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.
Kevin Hart Is Bringing 11 of His Hot Custom Cars to the Los Angeles Auto Show in November
22 Sep 2023, 06:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Kevin Hart has been for the past few years one of the most talked-about stars in the world. Not only did people have a lot to discuss about his stand-up, acting, and other dealings related to the man's day job, but we were also treated to some...
Indian Scout Bobber 240 Looks Ready to Eat Harley-Davidsons for Breakfast
21 Sep 2023, 11:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Generally speaking, a custom motorcycle shop that sets out from the get-go to alter Harley-Davidson bikes rarely goes outside its comfort zone and chooses other makes for conversions. But not because they can't do something else, as clearly de...
1951 Armstrong Siddeley Station Coupe Is Just as Beautifully Weird as It Sounds
21 Sep 2023, 10:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's hard for true fans to ever get tired of classic cars, especially when they come as restored or customized beauties. But one can easily get tired of repetition, and seeing so many Camaros, Mustangs, and the likes has a cumulative effect th...
This Black Dot Is a Piece of Asteroid Heading for Earth, It Comes in a Spaceship
21 Sep 2023, 08:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This weekend comes with what may very well be the most exciting event in space exploration this year: a spacecraft that departed long ago is coming back home, bringing with it a piece of an alien world. It's on Sunday, September 24, when NA...
Off-Road Trevor DTRe Stella Lands in the U.S. as $12,000 Electric Bike Coolness
21 Sep 2023, 07:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not long ago we ran a story here on autoevolution centered on the best electric dirt bikes of the year. As you'd expect from such a piece, it was one filled with electron-powered wonders, many of them produced by companies that are just starti...
Toyota Teaching Robots to Properly Use Their Fingers Without Code Programming
21 Sep 2023, 06:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Today's robotic world is a fairly advanced one, with a wide variety of machines capable of doing a whole lot of amazing things. Yet our world is far from having reached the peak of this industry while robots, despite some specialized ones bein...
Harley-Davidson Green Disease Rode for 1,500 Miles Infecting Everyone With Coolness
20 Sep 2023, 08:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you ask me, attractive custom bikes with very unattractive names are a clear recipe for success. After all, who doesn't like a cool piece of engineering hiding under the proper misnomer? We've had plenty examples of such builds with...
1971 Chevrolet Camaro Is a Suede and Leather Party on Shiny Staggered Wheels
20 Sep 2023, 07:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are so many older-gen Chevrolet Camaros in customized form out there that one has to be truly special to get our blood pumping these days. That's something we don't come across very often, but when we do... well, just look at this 1...
Spania GTA to Upgrade First-Gen Karma Revero PHEVs, Not Clear How
20 Sep 2023, 06:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Once upon a time there was a maker of luxury plug-in hybrid vehicles called Fisker Automotive. Established in 2007, it became all the rage, including among Hollywood A-listers, for an insane vehicle it produced, the Karma. In 2014, despite all the ...
Honda Is Bringing the XL750 Transalp to America Because Who Doesn't Need More Adventure
20 Sep 2023, 06:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It was at the end of last year that Japanese bike maker Honda pulled the wraps off the XL750 Transalp adventure bike. Back then, it was announced as a player in this segment only on the European continent, but it seems its success there has prompte...
Ducati Multistrada V4 S Grand Tour Is the Perfect Collection of High-Tech Motorcycle Gear
20 Sep 2023, 05:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Given how it kind of feels the Ducati Multistrada has been around forever, it's hard to believe this bike was only launched onto the market exactly two decades ago. It's been used ever since by the Italian company as a test bed for new te...
Harley-Davidson GTO 5 Is Pure Adrenaline Rush on Two Wheels
19 Sep 2023, 11:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's hard to believe that so many iterations of the same basic motorcycle can mean so many different things for the onlooker. Yet you need not search further than the Breakout to become convinced of this reality. The Harley-Davidson-made So...
1963 Lincoln Continental Is a Dirty Custom for the Gangster Lurking Inside Us All
19 Sep 2023, 08:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Looking at the two major car auctions coming at the end of this month one can't help but feel like they've both been designed to sell Chevys, Fords and, something that doesn't happen very often, a lot of Lincoln Continentals. It&#...
MQ-4C Triton, U.S. Navy's Only High-Flying ISR Drone, Declared Fit for Duty
19 Sep 2023, 07:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Like all of America's military branches, the U.S. Navy has a series of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets in operation, but only one is high-altitude, long-endurance, and also offers targeting capabilities: the MQ-4C T...
B-21 Raider Nuclear Bomber Shines in Fresh Photos, New Details Reveal Development Stage
19 Sep 2023, 06:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Just a few days ago we learned of America's newest bomber, the B-21 Raider, having begun engine run tests on the ground at the Northrop Grumman facility in Palmdale, California. As it often happens in military hardware development, we were exp...
Bracket Failure Can Cause Ducati XDiavel Engine Shutdown While Riding, Recall Coming
19 Sep 2023, 06:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Common sense would tell you a major fault in a motorcycle is somewhat more dangerous than a similar one in a car. And you'd be right, although it seems such faults are so much rarer in the motorcycling world. Rarer, but not completely absent. ...
America Is Getting an Asteroid Delivery From Space, Here's Where to Watch
19 Sep 2023, 05:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been a long time coming, but America is now just days away from the moment it will receive a piece of space rock not as a hit on its territory, but gently brought down to the surface by means of a spacecraft. On Sunday, September 24, t...
Harley-Davidson Gray Joe With 52-Spoke Wheels Rides Heavy and Cold
18 Sep 2023, 09:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For motorcycle fans, there is no better way to start the week than by getting to know an exciting custom motorcycle, fresh out of the oven of one of the world's most famous custom two-wheeler bakeries. Enter the Harley-Davidson Gray Joe, made ...
1946 Ford Is a Beautiful Burnt Orange Nod to the Pickups From Before the Mighty F-Series
18 Sep 2023, 07:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American carmaker Ford is, at least in its home country, the king of pickup trucks. The current range called F-Series, spearheaded by the half-ton F-150, has been at the top of the sales charts for years now, driving a market that seems to have an ...
5-in-1 Modular Aircraft Uses Different Wings to Reshape Aviation
18 Sep 2023, 07:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite minor differences between aircraft types, the basic design in aviation has been the same for a very long time: a center, long fuselage, with wings fitted to either side. It's a fixed kind of design, meaning that once out of the factory...