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.
NASA on Track to Launch Metal Asteroid-Hunting Spaceship in October 2023
6 Jun 2023, 13:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Like most other missions to space planned by agencies and organizations across the world, NASA's Psyche was hit by a series of delays. Scheduled to lift off in the summer and then in October 2022, the launch was pusched back during the hot day...
Harley-Davidson Softail Slim Has a Massive Rear Wheel to Drive a Heavily Modified Body
6 Jun 2023, 11:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are a lot of custom motorcycle garages out there, but few of them are so prolific that they allow themselves to create modified bikes centered on the same design idea, effectively giving birth to custom bike families. The Swiss from Bundnerbi...
The Most Powerful Muscle Car in the World Is Going Under the Hammer, How Much Will It Get?
6 Jun 2023, 09:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There's no beating around the bush, with a maximum power output of 1,025 hp, the 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 is the most powerful factory muscle car in the world. And given how it marks the demise of Dodge's ICE-powered monsters, ...
Sabertooth Is the Saab That Can Stay Under Water for Over Half a Year
6 Jun 2023, 08:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For a long time, the civilians of this world knew the name Saab for the cars it used to make. It was for a while a standalone company, then, in the 1990s, it climbed in bed with American behemoth GM. That would seal the Swedish company's fate,...
Russian Moon Rocket Would Have Eaten Saturn Vs for Breakfast, CGI Video Shows Its Power
5 Jun 2023, 14:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The history of space exploration is filled with incredible achievements and undeniably memorable pieces of hardware. But for every success we've achieved in this field, there are many more failures and ideas that never came to pass. The Russia...
NASA Goes All In on Orion Engines for First Crewed Mission to the Moon
5 Jun 2023, 13:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We're still more than a year away from the moment when the Orion spaceship will take off atop the Space Launch System rocket with humans on board. A long time for most of us, but just a few busy, busy months for the people working to get the h...
USAF Special Tactics Airmen Pull an MC-130J Commando II Over 490 Feet Because Why Not
5 Jun 2023, 13:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We all know how demanding military training can be, but at times the exercises devised by the higher-ups tend to look a bit bizarre. Like when having a bunch of airmen pulling with the power of their own hands and legs a massive transport airplane ...
Europe Is Looking for a New Cargo Supply Spaceship Capable of Carrying Two Tons to Space
5 Jun 2023, 12:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Given how astronauts launching and returning to and from the International Space Station (ISS) tend to always to steal the spotlight, it's easy to forget that space-based operations require tons upon tons of supplies to be sent up there. In fa...
Harley-Davidson Cloudy Bay Is as Tasty as the Namesake New Zealand Wine
5 Jun 2023, 11:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the world of wine lovers, the term Cloudy Bay is synonymous with a vineyard based somewhere in New Zealand, most renowned for making certain types of Sauvignon Blanc ever since the 1980s. Generally speaking, the world of wine lovers does not inc...
Magnet-Driven Video Camera Capsule Can Move Inside Your Body With Purpose
5 Jun 2023, 09:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Advanced it is today, medicine is still a long way from becoming the science that has eradicated illness and made humans live much, much longer. That probably won't happen during our lifetimes, so we'll never get to see nanites at work re...
Decades-Old MiG-15 Up for Grabs in Texas for Nissan Kicks Money, Machine Gun Included
5 Jun 2023, 08:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I know, the way MiGs are behaving in the skies over and bordering Ukraine these days might make this topic a sensitive pill to swallow. But you have to admit, given the fighter plane family's history and the hype that once surrounded it, heari...
ACES 5: How the Most Modern Fighter Jet Ejection Seat Works
3 Jun 2023, 23:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the most dangerous jobs our civilization has to offer its bravest members is that of a military pilot. In their current form, military aircraft offer high-speed rides, beautifully dangerous aerobatics capabilities, and explosive weaponry. Al...
Harley-Davidson Sportracker Makes No Secret of What Kind of Build It Is
3 Jun 2023, 22:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in April, as we were going through custom Harley-Davidson builds made over in Europe to bring the best of them under the spotlight, we stumbled upon something called the Soulbreaker. The ride was originally a Sportster, re-made at the hands of...
Swapping Standard Engines for Hydrogen Ones Is the Ultimate Aircraft Upgrade
2 Jun 2023, 23:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Earlier this month, a cargo drone maker named Natilus announced that some of its pilotless aircraft will be using hydrogen-electric engines as a means of propulsion. We're talking about a piece of tech developed by a company called ZeroAvia th...
Harley-Davidson Evel Knievel Has the Looks of a Daredevil Ride, Can't Jump Over Cars
2 Jun 2023, 22:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you are into motorized stunts and all, then the name (and legacy) of Evel Knievel means a lot to you. A motorcycle rider by trade, the Motorcycle Hall of Fame American was at the center of two-wheeled stunts for years, being responsible for over...
NASA Sending Message in a Bottle to One of Jupiter's Moons, Your Name Can Go With
2 Jun 2023, 15:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Come October 2024, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch into space and on to Jupiter's moon Europa a piece of hardware called the Europa Clipper. Put together and managed by Caltech, JPL, and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, t...
SR-71 Blackbird Speed Record in Danger as Darkhorse Hypersonic Drone Will Soon Go After It
2 Jun 2023, 14:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in 1976, one of America's SR-71 Blackbird spy planes shot through the sky at speeds of Mach 3.3. That's 2,193.2 mph or 3,529.6 kph, numbers that back then marked an absolute speed record for a crewed jet aircraft. As some of you ...
B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Getting Fighter-Like Radar to Stay Fit for Three More Decades
2 Jun 2023, 12:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in 1952, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) started flying a monster of a machine called the B-52 Stratofortress. Designed at a time when the U.S. and Soviet Russia were at each other's throats, it was supposed to carry nuclear weapons, and drop t...
Harley-Davidson Crimson Force Has Front-Sized Wheel Fitted at the Back
2 Jun 2023, 09:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the first things custom motorcycle shops go after when putting together a new bike is making the ride's connection to the ground a bit firmer and more visually impressive by replacing the stock wheels. And we've seen some impressiv...
Yamaha Tenere 700 World Rally Is a Desert-Ready Adventure Machine for the Masses
2 Jun 2023, 08:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the world of racing, be it on four or two wheels, there are few competitions as revered as the Dakar Rally. Dating back to 1979, the desert race for the daring drivers, riders, and their machines has seen a lot of turmoil over the years and seve...