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.
Aircraft Going After SR-71 Blackbird Speed Record Looks Like a Jet Engine on Wheels
5 Jan 2024, 08:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For people who are into horses, this kind of animal doesn't get any better than a quarter horse. That's because the name is an umbrella term for horses no matter their breed that are stocky and extremely fast over short distances. A perfe...
The Most Badass 1966 Cadillac de Ville Is Electric, And It's Up for Grabs
4 Jan 2024, 12:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Electric drives have changed the way vehicles are being designed, and sooner than later they will probably change our world altogether by (hopefully) significantly cutting down emissions resulting from personal transportation. But there is one othe...
NASA to Unveil the X-59 on January 12, Host Global Watch Party (Snacks Not Included)
4 Jan 2024, 11:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's not every day we simple humans get to witness the birth of a new piece of technology that may change life on Earth, from the initial idea to its first use. Luckily for us living in this day and age, American space agency NASA made th...
3 Insane Electric Bikes You Never Heard About Are the Perfect Opening Salvo for CES 2024
4 Jan 2024, 10:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / About a week is left until the first major event of the year, CES 2024, opens its doors at the Las Vegas Convention Center, so you should get yourself ready for a flood of novelties in the fields of electronics, robotics, communication, transportat...
Samsung's SmartThings Expands to Integrate Kia and Hyundai Cars With Homes the World Over
4 Jan 2024, 08:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Our world is advanced enough to dream of an integrated control system for all the technology in our lives, from the phones we use to the homes we live in. Yet such an integration seems very difficult to achieve, and the successes so far are only ma...
1955 Chevy Bel Air Pays Tribute to a Famous George Lucas Movie (Not Star Wars)
3 Jan 2024, 11:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A few years before he became impossible to separate from a space saga called Star Wars, director George Lucas had entirely different tricks up his sleeve. Like, say, charming the world with coming-of-age stories set in small-town America. It was...
NASA's First-Ever Lunar Rover Is Half-Baked, Smells Like 2024 Launch After All
3 Jan 2024, 10:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 2024 has just begun, but the eyes of space exploration enthusiasts are affixed to the end of the year, when some really impressive space missions will kick off. The most high-profile is, of course, Artemis II, which will circle the Moon with humans...
Secret X-37B Spaceplane Now in Orbit for Seventh Mission, What Record Will It Break Now?
3 Jan 2024, 09:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / At the end of December 2023, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. It carried with it into space the Boeing X-37B autonomous spaceplane, a machine that has made the headlines for years now desp...
NASA Snaps Incredible Pic of Sol's Most Volcanic World From Just 930 Miles Away
3 Jan 2024, 09:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are four giant planets in our solar system - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – and each of them is accompanied in their orbits around the sun by a number of moons so large it's like these worlds have their own planetary systems...
Kia Gives American Thieves a Tougher, More Physical Obstacle to Beat When Stealing a Car
3 Jan 2024, 08:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Americans love cars, but sometimes the way some of them choose to get their hands on one is not always legal. As per the National Insurance Crime Bureau, in the first half of 2023 alone more than half a million vehicles were stolen across the count...
Harley-Davidson to Reveal New American Dreamin' CVO Bikes on January 24
3 Jan 2024, 07:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's the beginning of a new year, and among other things that always means we are to get ready for new model launches from the world's most visible bike maker, Harley-Davidson. As usual, the American company did not disappoint, and alread...
1963 Ford Galaxie 500 Dragon Waggin Is a Lightweight Gem in Racing Overalls
31 Dec 2023, 00:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Many of history's great cars were born as a result of racing efforts, or more precisely the carmakers' push to comply with regulations while at the same time offering the vehicle the best shot at winning. And the Ford Galaxie 500 Lightwei...
The Strange Numbers on This Custom Harley-Davidson Geo Blade Have a Pretty Obvious Meaning
30 Dec 2023, 23:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When was the last time you used coordinates to find a location on this planet? I don't mean typing in an address in some readily available navigation app, but actually using numbers for latitude and longitude. Never, right? Coordinates for ...
1967 Chevrolet Nova Nightmare Is a Black Hole on Wheels, Light Dies When It Touches It
30 Dec 2023, 00:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Black holes are some of the most awe-inspiring objects we know of to exist in this Universe. They have a few defining traits about them, including their massive size (some are as large as entire galaxies) and gravitational pull. A pull that is so s...
Harley-Davidson El Patron Packs the Mother of All Gold Wheels
29 Dec 2023, 23:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For the (probably) few among you who don't speak one bit of Spanish, the name El Patron may seem unimpressive. But once you translate that into English, it becomes immediately clear what its use in whatever context is supposed to mean: the bos...
1969 Ford Bronco Is a Blue Anaconda All Custom SUVs, But Also the New Bronco, Should Fear
29 Dec 2023, 10:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Generally speaking, the anaconda snakes are olive-green in color, with dark spots shaped like ovals running over their entire bodies. They are nasty creatures that can grow to be as much as 30 feet (nine meters) long, and up to 550 pounds (250 kg) ...
Cameras Record a Full Day on Mars: Sunrise, Sunset, And a Few Strange Things in Between
29 Dec 2023, 09:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Curiosity rover is at the time of writing the oldest operational piece of technology on the surface of Mars. Having left Earth in 2011 with the goal of seeing whether the Red Planet is habitable, the machine exceeded all expectations in terms o...
Air Force Looking for an Air-Dropped Cargo Drone, This Silent Arrow Might Be It
29 Dec 2023, 08:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For the most part of their existence military drones have been used for military action or surveillance. In recent years, however, the focus has shifted towards cargo-carrying needs because drones are seen as the perfect tools to get much-needed su...
Yamaha Launches a Renting Service for EV Batteries, But There's a Catch
29 Dec 2023, 07:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On a superficial level, electric vehicles, no matter their type, seem to be the right solution to many modern-day transportation issues. Yet as soon as you dive deeper into them, you realize they too are plagued with problems, from the still at tim...
1958 Packard Rita Is a Lavender Pearl Chariot for the Love Goddess
28 Dec 2023, 10:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For today's moviegoers, the name Rita Hayworth probably means nothing. The American-born actress was however all the rage during what became known as the Golden Age of Hollywood, more specifically in the 1940s. Hayworth's career was a ...