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.
Amazon One-Hour Drone Delivery Coming to Another American State, New Drone to Fly in 2024
23 Apr 2024, 11:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a relatively short period of time, drones have changed the world we live in. First used in civilian hands as a means of entertainment and fun, these pieces of hardware have grown so diverse in scope that they are now pretty much everywhere, doin...
Video Shows AI-Piloted F-16 Take On Humans in First Real-World Man vs Machine Dogfight
23 Apr 2024, 09:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As a species, we are at a point in our existence when the technology we create has the ability to surpass us humans in many of the tasks we perform on a daily basis. And although that's a desirable development in most areas, trusting tech such...
U.S. Army's Wonder Rotary Engine That Runs on All Kinds of Fuel Starts Testing
23 Apr 2024, 07:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Like it or not, the combustion engines that have driven our world forward and sideways for more than a century now are about to leave the scene. Not because they're no longer effective, but because more than a century of using them, combined w...
NASA Is Locking People Up and Telling Them They're Astronauts Heading for Mars
22 Apr 2024, 11:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If everything falls into place just right, we just might get to witness our species' first crewed mission to Mars during our lifetime. NASA is actively planning for this, and even if the actual spacecraft and other gear needed for the task are...
This Massive Space Balloon Could Also Be Our First Home on Mars
22 Apr 2024, 10:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Inflatable space habitats are a relatively new concept in space exploration. Although people started thinking about such things ever since the 1960s, when the original space race was at its peak, it wasn't until private space pioneers literall...
Humanoid Robot with Lost in Space Vibes Looks Ready to Make Humans Its Slaves
22 Apr 2024, 07:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Humanoid robots and the latest high-profile trend in the robotics industry. Although all sorts of other machines have been helping us perform daily tasks for decades now, bipedal metal creatures with arms are what will probably completely transform...
New Ducati Bikes You can Get in 2024 (And Why They're Special)
21 Apr 2024, 07:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Italian bike maker Ducati is one of the most highly regarded players in the world of two-wheeled vehicles. Born in 1926 (meaning its centenary is just around the corner), Ducati has been at it making motorcycles so impressive it was nicknamed the F...
U.S. Marine Corps to Buy $249 Million Worth of "Organic” Kamikaze Drones
19 Apr 2024, 10:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are presently two major conflicts raging on the planet, one over in Ukraine and the other in the Middle East. With no end in sight for either of them, these conflicts have forever cemented the role drones of all shapes, sizes, and capabilitie...
2025 KTM XC and XC-F Are the Most Ready-to-Race Cross Country Bikes Made in Austria
19 Apr 2024, 09:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's a busy time for the Austrians over at KTM, who this month alone announced revamps for not one, but two of their most impressive motorcycle families. At the beginning of the month, we got the 2025 SX and SX-F in their newest incarnation, a...
Mercedes-Benz eSprinter Tech Demonstrator Gets Cargo Bike Sidekick for Last Mile Delivery
19 Apr 2024, 09:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The new mobility needs of the world we live in have significantly impacted the kinds of vehicles we have seen recently. From personal transportation devices to last-mile solutions for cargo and people transport, these vehicles have the potential to...
Special Edition Lamborghini Sterrato All-Terrain Literally Wears the Colors of the World
19 Apr 2024, 07:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It was five years ago, back in 2019, when Italian carmaker Lamborghini pulled the wraps off perhaps the most insane variant of the Huracan it had ever made: the Sterrato. Only a concept at that time, the model was meant to take a breed of vehicle y...
Land Rover Defender 110 Becomes World's First EV SUV Retrofit to Use In-Wheel Motors
18 Apr 2024, 10:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's a curious thing, the transformation the automotive industry is currently going through. Not only did the electrification bug engulf almost the entire group of the planet's major carmakers, but it is now spreading to smaller players a...
Race-Ready BMW S 1000 RR Will Debut Game-Changing Dymag x Roland Sands Wheels on the Track
18 Apr 2024, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The motorcycle industry is a very dynamic one, with a lot of things happening almost on a daily basis. Yet it's not every day that we get to hear news about a new kind of motorcycle wheel being released, a piece of hardware that is described b...
2024 Lucid Air Grand Touring Gets Sapphire-Grade Gear for Killer Range and Faster Charging
18 Apr 2024, 08:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are presently enough electric vehicles in the world to allow us to make various kinds of classifications, to compare them in our quest to make the best decision about our next car. Most of the time, the criteria we use are personal, but there...
Ford Gifts Its Mustang GT3 IMSA Factory Cars the Ghosts of Past Champion Racers
18 Apr 2024, 06:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Celebrating past events and accomplishments is something we humans regularly get to do. After all, this is the only way of remembering and honoring everything that got us where we are now. The problem is, not all of us are good at it. Over the p...
Solid Rocket Engine Named After the King of Gods Ready to Thunder in the Skies Over U.S.
17 Apr 2024, 14:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It was back in June 2023 when we first got word of a new breed of solid rocket engine being in the works, and here we are less than a year later faced with the prospect of the engine's impending commercial use. Enter the Zeus. Zeus is a des...
2024 Lexus NX Overtrail Is Not a Rugged Off-Roader and It Knows It
17 Apr 2024, 13:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Lexus is not a carmaker we come across every day on the streets of the towns we live in. And despite what the company would have you believe with its current lineup, it's even less so a name one usually encounters off the beaten path. Born ...
$3.35 Billion NASA Drone Gets Final Approval to Study the Surface of Saturn's Moon Titan
17 Apr 2024, 12:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In late 2023 American space agency NASA was still looking with hope in its eyes at the president's fiscal year 2025 budget request, hoping that its many exciting missions planned for the next few years will be squeezed in there somehow. O...
This Ugly Chair Costs $5,179 Because It's Actually a Porsche
17 Apr 2024, 09:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Porsche is the maker of some really fine cars, and no argument is needed to prove that statement. Just like no argument is needed to justify the high prices the German carmaker is asking for its fine products, because its cars are by no means expen...
211K Brand New Toyota Priuses Suffer From Sudden Rear Door Opening Syndrome, Recall Issued
17 Apr 2024, 08:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Toyota Prius is one of the most famous vehicles in the world. Born in late 1997 as the world's first mass-produced hybrid car, it was quickly adopted by celebrities (despite its quirky looks) who wanted to advertise themselves as the promo...