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.
Harley-Davidson Bultracker 75 in Castrol Oil Clothing Looks Ready for Hardcore Riding
7 Jul 2023, 22:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been a long time coming, but we're finally at a point when we can say we've reached the end of the line with yet another custom bike builder from over in Europe. It's Lord Drake I'm talking about, a name that's be...
1957 Chevrolet 210 Camino Reaylle Is a Truck-erized Convertible Unlike Any Other
7 Jul 2023, 09:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For many car enthusiasts the Chevrolet 210 will forever be one of the best vehicles to have been made by the bowtie company. Introduced in 1953, it was on the market for only four years, but still manages to steal the headlines to this day. It d...
Knightsbridge Heist Mastermind's Vespa Selling With 247 Other Bikes Worth $1.9 Million
7 Jul 2023, 09:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We're used to seeing auction houses bring together highly valuable vehicles during massive sale events, but the one expected to take place on July 12 in the UK is truly impressive in size and value: no less than 248 bikes, which are expected t...
NASA Has a Humanoid Robot Called Valkyrie and a New Mission Was Just Announced for It
7 Jul 2023, 08:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There seems to be a trend in the robotics world to make industrial robots shaped like dogs. That's probably because four-legged robots can be more adaptable than bipedal ones, traversing difficult terrain easier. Also, their horizontal bodies ...
2023 KTM SX-E Launched as Trio of Perfect Balance Bikes for Kids of All Shapes and Sizes
7 Jul 2023, 07:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There is no better way to teach the young ones the tricks of balancing themselves on a two-wheeled means of transport than to use a balance bike. That would be a contraption with no pedals, whose (mostly) sole means of propulsion is the rider'...
Harley-Davidson Golden Boy Is a Stretched Bobber Custom With a Bad Boy Attitude
7 Jul 2023, 06:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Simply put, a bobber motorcycle is a kind of two-wheeler with a shorter fender than stock at the back, and no fender at all at the front. As we've learned after and years and years of going through custom bikes made all over the world, a bobbe...
Nothing Like a Gotham Cruiser to Remind Us of a Superhero Movie Box Office Flop
6 Jul 2023, 11:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Surrounded by a bit of scandal and outrage on account of lead Ezra Miller's real-life shenanigans, The Flash finally hit theaters about three weeks ago. For most movies, three weeks is more than enough time to be classified as either hits or f...
ESA Iris Is Giving Airplanes Satellite Comms Tech, And That Means Less Wasted Time
6 Jul 2023, 10:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We like to think the aviation industry is the most advanced we have. And we have good reasons for that belief, as this field of human activity is one of the most regulated and technologically safe in the world. Yet flight as we know it is highly...
Bonkers 650 kW Motor to Usher In New Electric Hypercar Era
6 Jul 2023, 09:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's no secret to anyone that electric motors, when done right, can be immensely powerful. That's why makers of hypercars and other exotic vehicles jumped on the electrification train a lot faster than some established names in the indust...
NASA Moves Supersonic Test Plane in Position for Ground Trials, Flights to Come Soon After
6 Jul 2023, 08:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been a long time coming, but NASA and its main partner in the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) project, Lockheed Martin, are now closer than ever to really kickstarting a series of tests that will probably forever change our worl...
Harley-Davidson EVO GP Is a Radical Makeover of a Bike From Milwaukee's Past
6 Jul 2023, 07:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It was back in 1984 when American bike maker Harley-Davidson decided to replace the mighty Shovelhead engine with something more modern. That something was the Evolution engine. At a corporate level, the new powerplant is considered the main res...
DARPA Names Companies Working on Insanely Capable ANCILLARY VTOL Drone
5 Jul 2023, 12:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's only been several months since we first heard about DARPA's plan to develop a new and more capable VTOL drone for military use, and we now know the names of the companies working on the initial designs. In a nutshell, DARPA wants ...
Harley-Davidson Pauki Is How Mysterious Shovelheads of Old Roll
5 Jul 2023, 11:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Motorcycle fans always know how to appreciate a good custom Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and thank God, there are plenty of them to go around these days. But even the most diehard enthusiasts have to admit that seeing re-interpreted Fat Boys and Bre...
Opel Experimental Is the New Concept Car to Shape All the German Brand’s Future Models
5 Jul 2023, 09:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We're smack down in the middle of summer, and as such most of us involved with the automotive industry have other things on our minds than to think about corporate and product revamps. But someone, somewhere, is so excited at the prospects of ...
Triumph Throws In New Color Schemes for the Speed Triple, Trident, Rocket 3, and Tiger
5 Jul 2023, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Whereas carmakers have to turn to engineeringly challenging approaches like facelifts to keep their models constantly refreshed and relevant for new model yers, all bike makers need to do to keep people interested is throw some body colors and they...
People Chase Autonomous Military Robot in the Woods to See What It Can Do
5 Jul 2023, 08:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Seeing a bunch of people running through the woods as they give chase to an uncrewed tracked vehicle might seem either something of a joke, or a sign something went terribly wrong with the autonomous machine. But the reality is far different and, i...
Water-Hunting Moon Rover Shows It Can Safely Exit a Lander and Start Its 100-Day Mission
5 Jul 2023, 07:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's a bit strange if you really think about it, but there have been more rovers developed for and sent to study Mars than the Moon. There's a reasoning behind this reality, of course, and it has to do with the planet's high probabil...
Peugeot Points New Range of Electric Bikes to Where the Money Is
4 Jul 2023, 12:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This week kind of feels like the perfect time for carmakers to release… bicycles. After on Monday we've seen the Germans from BMW spilling the beans on no less than three such two-wheelers, plus their electric counterparts, it's no...
Harley-Davidson Warrior Is a Clean and Muscular Night Rod
4 Jul 2023, 09:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / "The legitimacy of using a specific name only makes sense if there are strong grounds for it." That's how custom Harley-Davidson garage Nine Hills describes the reasoning behind the name of this here motorcycle. Let's see if the...
Harley-Davidson Beetle Fender Scooter Is a Bonus Treat for Custom Volkswagen Type 2
4 Jul 2023, 09:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's fun to watch how some people try to increase the appeal of the items they plan to sell by resorting to all sorts of tricks and gimmicks. Like throwing in an extra something next to the main product. If you've been following what&#...