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.
Husqvarna FC Motocross Bikes Get Rockstar Edition, It's Not GTA VI-Related
15 Dec 2023, 09:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the incredibly popular GTA VI trailer hit fresh in our minds, it's understandable how the simple mention of the name Rockstar might have one twitching in anticipation of something perhaps even cooler. Especially when the name is tied to t...
Sports Car Named Like a Fighter Jet Fittingly Sets New Lateral Acceleration Record
15 Dec 2023, 08:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Technically speaking a fighter jet can pull as many Gs as the human body can handle. For the average Joes with no specialized training in flying these beasts, that would be about five Gs. Fighter pilots, on the other hand, aided by training and spe...
The Sun Is About to Kill a Space Telescope That Protects Our Planet, There's No Saving It
14 Dec 2023, 11:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Because of the way they are conceived, spacecraft and other such tools we use for the exploration of space become junk as soon as their primary mission has ended. Yet for a while now NASA has begun finding ways of reusing old space tech for purpose...
American Radar That Can See Everywhere Helps Take Out Test Tactical Ballistic Missile
14 Dec 2023, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It must take a lot of courage for a company to call one of its products a world-best, especially in a field as competitive as the defense industry. Yet that's exactly what defense company Raytheon calls its newest and brightest air and missile...
This Is How a Brand New Rover Plans to Dig Deep, Looking for Little Green Men on Mars
14 Dec 2023, 08:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After the arrival of the Perseverance rover on Mars back in 2021, the fleet of human-made rovers on location on the neighboring planet has grown to six. Despite each of them having their own specific mission, all have to some degree looked for sign...
Natilus POD Looks Like a Spacecraft From the Future, It's Actually a Glorified Desk
14 Dec 2023, 07:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Our line of work oftentimes brings us face to face with incredible aircraft designs ready, more or less, to take to the skies of the future. Some of these aircraft are drones of sorts, with a few of them having the potential to change the world. ...
Toyota Is Taking No Less Than Five GR Hilux EVO Trucks to Dakar to Win It All
13 Dec 2023, 12:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a time when pretty much everyone prepares for the end of the year, one that will hopefully bring about a brighter future, the people in the business of making cars and racing them for a living (and kicks) are pretty busy getting ready for the 20...
U.S. Navy Hoists a Seahawk Helicopter in a Hangar to See If It Can Beat Anti-Ship Missiles
13 Dec 2023, 11:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Potent as they may seem from afar, U.S. Navy ships are always vulnerable when faced with enemy missiles. That's why the country has invested heavily in recent times in increasing its vessels' defense capabilities. And at times that even m...
U.S. to Beam Down Power Into Combat Zones Using Speed of Light Wireless Energy Web
13 Dec 2023, 09:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Time and again modern wars have proven you can't really fight battles without having access to energy. Whereas until the advent of the last century all armies had to worry about was food, shelter, and ammo for their soldiers, advancements in t...
2024 KTM SX-F Factory Edition Are So Good They Even Work on the Worst Tracks
13 Dec 2023, 08:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / You know a motocross two-wheeler is the perfect choice when you realize it's so good it works like a charm even on the worst tracks competitions have to throw at it. After all, a great motorcycle capable of handling a bad track is essentially ...
The 379, Once the Largest Peterbilt Class 8 Truck, Could Turn Into an Amazing Desk Decor
12 Dec 2023, 12:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Class 8 trucks are the unsung heroes of our civilization. The biggest and baddest of transport trucks according to the American gross vehicle weight rating, these beautiful machines keep us all supplied with everything we need to go about our daily...
The Phantom MPV Looks Fit for a Fight Against the Covenant in Halo
12 Dec 2023, 10:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / War is a messy business no matter how you look at it, and our society, advanced as it claims to be, should have none of it. Sadly, we're now getting more and much larger wars than we've had in decades. Because of this the world's ...
1978 Toyota Land Cruiser Is Primed to Give Modern Wranglers a Run for Their Money
12 Dec 2023, 08:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When in the market for customized SUVs with off-road capabilities based on older vehicles, people more often than not stumble upon Jeeps and Broncos. From time to time though, something truly special surfaces, and it immediately catches everybody&#...
U.S. Uses the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle to Shoot Down Ballistic Missiles in Space
12 Dec 2023, 07:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ballistic missiles are some of the fiercest weapons mankind has ever invented. The most potent of the bunch do not fly through Earth's atmosphere where they can be tracked and intercepted, but climb to the edge of outer space to essentially dr...
NASA Finds a Green Monster and More Mystery in High-Def Look at Famous Supernova Remnant
11 Dec 2023, 13:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We humans are a very destructive species, and as such we've used our innate ingenuity to generate some very impressive explosions. The biggest of them all, the one generated by the Russian Tsar Bomba thermonuclear bomb, was powerful enough to ...
1956 Chevrolet 3100 REDefined Looks Smooth as Silk, It's Actually a Rugged Beast
11 Dec 2023, 11:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Looks not only can be deceiving, but most of the time they are. That's true in all aspects of life, but perhaps even more so when it comes to this customized 1956 Chevrolet 3100 pickup truck. The 3100 needs little introduction, as it still ...
The Mother of All Snow Chains Is So Crazy It Makes the Car's Wheels Look Like Pizza
11 Dec 2023, 08:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Snow chains are not particularly impressive or advanced pieces of technology, but they do get the job done, and quite effectively: they help cars navigate slippery and snowy terrain that would otherwise prove quite challenging for tires. The sno...
This Is How Fearsome the AH-64 Apache Looks Firing Brand New Missile Over U.S. Soil
11 Dec 2023, 07:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Lockheed Martin and the American military call it the Spike Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) Range Precision Munitions Directed Requirement, but America's fighting force and its enemies will probably just refer to it as the Spike. A...
Northrop Grumman Builds a New Solid Rocket Motor in Less Than a Year, Fires It Up
11 Dec 2023, 07:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Making rocket engines (and motors) is a time and resource-consuming affair. There is no set standard for how long the arrival of a successful such a product needs to take, but one only needs to look at the rocket motors currently in operation, be i...
MV Agusta Superveloce Arsham Is a Moto Relic of the Present No True Bike Lover Can Ignore
10 Dec 2023, 10:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you are not into art in the wider sense of the word, then the name Daniel Arsham may not mean all that much to you. But if you like music, clothes, and even vehicles, then there's a great chance you've stumbled upon it at least once. ...