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.
Lotus Unveils the Fighter Jet of Olympic Games Track Bikes, Brits to Ride It in Paris
30 Apr 2024, 07:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Come the end of July, the 2024 Summer Olympics will kick off in the French capital Paris. It's the 33rd edition of the multi-sport event that has mesmerized the world since times immemorial. This year the Olympics will welcome into the ra...
NASA Catches Laser Beam From a Spaceship Millions of Miles Away, Finds a Cat Video Inside
29 Apr 2024, 11:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been almost seven months since the Psyche spacecraft left our planet, heading for a namesake asteroid located over 257 million miles (413 million km) away from Earth. The spacecraft won't reach its target in the space between Mars an...
Airbus Flies a High-Speed Helo That Can Pause Engine Mid-Flight
29 Apr 2024, 10:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The aviation industry is presently racing to find new and more fuel-efficient ways to keep aircraft flying. We see that most of all happening with fixed-wing aircraft, but helicopters are beginning to feel the pressure as well. And what you're...
USAF Settles on Support Drone for Fighter Aircraft, To Be Made by General Atomics
29 Apr 2024, 09:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The modern-day battlefields are flooded with fighter jets and drones. Each of the two families of aircraft has a specific role to fulfill, from intelligence gathering to actual combat, and in the vast majority of cases, military aircraft and drones...
People Pretending to Live on Mars Have Been Isolated for 300+ Days, Gunning for a Year
29 Apr 2024, 08:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The name CHAPEA might not mean all that much right now, but if NASA has its way the world's history books might very well record it as one of the first steps humanity has taken to reach planet Mars. CHAPEA stands for Crew Health and Perform...
Someone Is Already Flipping a 2024 Ford Bronco DR, And They're Asking Two Times the MSRP
29 Apr 2024, 08:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It has long become a common thing for rare production vehicles to become money-makers for smart people who purchase and then flip them for much more. We are used, however, for the flip to happen some time after the vehicle came into existence, beca...
BMW R 18: The German Cruiser That Challenged Harley-Davidson
27 Apr 2024, 11:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The cruiser segment of the motorcycle industry is not only one of the most lucrative for the companies doing business here, but also one of the most spectacular. That's because cruisers have always been at the top of the motorcycle game, and t...
Harley-Davidson Rapid Raptor Is a Street Bob Hiding Under Beautiful Custom Work
27 Apr 2024, 10:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Part of the mighty Softail family of motorcycles, the Street Bob is at the time of writing one of the most alluring propositions for riders wishing to try out Harley-Davidson's machines for the first time. "Stripped down for the street,&q...
This Fully Loaded 2005 Ford GT Was Kid Rock's Ride, Now Selling for $600,000
27 Apr 2024, 09:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There is a chance the name Robert James Ritchie may not mean all that much to the people who are not really into certain music genres, like say hip hop, rock, rap, country, or heavy metal. But even these people can recognize the musician by hi...
The Sexiest Electric Aircraft Around Turns Bland as It Clears Design Review
26 Apr 2024, 12:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / No matter the advancements made in the technology that powers them, aircraft generally tend to maintain the same overall shape as their predecessors. So does an electric flying machine called Alice, but this one once had enough novel design lines t...
LEGO Puts 8.8 Million Pounds of Thrust on Your Desk and the Milky Way Galaxy on the Wall
26 Apr 2024, 10:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in February 2024 we stumbled upon a LEGO Ideas project centered around NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Back then, the Danish toymaker listed the project as being under review, meaning it was really considering making it a real pl...
Ram Goes Nuts and Unleashes 5 New or Updated Pickup Trucks, Here's What Each Has to Offer
26 Apr 2024, 08:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's a busy end of the week for American truck maker Ram as it unveiled what's new in its lineup for both the 2024 and the 2025 model years. And there's a lot to talk about, as no less than five new or revised models have been or wil...
Royal Navy Uses a Bottle of Beer to Christen Its Sixth Astute-Class Sub, the HMS Agamemnon
25 Apr 2024, 11:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you are familiar with Greek mythology, or you've at least seen 2004's Troy movie, then the name Agamemnon might ring a bell or two. Not the most impressive of Greek kings, Agamemnon ruled over Mycenae and took point as the leader of th...
Drone Fires 10,000 Rounds at Pickup Truck in Arizona, Obliterates Everything in Its Path
25 Apr 2024, 10:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Impressive as they may be from a capabilities standpoint, many of the military drones currently fielded by the U.S. are not meant to fire machine guns at their targets. Sure, they can drop grenades and launch missiles, but machine guns are a bit tr...
Puma Drones Used Extensively by the U.S. Military Get Autonomy Kits
25 Apr 2024, 09:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Most of the drones currently being used by the militaries of the world still need a human operator to control them. From the small, first-person view (FPV) drones extensively used in Ukraine to the much larger ones deployed by the Americans for sur...
U.S. Army Drops Its New Tactical Truck From an Airplane to See If It Breaks
25 Apr 2024, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Military gear and supply airdrops have been around for as long as aviation has been used to fight wars. It's an effective way of delivering troops, weapons, and supplies right where they're needed, circumventing lengthy and potentially da...
NASA Working on Drone Tech to Fight Wildfires, The FAA Joins In
25 Apr 2024, 06:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Wildfires are some of the most devastating natural events that plague our world with worrying regularity. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the United States faces thousands of wildfires each year (there were over 55,000 of them in 2023 alone),...
The Smallest Volvo SUV Ever Made Gets a Lot Bolder with Aftermarket Sport Package
24 Apr 2024, 13:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / At the end of last year a custom car company called Everlast stepped into the spotlight by announcing the first-ever aftermarket upgrade packages for the EX30, the smallest Volvo SUV ever made. That's right, someone thought it would be a good ...
Europeans Are Hellbent on Making Satellites to Beam Electricity Down from Space
24 Apr 2024, 12:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Earlier in April news broke of a British company called Space Solar reaching an important milestone in its race to become the first to harness solar power in space and send it back to Earth for our daily use. That bit of news opened our appetite fo...
2025 KTM 450 Rally Replica Unleashed to Trump All Competition in Next Year's Dakar
24 Apr 2024, 10:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Dakar Rally is not only one of the oldest competitions of its kind but also one of the most grueling. Dating back to 1979, the race pits against each other some of the world's most daring drivers and riders, in control of some of the most ...