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.
Fleet of Spaceships Going for the Moon Is How Wernher von Braun Imagined the Future
13 Nov 2023, 11:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in the 1950s, when the larger humanity was just beginning to ponder trips beyond the boundary of our world by means of rockets, visionaries were already dreaming of trips to the Moon and the neighboring planets, some of them so large in scope ...
How the Lucid Air Sapphire Just Became a $249,000 Power Bank on Wheels
13 Nov 2023, 11:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Just a few short years ago, range anxiety dominated the minds of car shoppers. EVs were rolling out like there was no tomorrow, yet it didn't seem like the world had the required infrastructure in place to satisfy neither the growing charging ...
Airplane-Shaped Drone Can Land Like a Helo on Navy Ships Moving at 20 Knots
13 Nov 2023, 09:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are so many military drones in operation at this time that it is nearly impossible to track what each of them has been up to lately. But even in this very diverse crowd some such vehicles stand out, especially given how they constantly achiev...
Probably the Most Colorful McLaren You've Ever Seen Is Three Race Cars Into One
13 Nov 2023, 08:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the world of exquisite carmakers, the Brits from McLaren have always stood out as ones not to shy away from using daring (to say the least) colors on the vehicles they make. But try as I might, I don't remember ever seeing a McLaren as colo...
Ford Takes on the 2023 Baja 1000 Race With Two Almost Stock (But Not Quite) Raptors
13 Nov 2023, 07:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are just a handful of races around this world that can be considered iconic for the motorsport world. The Baja 1000 is one of them, and despite being 56 years old in 2023, it appears to be getting better and better. Take this year's e...
10 Hot Bikes Worth Waiting for in 2024
12 Nov 2023, 08:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been a very busy week for the motorcycle world. Over in Italy, in a city called Milan, the largest show dedicated to two-wheeled machines took place: the 2023 EICMA. And just like every year, it was the perfect time for bike makers to sho...
America Flies First New Nuclear Bomber in Ages, B-21 Raider Sheds More of Its Secrets
12 Nov 2023, 00:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / At the time of writing the U.S. Air Force is possibly the biggest and most capable organization of its kind in the world. With an estimated 5,200 aircraft in its inventory (of which less than half is at a high readiness state), the USAF is a force ...
Harley-Davidson Dora Has So Many Pointy Edges It Looks Dangerous to Touch
11 Nov 2023, 23:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Depending on a variety of factors, each and every single custom motorcycle garage out there develops its own style. It takes time, of course, but once that equilibrium point is reached, fans will always recognize who made this or that bike. When...
How a Game-Changing Piece of Space Tech Was Inspired by Chocolate Pudding and Plastic Wrap
11 Nov 2023, 00:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Humanity would not have such an ambitious space exploration program if it weren't for advanced communications technology. Not only does it allow for spacecraft and other pieces of hardware to be remotely controlled, but it also allows for the ...
Harley-Davidson Cid Haze Mixes Medieval Knights With the Robots From Lost in Space
10 Nov 2023, 23:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For exactly ten years now, performance car lovers have been going berserk over a color that has come to be known the world over as Nardo Gray. First deployed by Audi on the 2013 RS7, it has become one of the telltale signs of cars packing a punch. ...
Bentley-Specced Luxury Yacht Is the Pure Definition of High Life
10 Nov 2023, 13:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The hierarchy of our society is so that even when it comes to means of transportation there's a pyramid. At the bottom there are the bicycles everyone can afford, then come the motorcycles and cars for the masses, after that the luxury version...
RAF Helps Name Modular Test Aircraft, Enter the Aeralis Phoenix
10 Nov 2023, 12:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aviation is at a crossroads. That's because not only are the established companies making aircraft are researching new designs and propulsion technologies, but a small army of startups are coming up with ideas (and, more than that, some are ev...
2024 Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP Is How Rolling Monsters Look Like Now
10 Nov 2023, 11:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Motorcycles whose engines develop over 200 horsepower are not unheard of, but they are not common either. Such an amount of punch is right there in racebike territory, and every single machine capable of that is a rolling monster in itself. And the...
These Are the Cheapest, Cuddliest, Most Playful Bentleys You Can Get Your Hands On
10 Nov 2023, 09:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I have to admit, for one reason or another, I don't find luxury carmakers playful. It's probably because the machines they make are engineered, designed and specced in such a way they can only appeal to the most adult of us. They are fun ...
$208 Million Worth of Brand New Humvee Replacements Ordered for U.S. Military Branches
10 Nov 2023, 08:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One the most cherished vehicles in the arsenal of the U.S. military is without a doubt the AM General Humvee. Soldiers call it High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), but no matter how you refer to it, the reality remains: this is one o...
Humans Have Found a Black Hole So Massive It's Like an Entire Galaxy
9 Nov 2023, 14:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Earlier this week the American Space Agency made an announcement that stunned astronomers. A team led by a researcher from the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard & Smithsonian had discovered a record-breaking black hole. This is our deep dive r...
Saildrone Voyager Becomes First Sea Drone to Have Commercial Classification
9 Nov 2023, 12:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There is a massive push in the world to create uncrewed autonomous maritime vessels for various uses. Somewhat eclipsed by what's going on in the aviation industry, this push results at times in incredible achievements. Like the first-ever ABS...
Navy Super Hornets Will Carry and Drop StormBreaker Smart Bombs
9 Nov 2023, 11:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The StormBreaker we're about to have a look at here is not the Bifrost-summoning axe made for Marvel's Thor, but a smart bomb. People used to refer to it as the Small Diameter Bomb-II, or the GBU-53/B, but no matter the term you use for i...
Devil Ray Becomes the First Unmanned Boat to Fire Lethal Munitions
9 Nov 2023, 08:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's only a matter of time before autonomous war machines become active participants in conflicts. They already are, to some degree, but I am talking about the time when uncrewed machines will be capable of deciding when and who to hit with de...
Ever Heard of a Luxury All-Terrain Motorcycle? The MV Agusta LXP Orioli Claims to Be It
8 Nov 2023, 13:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Very few companies dare call the motorcycles they make luxury. That's because the word in itself is not suitable for a machine that has one riding fully exposed to the elements. Sure, you could use the word to describe the big touring motorcyc...