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.
For 30 Minutes in February the Moon Had a Functional Position Beacon
19 Mar 2024, 15:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been two weeks since America's first American commercial uncrewed mission to the Moon ended, and we're only now starting to get our first glimpse at exactly how important the flight was for the future of space exploration. On...
Lifting Body Aircraft Could Be Used to Study the Atmosphere of Giant Alien Planets
19 Mar 2024, 14:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ever since the dawn of aviation many years ago aircraft have established themselves as fixed-wing machines capable of taking to the sky. Why winged? Well, for the simple reason that such a design is the most effective that we know of that can gener...
USAF Tells Pilots Who Fly at the Speed of Sound to Slow Down While on a Motorcycle
19 Mar 2024, 13:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Perhaps one of the most iconic scenes in cinema is the one showing a young Tom Cruise on the back of a Kawasaki GPz900R racing an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet as it took off. It's a scene from the original Top Gun, obviously, and it helped a lot wi...
The 5 Computer Brains of the New Audi Q6 e-tron and How They'll Shape the Future
19 Mar 2024, 12:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This week marked the launch of the new Audi Q6 e-tron into the world. Undoubtedly one of the most important premieres of the automotive world this year so far, the SUV that is meant to kickstart a "new generation of electrically powered vehicl...
NASA's Upcoming Telescope Will Count the Stars in Our Galaxy in About a Month
18 Mar 2024, 11:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Over the past few years, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) stole the spotlight when it comes to incredible pieces of hardware that are meant to unlock the mysteries of the Universe. And for good reason, as this incredible and very expensive too...
Honda Brings Russian Ivan in American Homes With Amazon AI-Generated Prologue Ads
18 Mar 2024, 08:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not long from now the first-ever all-electric SUV wearing the Honda badge will arrive in American dealerships. Called the Prologue, the vehicle is hoped to draw to the brand at least a fraction of the large pool of Americans going for such things. ...
Third Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX Trip Points to a Max Range of 819 Miles on a Single Charge
18 Mar 2024, 07:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A little more than two years ago German carmaker Mercedes-Benz pulled the wraps off a rather peculiar vehicle in its lineup. Called the Vision EQXX, it is meant to be a research vehicle into how effective electric cars can be. When it unveiled t...
These Are the Numbers Behind NASA's Space Launch System Block 1B Mega Rocket
17 Mar 2024, 08:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In November 2022 American space agency NASA kicked off its second Moon exploration program with the launch of the Artemis I mission. It was the first time the organization used its new and mega-powerful Space Launch System rocket and the Orion caps...
1974 Chevy C10 Boogie Nights Is a Former USAF Pilot's Idea of a Fine Custom Pickup Truck
17 Mar 2024, 07:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Generally speaking, a car and truck customizer's former job matters little when it comes to the vehicles they now roll out their garage doors. But when that customizer describes himself as a proud USAF veteran, that little piece of information...
World's First X-Ray Crash Test Puts a Mercedes C-Class in the Spotlight Like Never Before
16 Mar 2024, 11:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Crash tests of vehicles are a sure way of determining how safe they and the technologies they pack are in case of unwanted road events. These procedures not only help carmakers determine where and how much to improve a car, but over the years have ...
Mercedes-Benz Slaps Ghostbusters Stickers on the Side of a Black Van and Calls It Ecto-Z
16 Mar 2024, 10:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are movies in this world that have forever become linked to some of the props used when filming them. Like, could you ever imagine any Ghostbusters movie without the iconic Ecto vehicle? Having appeared in the first movie in the franchise ...
Top 10 Motorcycles Under $5,000 for the 2024 Riding Season
16 Mar 2024, 07:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Although they are not meant for every soul on this Earth, motorcycles could, in theory, be a choice of means of transportation for all of us. That's because not only are they a lot easier to use than a car (after all, with enough training ridi...
Bentley Makes a Light Show for the Car Whose Sound System Alone Is Worth a Muscle Car
15 Mar 2024, 10:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in the summer of 2019, British carmaker Bentley presented to the world its vision of how luxury vehicles could look like in 2035. It did so thanks to an insanely beautiful and technology-packed concept called the EXP 100 GT. The impressive ...
2024 KTM RC 8C Comes Back to Haunt Track Riders, Only 100 People to Get Their Hands on It
15 Mar 2024, 08:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Over the past two years, the Austrians from KTM found a sick pleasure in releasing a special breed of motorcycle so rare that it only satisfies a few riders, and leaves all others drooling in delight and despair. It's the RC 8C monster of a ma...
SpaceX Destroys Third Spaceship But Learns More From It Than Any Other
15 Mar 2024, 07:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / They say the third time's a charm, but that doesn't seem to apply to Elon Musk's SpaceX, the company that on Thursday declared a third iteration of its mighty Spaceship a complete loss. Yet it is a loss that, strangely enough, comes ...
U.S. Navy's Sub-Sonic Aerial Target to Get Really Smart After AI Brain Transplant
13 Mar 2024, 13:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Testing weapons is a complicated business and involves a lot of time and effort. That's because, although it may seem that way, weapons testing is about much more than just pointing them at a target and pressing the "fire” button. ...
Class 8 Trucks to Form Platoons and Drive Themselves Military Style Across the U.S.
13 Mar 2024, 12:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Operational autonomy is the natural evolution of vehicles. Whether we like it or not, cars, trucks, SUVs and cargo haulers will soon be able to cover the distance between points A and B on their own, eliminating the need for human drivers. And that...
Normal-Looking 1966 Chevrolet Corvette Is Actually a Monster Jeff Hayes Custom
13 Mar 2024, 11:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are some who would say that once you've seen a restomodded Corvette you've seen them all. On some level such a statement could be accurate – after all, there are only so many things one can do to early American sports cars to ...
Mach 9 Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Survives Its First Long-Duration Test
13 Mar 2024, 08:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The aerospace industry is on the verge of being completely transformed. Partly responsible for that are the many startups working on technologies so out of this world that they might completely reshape our future. It is thanks to private compani...
NASA Is Sending Into Space Messages and 2.6 Million Human Names No Alien Will Ever Get
13 Mar 2024, 07:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Come October 2024, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying with it a very special piece of hardware: the Europa Clipper spacecraft. Its mission: study Jupiter's moon Europa. Its cargo: a ver...