Daniel Patrascu
18,932 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.
Sebastien Loeb Sends His Race Drivers to Dakar in Polaris RZR Pro R Factory Machines
28 Dec 2023, 09:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Less than ten days are left until one of the most famous and at the same time most challenging races on this planet kicks off. On January 5, daring drivers, riders, and their machines will line up for the start of the 46th edition of the historic D...
The Roadrunner Drone Interceptor Can Come Back Home If It Doesn't Like the Target
28 Dec 2023, 08:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The war in Ukraine is the first since the end of WWII to be fought between two relatively advanced, near-peer adversaries. Because of that, and all the modern military equipment they use for daily operations, their struggle will probably forever ch...
U.S. Navy Getting Three New High-Speed Floating Hospitals
28 Dec 2023, 07:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Over the past couple of years or so our world seems to have gone down the wrong path in more ways than one. The biggest challenges we face now that the global pandemic has all but been forgotten are the two big wars raging on our planet. It'...
1951 Chevrolet 3100 Is a Waste of Perfectly Fine Custom Work, Barely Used After 13 Years
27 Dec 2023, 11:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's amazing how a vehicle that was born for the unceremonial task of hauling cargo in rural America more than seven decades ago can cause such excitement in the world today. More than that, most of the time this kind of vehicle also manages t...
Comms System Linking to the Center of the Universe Turned 60 and You Didn't Even Know It
27 Dec 2023, 10:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite the many trivial things that keep us occupied here on Earth, humanity is slowly reaching out into space as it seeks to spread its influence beyond the confines of our own planet. And there's no better proof of that than the many space ...
Space Travel Calculator Shows How Futile Interstellar Travel Really Is From Earth's POV
27 Dec 2023, 09:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As per NASA data, humanity has confirmed over 5,000 exoplanets to date. Those are planets located outside our solar system, which have only begun coming into focus in the 1990s. None of them has been visited by us so far, and chances are they will ...
Volvo EX30 Gets First Aftermarket Upgrade Packages, They're All About Wheels and Colors
27 Dec 2023, 08:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The cars Swedish company Volvo makes are known the world over for a lot of things, but none of these things has anything to do with tuning or other kinds of aftermarket upgrades. Just think about it: when was the last time you drooled over a modifi...
Harley-Davidson Big Atlas Is How $65k Hot Rods on Two Wheels Should Look Like
25 Dec 2023, 23:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Hot rods are for many people the cherry on the custom cars industry cake. Typically American, these builds have inspired generations of drivers ever since bootleggers started converting their cars in a bid to escape the long reach of the law during...
Harley-Davidson Katara Is a Kind of Custom Bike We Don't Get Enough Of
24 Dec 2023, 23:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Chicano style of motorcycles is one of the most flamboyant the custom industry has ever come up with. Not only that, but it's also so difficult to approach properly that not many custom garages go for it. Chicanos are, in general, low-r...
Pro-Touring 1966 Chevrolet Nova Is LS3 Badassery on Beautiful Schott Wheels
24 Dec 2023, 00:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Chevrolet Nova may not have been very appreciated during its time on the market, but it certainly enjoys a second life, and a successful one at that, thanks to custom garages that keep bringing the breed under the spotlight. The small Americ...
Harley-Davidson SPS 4 Is the Most Aggressive Kind of Sportster You'll See This Christmas
23 Dec 2023, 23:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Today is Christmas Eve, the perfect time for each and every one of us to dream about what Santa will leave under the tree this evening. Some dream of tangible stuff, others of peace and health, and a few, provided the tree is large enough, may even...
The 20 Most Important NASA Spacecraft Active in 2023 (And What They're Up to in Space)
23 Dec 2023, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Our planet supports a total of 193 internationally recognized countries, but less than half of them, around 77, have their own space agency. For all intents and purposes, that means that less than half of the world's nations have both the will...
Nameless 1967 Chevrolet Nova Is Elegance and Meanness in the Same Package
23 Dec 2023, 00:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If it were in my power to magically bring back an American car from the past this Christmas, I'd pick either the Ford Thunderbird or the Chevrolet Nova. And seeing how an incredible Nova is what brought us here today, increasing my appetite fo...
Harley-Davidson Low Rider S Gets Club Style Treatment, Calls Itself Racing Performance
22 Dec 2023, 23:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Motorcycle clubs are some of the most potent independent organizations on the planet. Although their overall rep is tarnished by the many illegal dealings of some of these groups, motorcycle clubs are all about a certain way of life, but also broth...
Starship Moon Lander Elevator Looks Like a Simple Metal Cage Dangling on a Cable
22 Dec 2023, 12:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Come 2025, and assuming everything goes according to plan on Artemis mission number two, humans will finally make a comeback to the Moon. That's more than two years from now from our perspective, but from that of rocket scientists, just around...
Multiple NASA Drones Fly on Their Own Beyond the Reach and Control of Humans
22 Dec 2023, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Unseen to the naked eye on account of all the hype surrounding electric cars and other advances in the transportation industry, air taxis are slowly making their way into our lives, and we'll probably awaken to the sight of countless such cont...
Ducati Gives Birth to Corse Off-Road, The Name Everyone Will Soon Fear on Motocross Tracks
22 Dec 2023, 08:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Italian bike maker Ducati has had an incredible year in racing. Its bikes and riders climbed to the top of the world's most challenging competitions for two-wheelers, including MotoGP, WorldSBK, and WorldSSP. There is one type of competitio...
This Brand New 1967 Shelby GT500 Is Just a Beautiful $230K Shell in Search of an Engine
22 Dec 2023, 07:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The year that is ending marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of an automotive legend. Back in 1923, somewhere in Texas, Carroll Hall Shelby came into this world, ready to soon turn what it meant to race and then build cars on its head. Shel...
NASA's Rotating Detonation Engine Screams Like an Alien When Fired for Record Burn
21 Dec 2023, 10:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If we are to truly become a solar system-wide civilization, we really need to rethink the means of propulsion that are currently taking us off our own planet. After all, current rocket engines are more than enough to send rovers to Mars, but by no ...
Harley-Davidson Backs Racers with $570K in 2024, Including Its King of the Baggers Foes
21 Dec 2023, 09:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 2023 is very close to its well-deserved end, so everybody is busy either prepping for some huge end-of-the-year party or planning for the next 12 months. In the case of American bike maker Harley-Davidson the latter applies, as usual this time of y...