Daniel Patrascu
18,930 ARTICLES
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.
The 15 Best Bikes Under $10,000 You Can Already Get in 2024
20 Jan 2024, 12:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For many of us with a passion for vehicles no matter the number of wheels, buying a motorcycle is slightly more complicated than going for a car. There are many reasons for that to be so, and we'll try to talk about as many of them as possible...
Butch Is the Only Proper Name for This Hardcore 1969 Ford Bronco Custom
20 Jan 2024, 00:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Ford Bronco is one of the most potent names in the American auto industry. That's obvious both when looking at the success of the newest interpretation of the breed and also at the large pool of older ones that are still around in customiz...
Custom Harley-Davidson Softail Slim Will Have You Questioning the Properties of Blackness
19 Jan 2024, 23:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you really are into custom Harley-Davidsons you probably care less about where a bike was made and more about what it means for the industry. After all, what American wouldn't be happy to know that something made at home is enjoying such a ...
61-Year-Old Carlos Sainz Drives Audi to Its First Ever Dakar Win in the RS Q e-tron
19 Jan 2024, 12:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For a carmaker who aims for the stars, there is probably no better way to start the year than to win probably the most prestigious off-road endurance race on the planet. Don't believe us? Ask Audi, because the Germans just did that. On Janu...
America's First Moon Mission in 50 Years Exploded and No One Was There to See It
19 Jan 2024, 11:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / No matter how you twist this, America is for now the country that has sent the most missions to the Moon. Even so, the nation that led humanity's charge into space long ago is also the same one that has sent over the past few years several mis...
Sunbeam Yellow Valiance Is the World's Second-Ever Convertible Land Rover Defender 90
19 Jan 2024, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I'm not sure how many times someone or something was proud to be called the world's second something, but we'll let it slide in the case of this absolutely stunning Land Rover build. After all, no matter how many convertible Land Rov...
Custom BMW R 18 Inspired by 1950s Lead Sleds Is How You Really Make Harley-Davidson Sweat
19 Jan 2024, 08:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ever since its arrival on the market back in 2020, the BMW R 18 cruiser motorcycle has positioned itself as a rival to Harley-Davidson. Because neither Harley nor BMW like to share detailed info on their performance on the market, we don't hav...
MQ-20 Avenger Drone Tries Out Technologies It Never Used Before
18 Jan 2024, 12:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There is little doubt that our world is heading for a future when even weapon systems will be autonomous to some degree. Sure, they'll probably not call the shots (or pull the trigger), but they will be capable of performing, on their own, thi...
Yamaha's Most Powerful Outboard V6 Engine Is Ready for the Seas, But Also Ready for Honda
18 Jan 2024, 11:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We don't often look at what's happening in the boating business because, frankly, it's not one of our main areas of focus. Yet boats have engines too, and one of the most impressive ones for the entire year was just released by Japan...
Extreme Fast Charging Tech for EVs Pumps Batteries With 100 Miles of Range in 5 Minutes
18 Jan 2024, 10:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Now that electric vehicles and the technologies that power them have settled in a position of strength (meaning they're slowly taking hold of the market), the race is on between the companies involved to better them all and eliminate the few r...
U.S. Navy Playing With Mobile Ground Stations to Deliver Any Data, Anywhere, Anytime
18 Jan 2024, 08:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With all the significant advances in military technology made in recent years, the weapons and strategies of the American military can be literally considered off the charts. But there is one major problem with all these advanced technologies: they...
2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed Goes Horseless to Hybrid Honoring World's First Car Race
18 Jan 2024, 07:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In July of 1894 (that's almost 130 years ago to the month) a bunch of strange contraptions and machines lined up at one of the entry points in the city of Paris, Porte Maillot, aiming to travel a total distance of 78 miles (126) and see which ...
The Mother of All Amphibious Combat Vehicles Gets Command and Control Version
17 Jan 2024, 11:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The world we live in today is such that there is little need for amphibious assaults on enemy beaches at the moment. That could change, though, given events taking place in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and it's best for the world's ...
Tiny Interstellar Probes From Earth Could Swarm All Over the Galaxy Sooner Than You Think
17 Jan 2024, 11:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Space exploration is one of the most far-reaching and creative activities humans are currently engaged in. But for all the money being spent and the efforts being made, it's a kind of activity that will take a very, very long time to achieve i...
U.S. Fires Sentinel ICBM's Stage Two Rocket Engine for the First Time
17 Jan 2024, 08:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Whenever the term ICBM comes up I feel chills running down my spine. That's because it is meant to designate some of the world's deadliest, most far-reaching, and most of the time nuclear-capable weapons ever devised by humanity. ICBM ...
Husqvarna Reinvents the Vitpilen and Svartpilen With Biggest Changes Since 2018
17 Jan 2024, 08:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in 2018 Austrian bike maker Husqvarna decided to give itself a boost of public appeal and reach and brought into the world a series of new motorcycles meant to draw in more people to the brand. The two bikes have become known since as the Vitp...
Harley-Davidson Throwing Huge Party in Its Home Town This July, Willie G. Takes Point
17 Jan 2024, 07:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 2023 officially marked the 120th anniversary of one of the world's largest and most respected bike makers. To mark the occasion, Harley-Davidson decided to kickstart an event that was set to become an annual gathering meant to celebrate all th...
Hawaii Just Got a Lot More Exotic With Crazy, 180-MPH Seagliders
16 Jan 2024, 12:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Transportation solutions vary greatly depending on a lot of factors, among the most important being where and how people will be using them. While for most of us that usually translates into wheeled and flying vehicles, communities surrounded by wa...
New Electric Aircraft to Use EV Gear from Maker of "World's Most Power-Dense" Motor
16 Jan 2024, 11:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in the fall of 2020 a small British company called Equipmake presented to the world what it described as humanity's most power-dense permanent magnet electric motor in series production. At the time, the Brits also promised it was a piece...
300-HP AMR ePower 1965 Ford Mustang Puts Muscle in Electric Drives
16 Jan 2024, 09:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The electrification of the automotive industry is doing wonders for the environment, but also for the design of new cars, because they now can adopt styling cues that were not possible with internal combustion engines. But it also makes for the per...