish can coexist peacefully" – George W. Bush
Following several years off the grid, Daniel is back at autoevolution, and seeing how the great crisis of the past decade made the auto industry boring, he grew bored with it too, so he slowly shifted his focus to custom cars, custom motorcycles, and other weird stuff. He also loves ranting about space exploration and robots, because in his view the only way forward for humanity is away from this planet, in metal bodies.
During his time at autoevolution, Daniel put his name on more news articles, coverstories, auto guides, reviews, and editorials than we care count. To slow him down a bit, he was given more responsibilities not long ago, so he is now also in charge with coordinating the editorial team on autoevolution.com.
Long time ago, Daniel also translated Arthur C. Clarke’s novel “The Fountains of Paradise” to Romanian for Paladin Publishing.
Harley-Davidson Street Runner Looks Like It Doesn't Care About Traffic Lights
24 May 2024, 22:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Cruiser bikes presently enjoy what may very well be considered their golden years. With plenty of makes and models to choose from, countless engines at their disposal, and more colors than in all of the universe's rainbows, people all over the...
1932 Ford Li’l Foose Coupe Was Once Gone in 60 Seconds, Now Won't Budge for Under $100K
24 May 2024, 10:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are probably millions of movies in existence today, the result of more than a century of filmmaking. Yet just a tiny fraction of them, by comparison, are truly worth remembering, and fewer still are worth remembering by car enthusiasts. Th...
A Flying Wing With Rotors Is What Sikorsky Is Working on Now
24 May 2024, 09:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / About a year ago the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) introduced to the world the companies that were tasked with working on something called the AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) program. Nothin...
Space Weather Satellite to Stare at the Sun 24/7, Give Us Advance Warning of Solar Storms
24 May 2024, 07:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Can you imagine how our life would be with no working satellites in space and electronics here on Earth? It would probably be something akin to hell, and if such a reality lasts long enough, it may as well push us back into the stone age. And like ...
Airbus Autonomous "Flying Truck" Is Teaching Commercial Aircraft How to Taxi on Their Own
23 May 2024, 13:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As humanity's need to travel to faraway places increases, so does the number of flights required to fulfill these needs. As per aviation industry forecasts, the current fleet of jet aircraft (estimates put the number of such airplanes currentl...
U.S. Army's Assault Helicopter With Atreides Ornithopter Vibes Inches Closer to Production
23 May 2024, 12:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been a while since we last heard anything of interest about the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program run by the U.S. Army. So much time, in fact, we kind of forgot there's a Black Hawk helicopter replacement being cooke...
Brand New American Spaceplane Enters Final Stretch to Launch
23 May 2024, 11:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been an exciting few years for space exploration, as the means we use to search for what's out there, and consequently the goals we've set for ourselves, have expanded greatly. But what happened until now is only the beginning, ...
Flying B-21 Raider Nuclear Bomber Makes It Look Like Aliens Have Arrived
23 May 2024, 07:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The history of aviation is filled with wacky aircraft designs taking to the sky. Some of them, few but still there, were so different from what we're used to (and highly secret) that they had people believe Earth is being visited by aliens. An...
DARPA Blended Wing Body Aircraft Will Work Like a Helicopter But Speed Like a Maniac
22 May 2024, 13:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The aviation industry is going through some truly major changes. And, at least this time, I'm not referring to the strides made in the field of means of propulsion, but specifically to the changes in the shape and form of aircraft to come. ...
America Fires World's Most Advanced Air Defense Missile Using Aegis for the First Time
22 May 2024, 08:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In Greek mythology, the name aegis stands for a shield of sorts that Athena and Zeus used to carry with them. America's enemies, however, know the moniker as belonging to one of the most potent integrated combat systems in the world, deployed ...
McLaren Senna Sempre Revealed as a Reminder That Racing Greats Do Last Forever
22 May 2024, 06:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's probably hard to believe, but three decades have already passed since one of the world's most important racing drivers, Ayrton Senna da Silva, left our world. As an icon of his field, the Brazilian-born is still honored by those whos...
This Is the Crazy Art Car Wrap the BMW M Hybrid V8 Will Wear During the 2024 Le Mans Race
21 May 2024, 17:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Many of you reading this right now were probably too young to care (or perhaps not even born) way back in 1975, when, during the Le Mans endurance race, German carmaker BMW entered a 3.0 CSL artistically decorated by painter Alexander Calder. Drive...
NASA to Start Building the World's First Mild Hybrid-Electric Engine for Airplanes
21 May 2024, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been a long time coming, but finally actual build work has begun on a new kind of airplane engine, one that might revolutionize the industry. NASA calls it the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC), and it stole the headlines several ti...
Lockheed Martin to Deliver Millions Worth of Long-Range Hypersonic Weapons for U.S. Army
21 May 2024, 07:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are a number of advantages for the military to use hypersonic weapons, but one of the most important is the fact that these things are so fast they're almost impossible to intercept and defeat before they strike their targets. Hyperso...
This Is How the "World's Most Beautiful Multi-Terrain EV" Looks Like on the Inside
21 May 2024, 06:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In November 2023, British design and engineering company Callum presented the exterior look of its first in-hous-made, own-brand vehicle. Called Skye, the electric contraption was described from the get-go as "world’s most beautiful high...
America to Fly First Plane With No Forward-Facing Windows Since the Spirit of St. Louis
20 May 2024, 14:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are several key moments in the history of aviation, each of them adding another brick to the incredible monument that is human ingenuity. Moments without which, let's face it, the world we know today would not have existed. It's ...
Boeing ecoDemonstrator to Fly All Sorts of New Ideas Meant to Make Aviation More Efficient
20 May 2024, 12:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The many current projects meant to make aircraft engines and designs more fuel-efficient and eco-friendly steal the headlines on a regular basis these days, and for good reason. Just think about it: how often to we get to see radically different ty...
Military Drone Larger Than the A-10 Thunderbolt II Gets One Step Closer to Production
20 May 2024, 11:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Many of the world's militaries employ drones for various purposes, but regardless on where they are deployed on this planet, and by whom, the vast majority of the big, professional drones used for surveillance and strikes are made in the U.S.A...
Dark 1959 Chevy Impala Has Engine Parts Sticking Out, $350K Builds Do That
20 May 2024, 10:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Of all the cars America has spat out over the years, the Chevrolet Impala is probably the one that needs the least introduction. Discontinued just four years ago, the model is also one of the few nameplates in the industry that keeps stealing the h...
Harley-Davidson Road Digger Is Pure Cruiser Custom, A Reloaded Street Bob
18 May 2024, 22:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Harley-Davidson Street Bob is just one of the eight different motorcycles the American bike maker is presently offering in the cruiser segment. It may not be the most impressive of them all, but it certainly has a lot of fans, and many of them ...