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.
Webb Telescope Shows There Are More Rocky Planets in the Sky Than Dreamt of by Our Species
5 Dec 2023, 13:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's extremely difficult to think about something so large that it's impossible to properly estimate anything about it. Yet so is the Universe that holds us, a place so big an eternity would probably not be enough to study it all. Sinc...
Sea Tiger Anti-Submarine Helicopter Flies for the First Time, Major Navy to Use It
5 Dec 2023, 12:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With one major conflict raging on the continent and another one very close by, Europe is bracing for some tough years ahead. And it does that by having its most important countries try to modernize their military as much as possible. Germany...
Highly Modified Porsche 911 Goes Where No Other Car Has Gone Before, Sets Altitude Record
5 Dec 2023, 08:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Porsche 911 is a car not to be messed with. It's a nameplate that's been around for 59 years (that's right, in 2024 it will celebrate its 60th anniversary) and during all this time it constantly climbed the ladder to success and ...
Toyota Wants This Sport Crossover Concept With Chinese Genes to Be Your First Electric Car
4 Dec 2023, 12:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There is no longer any doubt that electric vehicles are here to stay. As you all know, they will not stay solely because carmakers have invested fortunes in them and they don't want to lose money, but also because state players are actively en...
NASA Goes Over the Limits in Testing Artemis Rocket Engines, RS-25s Hold
4 Dec 2023, 12:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sometime in the not-so-distant future, human beings will land on the surface of Mars. It's no secret now that efforts are actively made for that to happen, and that the current Artemis Moon exploration program is only a stepping stone to the g...
Eurofighter EK Is the Ultimate Tech Update for the World's Most Advanced Combat Aircraft
4 Dec 2023, 11:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The United States has a wide range of combat aircraft at its disposal, including two of the world's only four families of fifth-generation fighter jets. And because they are always in the news, America's planes seem to be at the top of th...
Mission to the Only Place Besides Earth That Has Rivers and Lakes Postponed by One Year
4 Dec 2023, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are many places in this solar system of ours where life in one form or another could exist, but few of them are as promising as a faraway moon called Titan. And, if all the stars align and next year's President's Budget Request appr...
The Electric Urban SUV Is How Toyota Plans to Roll in One of Its Largest Markets from 2024
4 Dec 2023, 07:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Most carmakers out there are still busy tying the loose ends and submitting the reports for the year that's about to finish, and that's how things are supposed to be. One of them, however, has already planted the first seeds for what'...
World's Largest and Most Powerful Steam Locomotive Could Soon Sit on Your Desk
3 Dec 2023, 10:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I have to admit, I personally am not all that into trains. I mean, I like them, I understand their usefulness and how they've contributed to the creation of the modern-day society, and I have traveled plenty of miles inside them. But I never r...
Harley-Davidson Golden Lord Is Surprisingly Not Bling for a Bike With "Gold” in the Name
3 Dec 2023, 09:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Generally speaking, gold hues used on any kind of vehicle don't really get my blood pumping. In fact, they have the exact opposite effect because gold, despite its value and what it means for so many people, is to me the definition of bling. ...
Custom 2006 Hummer H1 Alpha Is a Gas-Guzzling Dinosaur Running on Mattracks
2 Dec 2023, 12:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I'm not sure how many of you remember this, given how the world's automotive industry changed over the past decade or so, but there was a time when humans drove around in vehicles so hungry for fuel a special term had to be invented for t...
The History of Indian Motorcycle's Engines (1901-2023)
2 Dec 2023, 11:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Many of the big players in today's automotive industry (meaning both car and motorcycle makers) can trace their roots back to the dawn of the last century, in both Europe and the U.S. On the American continent, like elsewhere, only two of them...
Harley-Davidson GT Is How You Make a Custom Fat Boy to Show Off Some Incredible Wheels
2 Dec 2023, 11:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / More is better. These are the words that first come into view when you go online and visit Harley-Davidson's dedicated Fat Boy page. And they are also words German custom garage Thunderbike seems to have taken literally when they doubled the v...
1966 Pontiac GTO Is the Ultimate Muscle Car Electro-Mod, Packs Tesla Gear Underneath
1 Dec 2023, 10:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the world of custom vehicles there are a lot of specialized terms meant to better define the changes shops do to this or that vehicle. Because most customization styles are very old, that list of terms does not grow on a regular basis. Yet, than...
Harley-Davidson General Lee Is Not Your Usual Dukes of Hazzard Ride
30 Nov 2023, 23:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The name General Lee, when used in connection with some kind of motorized vehicle, usually gets one thinking of a certain orange 1969 Dodge Charger. In fact, it only gets one thinking about that, because that's the car that made it famous. But...
The Uni Wheel Is How the South Koreans Reinvented the Drive Systems for EVs
30 Nov 2023, 09:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When most of us are buying a car, the first thing we look at are the vehicle's design and the capabilities provided by its powertrain. Very few of us give any thought to other systems, like what kind of drive helps turn the powertrain's p...
Harley-Davidson Sportster 66 Is a Custom for the Rebel Riders of Old
29 Nov 2023, 23:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are (and have been) a great many motorcycle models Harley-Davidson has made over the years, but few of them have spanned for so many years as the Sportster. With several interruptions along the way, the range has been around ever since 1957, ...
Humans Have Been Going to Mars for 60 Years, But They've Never Seen It Like This Before
29 Nov 2023, 16:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Humans have looked at Mars for centuries with lust in their eyes. Over the past six decades or so, they've even reached the place, indirectly, by means of spacecraft. And yet, until now they've never seen Mars like shown in one of the pho...
There's a New 230,000 Pounds of Thrust Rocket Engine in Town, Miranda Will Power Antares
29 Nov 2023, 13:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite being perhaps the pinnacle of human ingenuity and imagination, space exploration is a relatively conservative business, at least in one respect: once it's proven something works, the industry tends to stick with it. What that means ...
Stratolaunch Hypersonic Vehicle to Fly Test Missions for U.S. Navy's MACH-TB
29 Nov 2023, 12:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / MACH-TB is short for Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic Test Bed, and it's a program meant to speed up the pace at which America's military and its commercial partners advance hypersonic systems. You know, those pieces of hardwa...