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.
This 1957 Chevrolet Nomad Is a Custom Trickster, Stock Body Hides Extreme Mods
3 Jun 2024, 11:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the eyes of many, the 1950s were the golden years of car design. In a world fresh out of a global war, ideas on how vehicles should be shaped flowed in an unstoppable deluge of creativity, fueled by the technological advancements of the era. ...
2025 Honda Grom Has Angry Looks, Still Is Small and Funky Because That's How We Like It
3 Jun 2024, 08:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you really think about it, the Honda Grom has not been on the market for all that long. Born exactly a decade ago as the Japanese bike maker's newest take on what it now calls the miniMOTO segment, it quickly became so popular that it kind ...
Ducati Futa All Road e-Bike Will Make Very, Very Short Work of Both Gravel and Road
3 Jun 2024, 06:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The increased interest people seem to manifest for bicycles in various forms kind of made it a matter of time until motorcycle makers, even the most prestigious ones, joined the party. That includes Ducati, which presently offers several choices fo...
Freak Harley-Davidson Burning Skull Is a Breakout Made to Melt Your Heart
1 Jun 2024, 22:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It will probably remain a mystery why so many people are so fascinated with skulls. Some say it's because the exposed bones of the head are a symbol of strength and power, others that it's a symbol of rebellion, and there are even some th...
Harley-Davidson Hollywood Joe Wiggles a Modified Tail, Stock Softails Look Too Soft
31 May 2024, 22:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It doesn't happen every day for bike makers to release revolutionary new frames or engines, and that means every time they do, the new hardware is bound to catch attention. Especially if the bike maker's name is Harley-Davidson, and the f...
Gray Eagle With New GA-Cosworth Engine Is the Drone Enemies Will Run From, But Not Escape
30 May 2024, 11:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It’s been almost a year since defense contractor General Atomics and its partner in crime, Cosworth, began trying to bring an improved heavy fuel engine (HFE) for drones into the world, but the light at the end of the tunnel is finally visibl...
NASA Spacecraft Survives Much Closer Encounter With the Sun Than It Was Designed To
30 May 2024, 10:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are several human-made spacecraft currently roaming the solar system, each tasked with a specific mission. Only one of them, however, completed its initial task and it is currently on its way to end its second assignment: the Origins, Spectra...
Ducati Streetfighter V4 Supreme Goes for New York Underground Styling
30 May 2024, 07:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's not uncommon for some bike makers to release special editions of their motorcycles, but it kind of is uncommon for them to pair these special bikes with matching apparel and lifestyle items. But that's exactly what the Italians from ...
SpaceX Falcon XX Is the Unborn Sibling of a Rocket That Sent a Car in Space
29 May 2024, 11:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In February 2018, Elon Musk's still young private space company SpaceX launched its first-ever reusable super-heavy launch vehicle, the Falcon Heavy. To make sure the moment goes down in the history books, Musk had his own Tesla Roadster sent ...
Buell Motorcycle Wants to Take Over the World, First Foreign Target Is Canada
29 May 2024, 10:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / I'm not sure how many of you remember this, but there was a time when Buell motorcycles were sold in places outside the U.S. as well. Riders up north, over in Canada, but also quite a lot of them in several European markets have had direct acc...
Bell Is Making a VTOL That Can Fold Its Rotor Blades and Turn Into a Jet
29 May 2024, 09:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There will come a time in the near future when aircraft will seem like nothing we presently have at our disposal. From stranger and stranger shapes to increasingly insane capabilities, aircraft of the future are set to change aviation forever. And ...
Flying Wildcat Is Meant to Take Off From Navy Ships and Track Down Enemy Targets
29 May 2024, 06:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The American Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is presently engaged in a large number of projects meant to bring to light drone designs with new capabilities. The talk of the moment, however, is something called ANCILLARY. ANCILL...
Badass Yarns and High-Tech Glue Keep America's Moon Spacecraft From Burning on Re-Entry
28 May 2024, 11:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / You all know what a heat shield is: a key component on a spacecraft, meant to protect it from the extreme temperatures of atmospheric re-entry. But did you know that NASA has invented a new type of heat shield material that's supposed to revol...
Airbus Researching New Hydrogen Aircraft Tech, Project Name Sounds Like Some Pop-Punk Band
28 May 2024, 10:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Looking at how things are now in the automotive industry, one can't feel like someone, somewhere, took a wrong turn. Sure, cars are becoming increasingly electrified, and that's a good thing, but the tech they rely on for that is batterie...
Spacecraft With Brilliant Blue Glow Trail Passes Mars, Moves Further Into Space
28 May 2024, 08:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The thing with long-duration space missions is that just when you're about to forget all about them, some crucial update reaches your eyes and ears, bringing said mission back into the spotlight. Just like it happened last week with something ...
DARPA Backs This Insect-Like Military Drone, Could Fly in 2026
28 May 2024, 06:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Over the course of last week the world got wind of not one, but two autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) concept designs various contractors are developing for a program run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). And ju...
Extreme Ducati Scrambler Bike Concepts Blend Café Racer Styling with Mad Max Vibes
27 May 2024, 13:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been a relatively important weekend for the auto-moto industry, with two major events taking place on opposite ends of the European continent. In Italy, on the shores of Lake Como, the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este was held. ...
Honda Turns CRF Dirt Bikes Into Slightly New Monsters for the 2025 Model Year
27 May 2024, 11:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We're almost halfway through 2025 and that means most of the bike makers of the world are done with presenting us the upgrades to their model range for the 2025 model year. Yet there are a few strays left, and the novelties they have prepared ...
Hotter-Than-Pink BMW R20 Concept Motorcycle Rocks Biggest Big Boxer Engine Yet
27 May 2024, 07:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a certain respect, motorcycle lovers are somewhat at a disadvantage compared to people who dig more four-wheeled vehicles: whereas future cars are often previewed by concepts, bikes don't come along very often into the spotlight in some sor...
Harley-Davidson Breakout Goes Into Custom Shop for Minor Tweaks, Ends Up Looking Like This
25 May 2024, 22:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Over on the American market, Harley-Davidson is presently offering a total of eight cruiser motorcycles. Any one of them would make it on any list of best such bikes, no matter who puts it together and why. But for the purpose of this here story, w...