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.
Nissan Hyper Adventure Looks Fit Enough to Move Astronauts on the Moon
10 Oct 2023, 05:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The end of the month will bring with it the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo. As was to be expected, carmakers headquartered in the country will try to make the best of it, and bring to the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center the finest products in their...
Rare Japan-Spec 1997 Porsche 911 GT2 Could Be an Insane $2.2 Million Christmas Gift
9 Oct 2023, 11:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Every time an old generation Porsche pops up into the open in stunning condition, lovers of the German brand instantly go into overdrive. But what happens to them when no less than 56 collectible, rare, and mostly original Porsches become available...
USAF Spends $35 Million on Same Rotary Engine That Got the Army All Worked Up
9 Oct 2023, 08:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / All throughout the year some of America's most important military branches, the Army and the Air Force, have pumped billions into technologies and systems that could ensure their supremacy in future wars. In very rare cases though did they run...
Cygnus Spacecraft to Dock with Future Starlab Inflatable Space Station on Its Own
9 Oct 2023, 07:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The International Space Station (ISS) is currently enjoying its last years in orbit. At the end of the decade, it will be brought down, ending decades of unprecedented science performed in zero-g. No other space station is being planned by national...
New Harley-Davidson Ford F-250 Is a Wannabe V-Twin With Four Massive Wheels and a Bed
9 Oct 2023, 06:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Every once in a while a company going by the name Tuscany Motor gives truck and motorcycle lovers a treat they all can enjoy: Harley-Davidson-branded pickups that look like nothing else available on the market. The company (part of Fox Factory) ...
U.S. Army Will Get the TRX for Testing, But Not the Mighty Ram Truck
9 Oct 2023, 06:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For a number of years now the world has gotten used to the term TRX applied to an impressive pickup truck. Supposedly meant to stand for Tyrannosaurus Rex, which as you all know is the perceived king of the dinosaur world, the moniker hides behind ...
This Is How the International Space Station Will Die on Live TV
7 Oct 2023, 23:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There have been several instances in our collective past when spacecraft, satellites, and other types of artificial hardware we sent up to orbit came back down in an uncontrolled manner. Some of them caused quite the scare here and there, others we...
Harley-Davidson Gaga Special Is No Lady, Just a Cold Chunk of Metal
7 Oct 2023, 22:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If there is one Harley-Davidson model I would love to see brought back to life in our day and age, that's the V-Rod. Granted, the line was not discontinued all that long ago (it was phased out in 2017), but seeing how often the muscle bike fam...
The 15 American Motorcycle Brands To Keep an Eye On (and Why)
7 Oct 2023, 11:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. is one of the world's largest automotive markets. When it comes to cars, the numbers for last year show the nation came in second in terms of automobiles sold, with the almost 14 million units registered representing about half that o...
Chopped 1948 Chevrolet 3100 Is So Red Not Even the Pro Street Bits About It Matter
6 Oct 2023, 23:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Body color is a very important attribute of a custom car, SUV or truck. It's the first thing the human eye perceives, thus the right choice can go a long way in making a project successful when it is eventually ready to be sold. In most cases,...
Harley-Davidson Burning Wings Is Double the Street Bob Money, Double the Fun
6 Oct 2023, 22:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Harley-Davidson Street Bob is generally regarded as a more affordable and easier-to-handle bike in the rich portfolio of the American company. But that doesn't mean it can't be turned into something more complicated and more expensive...
1993 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.8 RSR Is So Rare It'll Make Your Eyes Water
6 Oct 2023, 10:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first days of December will turn into a sort of early Christmas for American Porsche lovers. The reason for that is the unexpected and exciting coming into focus of no less than 56 white Porsche sports and race cars, all of them listed for sale...
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander on Track to Become NASA's First Taxi to the Moon
6 Oct 2023, 08:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The privatization of space exploration seems to have worked wonders for what humanity can do up there. We're not yet at a point where we can truly make use of private space stations and off-world bases, but we're getting there, and fast. ...
All Zero Electric Motorcycles Are Now Priced Under $20,000 After Major and Permanent Cuts
6 Oct 2023, 07:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When in the market for an electric bike, buyers certainly land on Zero Motorcycles at least once during their search. After all, there really isn’t an electric bike maker bigger than the Americans anywhere in the world. The company was est...
NASA's X-66A Experimental Aircraft to Use Pratt & Whitney Engines
6 Oct 2023, 06:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been a very busy year for one of NASA's more daring aeronautical projects, one meant to find an innovative way to cut down airplane fuel consumption and emissions. So busy, in fact, that all the pieces seem to have fallen into place ...
Wolf-X Combat Robot Can Fit Inside a Chinook, Carries an MK44 Chain Gun with Ease
6 Oct 2023, 06:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / At the end of last month the U.S. Army announced the names of the companies that will try to make its future robotic combat vehicle (RCV). I'm talking about an uncrewed platform capable of carrying a variety of payloads on the battlefield to a...
2015 Porsche 918 Weissach Spyder Is the $3 Million General of a White Porsche Army
5 Oct 2023, 10:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first week of October came with a piece of news that surely rocked the car collectors industry to the core: someone is selling no less than 56 Porsche sports and race cars, all of them with bodies in white, and with a total value of over $30 mi...
Land Rover Defender 90 Turns Into a Spyder SUV in Its Most Extreme Custom Version Yet
5 Oct 2023, 09:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Just three years ago British carmaker Land Rover unleashed into the world the latest generation of the mighty Defender. But three years is also more than enough time for any vehicle to capture the attention of custom builders the world over. One...
114 Asteroids Came Closer to Earth Than the Moon This Year, There Are Over 30K Out There
5 Oct 2023, 08:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When it comes to discoveries in astronomy and the study of the objects in our own solar system, things at times seem to be moving incredibly slowly. That's why, for instance, I haven't checked how many near-Earth asteroids have been disco...
This Fortnite Code Unlocks BMW's Island Hypnopolis, An iX2 Battle Royale First Awaits
5 Oct 2023, 07:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For a long time, a battle royale game by the name Fortnite has dominated the gaming industry. Launched in 2017, the Epic Games idea has grown into a global phenomenon, with a total of 220 million accounts created, and millions of online players at ...