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.
Harley-Davidson GT-Leader Is So Packed It's as Expensive as America's Favorite Pickup
9 Dec 2023, 23:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A couple of weeks ago we brought under the spotlight a custom Harley-Davidson Fat Boy put together by a German crew that goes by the name Thunderbike. It was called GT-Fat Boy, and it was a build made impressive, most of all, by a set of some very ...
The 10 Best Production Bobber Bikes in 2023
9 Dec 2023, 11:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Unlike what is happening in the car world, the motorcycle-making industry is very open to suggestions coming from customers. What that means is that whereas a carmaker will always resist adopting custom car styles and turning them into production v...
This (Kind Of) Is the First-Ever Bentley Motorcycle, And It's Diavel-Stunning
9 Dec 2023, 10:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Volkswagen Group is a monster of a company. Not only is it there at the top of the industry when it comes to total sales each year for years now, but it also controls some of the world's most prestigious car brands. Alongside the mainly...
Harley-Davidson Midnight Joe Is a Disappointingly Simple Custom, Until You Look Closer
8 Dec 2023, 23:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Whenever I am documenting a new custom Harley-Davidson motorcycle to write about, I always look for that distinctive feature that makes it unique and worthy of our attention. That's because in 99 percent of cases there always is such a feature...
Lunarsaber Is What Humans on the Moon Will Call Their Fancy, 328-Feet-Tall Street Lights
8 Dec 2023, 13:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / December 2023 brought with it something I feel may forever change the way future human Moon missions and settlements will be shaped: for the first time ever someone decided it would be a great idea to approach future Moon exploration plans from a c...
One of the World's Most Popular Helicopters Drops Jet Fuel for SAF for the First Time
8 Dec 2023, 11:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 2023 has been one of the most important years for the aviation industry. I don't mean by that we've seen a great deal of new aircraft being introduced, but I'm referring to the fact we've witnessed a lot of first-time uses of wh...
1953 Ford F-100 Is a Coyote Twin-Turbo Wolf Wearing White Sheep Clothing
8 Dec 2023, 11:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Every time you set your eyes on a custom pickup truck from ages ago, you kind of expect it to be a true mechanical monster. After all, most of the time these builds don't even try to make a secret of the fact they are packing some serious afte...
Testing Begins on the Bentley Speed Six Cars Only 12 People on the Planet Will Drive
8 Dec 2023, 10:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Carmakers who like to think of themselves as being at the top of the industry often release into the world so-called Continuation Series. Technically a supplement of some historically important model in the carmaker's history, such a limited r...
Psyche Spacecraft Opens Its Eyes for the First Time in Space and All It Sees Is This
7 Dec 2023, 15:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Somewhere in the vastness of space a relatively large asteroid called Psyche is floating with no apparent goal. Its 64,000 square miles (165,000 square km) surface area, akin to an exposed nickel-iron planet core, is probably deserted and lifeless,...
No, Those Are Not Drums Floating in Space, But DARPA-Backed Spacecraft Hubs
7 Dec 2023, 13:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The coming years will forever be recorded by the history books as the ones that made or broke humanity's space exploration dreams. Most of us are of course rooting for those dreams to be made, and that includes one of America's premiere r...
U.S. Tests Missile Seeker System That Won't Let Go of Its Target No Matter What
7 Dec 2023, 12:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / They say a warfighting platform such as a fighter aircraft is only as good as the pilots that fly it and the weapons they carry. When it comes to the latter piece of this puzzle, it can’t get any better than the JAGM-MR. At least when it come...
1962 Chevrolet Corvette Shows Why Nothing Can Beat the Shine of a Properly Made Restomod
7 Dec 2023, 11:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are few cars in this world that get the fans' blood pumping as much as America's sports car does. And I'm not talking here solely about the most recent incarnation of the breed, but about all 'Vettes that have ever been re...
Airbus and BMW Join Hands in First-of-Its-Kind Quest for Quantum Computer Breakthroughs
7 Dec 2023, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I know, I know, the above title has much eyebrow-raising potential. After all, what do Airbus and BMW have in common, and what business do they have getting involved in quantum computer research? Read on, and all shall be revealed. The first thi...
Twin-Fuselage Airplane Makes First Flight With a Fueled Hypersonic Drone Strapped to It
6 Dec 2023, 14:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If someone had told me just ten short years ago that we would soon be discussing supersonic drones being carried up into the atmosphere by means of twin-fuselage aircraft, I'm not sure I would have believed them. Yet here we are, living in a w...
Mutant Light Aircraft with Seven Propellers Makes Its First Hybrid-Electric Flight
6 Dec 2023, 12:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Depending on where they are positioned in the industry, aircraft makers and other companies involved in aviation are trying different recipes in their fight to go as green as possible, as soon as possible. For some, that means more efficient engine...
Morgan Makes Its First Ever Powertrain, Slaps It on an Electric Development Prototype
6 Dec 2023, 12:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Morgan is a vehicle-making company whose name doesn't show up in the news all that much. Yet every time it does, it's bound to capture the attention. After all, you do know what kind of wacky machines this group sells. At the time of w...
Airbus Tests New Version of a Kit That Turns Aircraft Into Fire Engines
6 Dec 2023, 11:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fighting wildfires is not for the weak of heart, and it also requires the best technologies at our disposal. That includes, in many cases, even aircraft, raining down water or retardant in an attempt to contain the flames. Given the experience h...
Russian-Made Kliper Spaceplane Would Have Looked Like a Penguin Floating in Orbit
6 Dec 2023, 09:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The topic of never-realized spacecraft designs is one of the most exciting for people with a passion for space exploration. That's because learning or looking at them with the help of modern-day technology paints the picture of a future that n...
LT4-Powered 1954 Chevrolet 3100 Is the Definition of the America-Loves-Custom-Pickups Life
6 Dec 2023, 07:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / America means a lot of different things to a lot of different people, and that's because the perception of the country is greatly affected by a variety of factors, including some that are not in our control. Yet, if you are a car lover, then y...
SHERPA the AI Will Help NASA's First Lunar Rover Find Its Way Around the Moon
5 Dec 2023, 14:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The ongoing Artemis Moon exploration program is much better positioned than the Apollo program of the 1970s to achieve a lot more. That reality stems not only from NASA's determination to establish bases on the Moon, but also from the fairly a...