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.
Indian FTR Tokyo Connection Is Now One of Few Custom Bikes to Be Displayed in Public
4 Jul 2023, 08:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / By definition custom motorcycles are exciting piece of engineering, the result of a single individual or group imagining it for their own use and enjoyment. What that means is no matter how inspiring a custom bike, it very rarely gets the chance to...
Saturn's Rings Look Like Light Strips in Amazing Webb Telescope First Infrared Image
4 Jul 2023, 07:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been spying on the solar system and the wider Universe for more than a year now, and the world can't stop being amazed at the amount, quality, and importance of the science it returns. Case in point, (...
Bell's Fearsome Viper and Venom Helos Just Hit Half a Million Flight Hours
4 Jul 2023, 06:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the world of aircraft there is no better way to gauge the success of a design than by counting the number of hours it stays in the air. This is done individually for safety reasons, and fleetwide for purposes of advertising the aircraft to the w...
BMW Ventures Into the Bicycle World With New Range of 3T Exploro Bikes
3 Jul 2023, 11:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's not uncommon these days for carmakers, even the ones of the premium variety, to venture into the world of bicycles. After all, there's money to be made there as well, so why not take the chance? We've seen this expansion into...
Harley-Davidson For Brave People Is the Ultimate Fashion Accessory
3 Jul 2023, 10:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Because of the exposure custom Harley-Davidson motorcycles get in the media, and the instant head-turning effect they have on people in the real world, it has become a habit for businesses not involved with this industry to forcibly tie their names...
Airbus H160 Helicopter Cleared to Fly in American Skies
3 Jul 2023, 09:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Unlike in the auto industry, where things are moving at a much faster pace, the aviation industry sure takes its sweet time when it comes to releasing new kinds of aircraft. But when that does happen, most of us are left in awe. Ever since 2015 ...
1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider Is So Special It'll Go for at Least $9.5 Million
3 Jul 2023, 08:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / No matter how you look at it, all Ferraris are special. What varies is the degree of special-ness each of them is bestowed with, and that greatly depends on a variety of factors. It's probably impossible for us to find these days a more spe...
Most Important BMW Bikes Get 2024 Model Year Updates, ECALL Takes Center Stage
3 Jul 2023, 07:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We're more than halfway through 2023, and that means there's not much time left for BMW to make a big fuss out of it. After all, a company turns a century old only once, so tons of celebrations would have been in order. As it stands, t...
Suzuki Hayabusa 25th Anniversary Is Only Mildly Special Cos You Don't Mess With Perfection
3 Jul 2023, 06:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / No matter how you look at it, the Suzuki Hayabusa is one of the most extreme production motorcycles out there. Having established what to expect from it right from the get-go, the mighty sport machine is now celebrating its 25th anniversary with a ...
The Best Electric Dirt Bikes of 2023
2 Jul 2023, 11:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The electrification of the motorcycle industry is happening, whether we like it or not. Sure, you could easily argue the number of established bike makers making the switch from ICE to electrons is non-existent, and that only startups are fueling t...
AI Morphobot Knows Eight Means of Locomotion, Wheels Turn to Legs and Propellers and Back
1 Jul 2023, 23:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On Saturday we brought you news of a new breed of modular robot called Mori3. Comprised of a number of bidimensional polygons that can come together to form three-dimensional tools and machines, it's a sight so impressive that, if successful, ...
Custom Harley-Davidson Softail Has an Insane Single-Piece Carbon Fuel Tank and Rear Fender
1 Jul 2023, 22:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There have been many successful motorcycle families born in Milwaukee at the hands of Harley-Davidson, but none has been as successful as the Softail. Proof of that is not only the continuing presence of the line on the market in stock form, but al...
Mori3 Polygon Shapeshifting Robot Will Be the R2-D2 of Human Space Exploration
30 Jun 2023, 23:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Before becoming a hero of the Star Wars Universe, R2-D2 had a single goal in its robotic life: repair spaceships damaged in battle or elsewhere, including while said ships were still on the move. And that's kind of what Mori3 could be used for...
Harley-Davidson Carbon Is How Darkness on Two Wheels Looks Like
30 Jun 2023, 22:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / By their nature, Harley-Davidson V-Rods have always been impressive, borderline scary machines. Introduced to play the game against Japanese bike makers in the muscle segment, the American two-wheelers have had such an impact they are still around ...
Harley-Davidson Outtalimit Can Breathe Fire, Will Burn Through Your Bank Account
30 Jun 2023, 09:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We have no statistics on how many custom motorcycle garages are out there, but the simplistic answer would be "a lot." Chances are we'll probably never get to know them all in detail, so we're left with judging this amazing indu...
Space Mission Launches in July to Find Out Why the Universe's Expansion Is Gaining Speed
30 Jun 2023, 09:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We've known for almost a century now that the Universe is expanding, ever-increasing the distance that separates its stars and planets. It's not an idea easy to digest, because we're told the Universe doesn't grow into anything,...
NASA Closer to Finding Ways of Storing and Moving Energy on the Moon
30 Jun 2023, 08:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's no secret anymore that the new Moon exploration program run by the U.S., Artemis, will not limit itself to just sending people up there and getting them back, like we did with Apollo. This time, humanity is going to the Moon to stay, and ...
Orion Spaceship Can Take Temperatures Half as Hot as the Sun, Heat Shield Has It Covered
30 Jun 2023, 07:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If looked at simplistically, space exploration by means of spacecraft is only truly dangerous in two key moments: during liftoff and at re-entry. And that's why a lot of effort goes into making sure nothing bad happens during these phases of t...
Virgin Galactic's First Commercial Spaceflight Takes Air Force People to the Edge Space
30 Jun 2023, 07:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As promised since the last test flight it conducted back in May, private space company Virgin Galactic has performed this week its first commercial spaceflight. What it means is that, for the first time, the company took up to the edge of space and...
They're Now Making Flamethrower-Wielding Robot Dogs, Because... Someone Needed One?
29 Jun 2023, 12:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I have to admit, my line of work often brings me face-to-face with all sorts of wacky technologies, even ones destructive in nature. But flamethrowers are not things that come across my screen all that often. The first time that happened was a f...