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.
Forests of Space Antennas on Two Continents Come Together to Properly Look for Aliens
5 Jun 2024, 13:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / They call it the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), but its name is very deceiving. That's because it’s not a singular observatory, but one that virtually comes together when hundreds of thousands of space antennas on two contine...
U.S. Army's New Landing Craft Enters Production 80 Years After D-Day
5 Jun 2024, 12:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On June 6, 1944, about 150,000 troops from allied nations headed for French shores in what was to be the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. That's 80 years since brave souls managed to complete one of the most difficult military maneuvers ...
U.S. Fires ICBM at Target 4,200 Miles Away in a Routine Display of Force
5 Jun 2024, 10:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a weapon meant to strike targets located half a world away. Depending on the type, they can be shot at enemies hiding up to 9,300 miles (almost 15,000 km) from the launch site. But even half that rang...
Kawasaki Seriously Revamps the KX250, Confirms Four Ninjas for the 2025 Model Year
5 Jun 2024, 09:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Halfway through 2024, Japanese bike makers are increasingly busy getting their lineup ready for the next model year. As usual, these guys let loose revamped products in bulk, making it extremely difficult to make sense of things. Take Kawasaki, for...
Limited Edition Triumph Speed Triple 1200 Comes with Breitling Styling and Matching Watch
5 Jun 2024, 07:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It happens all the time for the world to be treated to incredible special editions of the objects people love the most, so we're used to that. What we're not used to, because it so rarely happens, is having two special edition objects fro...
This Wingman Drone Looks Like the Result of the SR-71 Blackbird Loving a Missile
4 Jun 2024, 12:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Military pilots have a habit of going out on missions in pairs or small groups. That's because no matter the mission ahead, it's always easier for the lead pilot to see it through with friends around. The concept is almost as old as milit...
Real-Life Astronauts Test the Habitation Module of Humanity's First Distant Space Station
4 Jun 2024, 11:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sometime very soon our species would have constructed its first-ever habitat in orbit around another celestial body. It's called Gateway, and it will be placed above the surface of the Moon to support the activities of the Artemis astronauts. ...
Army National Guard Buys Itself the Most Badass Gray Eagle Drone Around
4 Jun 2024, 09:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If the world of military drones were a food chain, then the General Atomics Gray Eagle in a version called 25M would be the apex predator. And pretty much everyone with access to it wants a piece of the action. The Gray Eagle is one of the veter...
FAA Clears Amazon to Fly Its Delivery Drones Without Operators Seeing Them
4 Jun 2024, 07:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Drone deliveries are picking up pace all over the world, but nowhere does this push seems to be as intense as in the United States. And now that retail giant Amazon was cleared to fly its drones beyond visual line of sight, the pace is about to pic...
Galaxy Almost as Old as the Universe Itself Smiles for Humanity's Most Advanced Telescope
4 Jun 2024, 06:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As best as we can tell with the tools at our disposal, the Universe is 13.7 billion years old, give or take 200 million years. We have no clue what came before the Big Bang sparked it into existence, but thanks to advancements in technology, we...
Centaur Experimental Aircraft Takes Remote-Controlled Flight in National Airspace
4 Jun 2024, 05:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We generally tend to think about aircraft in a binary way, at least when it comes to how they are operated: you either have piloted aircraft, or uncrewed ones, and that's about it. But there is another option on the table, a sort of hybrid bet...
NASA Satellite Swarm Does Things No Other Satellite Swarm Has Done Before, More to Come
3 Jun 2024, 14:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA calls it Starling, and, just like its almost-namesake Starlink, it is a satellite swarm. The space agency launched it into orbit in the summer of last year, and since then it has been busy demonstrating things no other satellite swarm was capa...
Nondescript LEGO Brick Vehicles Now Go Hill Climbing in Your Android or iOS Smartphone
3 Jun 2024, 13:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the real world, the term hill climb applies to a competition for vehicles that sees all sorts of motorized contraptions race each other to the top of some hill, with the fastest one to get there declared the winner. Over the years, hill climbs h...
This 1957 Chevrolet Nomad Is a Custom Trickster, Stock Body Hides Extreme Mods
3 Jun 2024, 11:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the eyes of many, the 1950s were the golden years of car design. In a world fresh out of a global war, ideas on how vehicles should be shaped flowed in an unstoppable deluge of creativity, fueled by the technological advancements of the era. ...
2025 Honda Grom Has Angry Looks, Still Is Small and Funky Because That's How We Like It
3 Jun 2024, 08:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you really think about it, the Honda Grom has not been on the market for all that long. Born exactly a decade ago as the Japanese bike maker's newest take on what it now calls the miniMOTO segment, it quickly became so popular that it kind ...
Ducati Futa All Road e-Bike Will Make Very, Very Short Work of Both Gravel and Road
3 Jun 2024, 06:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The increased interest people seem to manifest for bicycles in various forms kind of made it a matter of time until motorcycle makers, even the most prestigious ones, joined the party. That includes Ducati, which presently offers several choices fo...
Freak Harley-Davidson Burning Skull Is a Breakout Made to Melt Your Heart
1 Jun 2024, 22:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It will probably remain a mystery why so many people are so fascinated with skulls. Some say it's because the exposed bones of the head are a symbol of strength and power, others that it's a symbol of rebellion, and there are even some th...
Harley-Davidson Hollywood Joe Wiggles a Modified Tail, Stock Softails Look Too Soft
31 May 2024, 22:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It doesn't happen every day for bike makers to release revolutionary new frames or engines, and that means every time they do, the new hardware is bound to catch attention. Especially if the bike maker's name is Harley-Davidson, and the f...
Gray Eagle With New GA-Cosworth Engine Is the Drone Enemies Will Run From, But Not Escape
30 May 2024, 11:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It’s been almost a year since defense contractor General Atomics and its partner in crime, Cosworth, began trying to bring an improved heavy fuel engine (HFE) for drones into the world, but the light at the end of the tunnel is finally visibl...
NASA Spacecraft Survives Much Closer Encounter With the Sun Than It Was Designed To
30 May 2024, 10:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are several human-made spacecraft currently roaming the solar system, each tasked with a specific mission. Only one of them, however, completed its initial task and it is currently on its way to end its second assignment: the Origins, Spectra...