Daniel Patrascu
18,659 ARTICLES
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.
Skootr Is the Creepy Tripedal Robot Anyone Can Make for $500, Doesn't Mean You Should
28 Mar 2024, 12:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The world of robots is as diverse and exciting for some as it is scary for others. Depending on how one feels about these things, they can be either the definitive path humanity should take to evolve, or something we should steer clear of at all co...
The First-Ever Lotus F1 Car, Driven by Graham Hill, Is Hoping to Get $420K at Auction
28 Mar 2024, 11:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Formula 1 cars are, without a doubt, some of the most extreme pieces of engineering devised by human hands. Made to go fast and hard on challenging tracks for the glory of their builders and drivers, many of them tend to disappear from public view ...
Scale Model of Brand-New Blended-Wing Body Aircraft to Fly Soon
28 Mar 2024, 08:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the U.S. Air Force is moving to modernize its fleet of aircraft, it is looking to new and innovative designs to help it advance its goals. And one such design is that of a blended-wing body aircraft, an idea on which the military branch plans to...
Fisker Ocean Electric SUVs Now Have Ridiculously Low Prices, But Are They Worth It?
28 Mar 2024, 08:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's no secret anymore that electric carmaker Fisker is not doing very well. Struggling with financial issues for some time now, the company received another blow this week, when the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) moved to suspend trading afte...
5,000 People Went For Sydney Sweeney's Custom 2024 Ford Mustang GT, Contest Rookie Gets It
28 Mar 2024, 06:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are people in this world who have made a living from taking part in online contests, sweepstakes, and all sorts of competitions. Most of us, however, only occasionally enlist for such things. And there are the few who have never entered a con...
Jeff Bezos to Send Blue Ring Space Truck in Orbit on Secret Space Force Mission
27 Mar 2024, 11:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In October 2023 the space company owned by former Amazon head honcho Jeff Bezos announced the arrival of something called Blue Ring. A spacecraft by design, the hardware was envisioned as a sort of space truck, meant to handle orbital logistics and...
NASA Reveals First Instruments Human Hands Will Directly Install on the Moon in 2026
27 Mar 2024, 11:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As things stand today, the Artemis III Moon mission is scheduled to depart sometime in 2026. For all intents and purposes, it is perhaps the most important test of the program this decade, because it is very likely the future of space exploration e...
New Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Flies on Winged Drone for the First Time
27 Mar 2024, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) is the new Holy Grail of the aerospace industry. The way such a technology works promises unprecedented speeds for aircraft and spacecraft, prompting several companies and organizations to give the idea ...
Triumph Trident 660 Special Edition Is a Nod to the Mighty Slippery Sam
27 Mar 2024, 08:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in 2020, British bike maker Triumph let loose into the wild a new kind of naked middleweight roadster, the Trident 660. It was intended to draw more new customers to the brand, and kind of became an instant hit, as it sold since then no less t...
The First Maserati MCXtrema to Tear Up the Track in Owner's Hands This Summer
27 Mar 2024, 07:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's been a while since Italian carmaker Maserati revealed the MCXtrema, one of the most daring non-street legal projects it had ever undertaken, and we were kind of losing hope we will get to see it anytime soon do what it was meant to do: te...
Triumph Is Giving Away a Thruxton Final Edition, But There's a Catch
26 Mar 2024, 11:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In October 2023 British bike maker Triumph announced it is pulling the plug on the Thruxton model. It marked the end of exactly 60 years of factory-made café racers, and as such it was announced the line would end with a special version of t...
Warfighting in the Snow Gets Real With These New Military Snowmobiles
26 Mar 2024, 10:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Military operations in the Arctic regions are far less visible than the ones taking place in or near populated areas, and that's why there's a chance some of you will find purpose-built military snowmobiles to be something of an oddity in...
NASA to Launch Rockets at the Moon's Shadow During Solar Eclipse
26 Mar 2024, 08:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There was probably a time back when humanity was young when solar eclipses caused big concerns for our ancestors. Some of them hid in fear, others probably threw stuff at the black monster that was eating the Sun, while others performed all sorts o...
$183K Aston Martin AMB Pro Bike to Sell in the U.S. From Official Brough Superior Stores
26 Mar 2024, 07:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Brough Superior is one of the oldest names in the motorcycle industry, and even if in its present form it has little to do with what the name meant back in the early 1920s, it still inspires and satisfies the needs of a lot of riders. Provided, of ...
Wildest Drift Hypercar on Earth to Be Unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
26 Mar 2024, 06:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Drifting is one of the wildest ways of handling a car. Not particularly difficult if you know what you're doing, drifting has become, over the years, a sport of sorts with its own superstars and iconic vehicles. Because of its nature, drift...
WindRunner Will Be the World's Largest Aircraft, Designed To Move Wind Turbine Blades
25 Mar 2024, 13:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Businesses are usually born out of necessity. In a simplistic way, when someone believes there is or will be a need for a product or service, they'll move to provide that. If that need turns out to be real, a market will be created and others ...
Airbus A320ceo Engines Can Easily Run on SAF Alone, Major Test Shows
25 Mar 2024, 09:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Airbus A320 family is one of the oldest and most reliable in the aviation industry. Born in Europe back in 1987 (that's almost 40 years ago), the range is also one of the most widespread, with over 11,000 of them made. During such a lon...
High-Speed Cruise Missile Stands No Chance Against America's Newest Defense Radar
25 Mar 2024, 08:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Raytheon and the U.S. Army are currently hard at work testing a system they describe with no trace of modesty as the "world's most advanced and highly capable air and missile defense radar." Called LTAMDS, the syst...
Potentially Dangerous Side Air Bags Prompt Massive Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 Recall
25 Mar 2024, 07:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ever since the Takata debacle the simple mention of a recall caused by defective airbags has been enough to send shivers down everybody's spine. Even when the recalls are not directly related to the Japanese parts maker. Airbags are the cau...
Ford Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800 Makes Record Quarter-Mile Pass in Just 7.759 Seconds
25 Mar 2024, 07:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A little less than a year ago American carmaker Ford let loose into the world something called the Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800. From the get-go, we were informed that the vehicle "targets several new quarter-mile NHRA world records for electr...