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 Omen Is How a Heritage Looks After Some Breakout Transplants
12 May 2023, 21:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We're used to having our custom Harley-Davidsons served as highly adorned dishes. The adornments usually come from aftermarket players, as the shops behind these builds try to make something entirely new while circumventing as much as possible...
Orange County Choppers Made This Motorcycle in 2016 and It Was Never Ridden
12 May 2023, 13:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I have no real numbers to back the following statement up, but it seems many of us who now, during our more responsible adult lives, are suckers for custom motorcycles have a single crew to thank for that: Orange County Choppers. Best known as O...
Martian Rivers Ran Deeper and Faster Than Believed, Got Us Thinking About Aliens Rafting
12 May 2023, 11:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It wasn't all that long ago that we humans were still wondering if neighboring Mars ever had liquid water. Somehow, that knowledge became a fact these past few years, and now we know for certain that rivers and lakes were a given up there a lo...
Stellantis-Backed Archer Midnight eVTOL Ready for Tests, And It Looks Vicious
12 May 2023, 10:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I must say, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft don't get my heart pumping all that much. I mean, sure, replacing a time-consuming land commute with a quick flight to the destination sounds enticing and all, but as far as de...
The New BMW R 12 nineT Previewed as the Bike Everyone Will Customize
12 May 2023, 09:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in 1921, a German company called Bayerische Motoren Werke moved from making aircraft engines to producing motorcycle engines, not for self but for other players in this segment. The move proved lucrative, so in 1923 BMW, as we've come to...
BMW R 18 Roctane Is a New German Bagger Meant to Scare Harleys Away
12 May 2023, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For years now we've gotten used to the bagger scene being dominated by the behemoth that is Harley-Davidson. Then, in 2020, BMW unleashed the R 18, and everything started to change. The R 18 was launched into this world by BMW to take on th...
Brand New 410-HP 1932 Ford Hot Rod Is Coming Along Great Ahead of Summer Unveiling
11 May 2023, 13:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite new custom cars coming into the public eye on an almost constant basis, it's not every day we get to see the various stages one goes through before being ready to wow the crowds. And that makes this 1932 Ford Deuce project even more sp...
This Is How a Harley-Davidson Slim Looks Like With a Broken Back and Extreme Makeover
11 May 2023, 12:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / More than a year ago we featured here on autoevolution a custom motorcycle build called The Artwork. The bike is the creation of a custom garage based in Switzerland called Bundnerbike. I mentioned this machine for two reasons. First, given how ...
If Cool Were a Car, It Would Be This Kosmos Red 1940 Packard One-Ten
11 May 2023, 11:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / High-profile auctions are the best places to go looking for incredible cars. But after years of doing that, you start to get the feeling it's always the same Fords and Chevys that go under the hammer. Then something like this 1940 Packard One-...
Saab Gripen E Made on an American Continent to Start Flying in 2025
11 May 2023, 10:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For several decades, the civilians of this planet got to know the name Saab as being that of a Swedish carmaker. Then GM climbed on board in the 1990s, and it needed just two decades to send Saab into a spin that eventually led to the brand's ...
Webb Telescope Makes Planet Unlike Anything in Our Solar System Shed Some Cool Secrets
11 May 2023, 09:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 40 light years away from Earth, circling a small star in the constellation of Ophiuchus, there's a super-Earth called Gliese 1214 b. Also known as GJ 1214 b, it was discovered in 2009 and has been a favorite object of study for astronomers eve...
Indian Goes Full MMA With Custom Forged Sport Chief Built for UFC Champion
11 May 2023, 08:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / May 10 came and went, and as promised ever since last week, the second custom motorcycle put together by Indian and its partners for the Forged series of builds came to light. And it's meant for an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) decorate...
It's Absolutely Scary How Massive Black Holes Are, Ton 618 Is 60 Billion Solar Masses
10 May 2023, 13:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The biggest thing we can experience more or less directly in our solar system is the Sun. It's 864,000 miles (1.390 million km) in diameter, large enough to make up for over 99 percent of the mass of our entire solar system, and could fit insi...
Harley-Davidson 2 Bent Looks Like It Has Nine Knives Inside Each Wheel
10 May 2023, 11:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It may have been on the market for only six years, but the Deuce model of the Harley-Davidson Softail family did make quite an impression on some people. Otherwise how can one explain the relative multitude of custom bikes of this breed still doing...
Europe Braces for an Invasion of Custom Indian Motorcycles in June
10 May 2023, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Although at first glance it may seem so, Harley-Davidson is not the only bike maker in the world capable of drawing crowds to various gatherings. In fact, even the Italians from Ducati have started doing that, with the second edition of the We Ride...
World's First 3D-Printed Rocket Flew with New Copper Alloy Engines, Details Inside
10 May 2023, 10:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We average Joes might bask in the knowledge that our species is fairly advanced from a technological standpoint, and more than able to study the space surrounding our planet. But engineers working in the space industry know that's far from bei...
Fixed-Wing Military Drone Can Now Morph Into VTOL With Almost Zero Effort
10 May 2023, 08:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When one thinks about military drones they tend to image the largest of them, things like the RQ-4 Global Hawk or the MQ-1 Predator. These are also some of the most powerful presently flying in the skies of our world. But they are not the only ones...
Stealth HALO Jumps on Enemy Positions Get a Helping Hand From New Oxygen Supply System
10 May 2023, 07:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There is no question in my mind military parachutists have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Not only do they have to drop from the sky right in the middle of a battlefield or behind enemy lines, but before doing that they must survive t...
Navy Fires New Anti-Radiation Missile Over Land for the First Time, Target Obliterated
9 May 2023, 13:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been several years since we first learned of a new missile for America's fighter aircraft being in the works, the AARGM-ER. But as we step deeper into 2023, we're also getting closer to the time it will finally enter operational...
Harley-Davidson Devil 23 Could Very Well Be the World's First Custom Breakout 117
9 May 2023, 11:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As part of its release of new models for the 2023 model year back in January, bike maker Harley-Davidson announced a new interpretation of the Breakout two-wheeler. The announcement not only marked the return of this kind of Softail on the American...