Daniel Patrascu
18,861 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.
New TE 125 Leads a Small Army of Husqvarna Enduro Bikes Into the 2025 Model Year
12 Jun 2024, 06:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are many motorcycle makers offering enduro rides for people who are into adventure trips on the backs of motorized machines, but only a handful of them can get our blood pumping when announcing a refresh of the range or some new model. The Sw...
Webb Telescope Hunting for Living Aliens on Other Planets, Galaxy Doesn't Want Them Found
11 Jun 2024, 16:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / At the end of 2021 humanity launched into a distant orbit the most technologically advanced (and expensive) space telescope ever made. Now parked at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) in the solar system, one million miles (1.5 million km) fr...
Someone Made a Smartphone-Like Steering Wheel Just by Repositioning the Driver Airbag
11 Jun 2024, 13:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It seems like no matter how much they evolve in some respects, cars will always stay the same in others: there will always be wheels to move over the ground, an engine to keep them going, and a steering wheel to let them move in this or that direct...
Here Is the Most American Jeep Gladiator You'll Ever See This Independence Day
11 Jun 2024, 11:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This July 4 America will be celebrating 248 years of unity. It's a long time by any standards, and a road that hasn't always been easy. Yet here we are, nearly a quarter of a millennia since the Declaration of Independence was r...
Ariel Dash Is a $10,600 Electric Bicycle Nod to a Penny-Farthing From Over 150 Years Ago
11 Jun 2024, 09:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are names in the automotive industry that only appeal to certain kinds of customers. But even if their production is limited, and the market they target a niche one, these companies are still known the world over. Like Ariel, for instance. ...
Phase-Change Materials Can Give Never-Ending Power to Subsea Robots, Sensors, and More
10 Jun 2024, 12:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We're constantly making strides to explore the space around our planet and in our galaxy, but the reality remains that we're not even close to completely knowing Earth itself. Did you know, for instance, that some 80 percent of the global...
European AI to Fly Uncrewed Combat Aircraft in Support of Human-Piloted Jets
10 Jun 2024, 09:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Combat drones are coming, and the push now is to make them so smart that they can accompany crewed aircraft in the battlespace, taking on the most difficult and dangerous of challenges. And with them will come a piece of technology that may forever...
This 1952 Chevrolet Pickup Is Viciously Low, Could Probably Be Used as a Lawnmower
10 Jun 2024, 08:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's common practice for custom garages to gift the rides they work on with a very low stance. After all, what's not to like about an old-school American vehicle that seems to scrape the asphalt as it moves along? But how about a custom r...
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Seems to Impact Contrail Formation, New Study Finds
10 Jun 2024, 07:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Contrary to what some people seem to believe, contrails are not a way for the evil governments of the world use to poison us. They can, however, be harmful to the environment, with some studies pointing that they may be an even larger contributor t...
Suzuki V-Strom Travels 46,705 Miles in 589 Days, Its Riders Set Guinness World Record
10 Jun 2024, 06:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There comes a time in our lives when we all dream of going on seemingly never-ending trips around the world. For most of us, that time comes in our later years, when all the struggles of being young are behind us. Not for these two, who just set th...
The Cheapest Lamborghini Countach 5000 QV Ever Can Sit on Your Desk for $179.99
10 Jun 2024, 06:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you are a car lover, there's a very good chance you've had fantasies with the Lamborghini Countach. Sadly, because it was not made in all that great numbers, and also because it was (and is) incredibly expensive, most of us were only l...
Harley-Davidson Speed Glider Blends Stock Cruiser Looks with Custom Bagger Vibes
8 Jun 2024, 22:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Harley-Davidson is a very old company, and a major contributor to the fact it reach 121 years old, going through a major recession, two world wars, and countless corporate problems, is its ability to innovate. The Milwaukee-based bike maker has...
Harley-Davidson Phantom King Bets Big on Huge Front Wheel, Wins
7 Jun 2024, 22:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It must take quite a lot of balls for a bike maker to bestow the King moniker on one of its products. Before setting out to do that, the company needs to make sure the competition and customers won't laugh at the sight of something called King...
Someone Spent Five Years Making a ZL1-Powered Black Hole on Wheels, Barely Enjoyed It
7 Jun 2024, 11:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I’m all into collecting cars for the sake of using them as museum pieces, but only when said cars have some sort of historical (or some other kind of) value. What I don’t get is why some people do the same with vehicles that are not inn...
Starships Makes Perfectly Imperfect Flight on Its Fourth Launch, Overshadows the Starliner
7 Jun 2024, 09:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Four times is a charm, said no one, ever. Until yesterday, that is, when Elon Musk’s SpaceX managed to launch the newest spacecraft around, the mighty Starship, on its first-ever complete flight. On the same day Boeing managed to finally d...
They Call This Sandrider, And It's the Coolest Rally Raid Racer You've Never Heard About
7 Jun 2024, 06:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been over four decades now since one of the most grueling races for cars and motorcycles kicked off. We know it as the Dakar Rally, even if it no longer has anything to do with the largest city of the African nation Senegal, and it has al...
Astronauts in Spacesuits Touch the SpaceX Starship Landing System for the First Time
6 Jun 2024, 12:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's not long now until our species will make a triumphant return to the Moon. If all goes according to plan, in 2026 human feet will indirectly touch the surface of the satellite once more, for the first time sinec 1972. And they'll do s...
AI Agent Seems "Intentional and Decisive" in Skunk Works Air-to-Air Combat Scenarios
6 Jun 2024, 11:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Artificial intelligence (AI) is slowly and surely making its way into our lives, and most of the time that will be a good thing. After all, AI is only a tool meant to make our lives easier. But what happens when the said tools will learn to fight? ...
1963 Chevrolet C10 Got Wrench'D Into a SEMA Award Winner, It Now Goes Under the Hammer
6 Jun 2024, 09:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are so many custom Chevrolet C10 pickup trucks out there that one needs to be truly special to gain our attention. In the case of the one here, the special bits about it say the ride is a TV program star, and a SEMA award winner. There are...
Starliner Astronauts Fly the Ship by Hand With Amazing Skill, Then They Go to Sleep
6 Jun 2024, 06:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been a rough ride getting here, but finally America's second commercial spacecraft managed to get itself off the pad and into space on Thursday. Carried outside the planet's atmosphere by a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V r...