Elena Gorgan
8,136 ARTICLES
Personal motto:
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” - Henry Ford
She has covered automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, ranging from the regular and all the way to celebrity culture, film, and music.
More than anything, Elena loves to tell stories about unusual or very special projects, but you can also count on her if you’re looking for the perfect e-bike.
Her work has been published on Softpedia News, InOut Star and, since 2018, autoevolution.
Eli ZERO Micro-EV Is Coming to the U.S., Brings New Way of Experiencing Urban Mobility
12 May 2024, 00:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / City dwellers have become over-reliant on cars, and it doesn't help that many of these cars are over-engineered and larger than they need to be for city use. So, where a highway car is too much and a two-wheeler is not enough, Eli ZERO aims to...
The PEBL Grand Cabin Is a Space-Age Prefab That Boasts 5-Star Hotel Features
11 May 2024, 07:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / We've been taught to believe that we can't have it all in life, and that also applies to the current trend of downsizing. After all, if you do decide to downsize and move into a tiny house, you can't reasonably expect the same degree...
Nike Will Have You Go Camping With the Metamorph Poncho, Capable of Turning Into a Tent
11 May 2024, 00:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Gone are the days when wearing sweatpants outside the comfort of your home was a sign of defeat, as Karl Lagerfeld used to say. He'd dread the state of fashion today, when sportswear has become not just fashionable but widely spread as well. B...
Millionaire Will Paint His Pagani Utopia With Moon Dust in a World First for Customization
10 May 2024, 09:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / There's splurging and then there's Kris Singh and his very unique – and quite awesome – idea of car customization. Make that hypercar customization because we're talking about a Pagani Utopia that should be delivered with...
This $1.3 Million McLaren Senna Was Crashed for Clicks, Will Sell at Auction
10 May 2024, 07:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / YouTubers and their cars: as much as we hate them for showing off, sometimes in the most destructive ways (for the cars), there's a certain trainwreck appeal to the whole thing. You simply can't look away. Edmond "Mondi" Ba...
Planned Auction for $220M Superyacht 'Royal Romance' Stalls Again for the Strangest Reason
9 May 2024, 11:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / What should have been a world first, though protracted, is being put on hold for now: the sale at forced auction of the superyacht Royal Romance, seized in Croatia in 2022 and awarded to Ukraine in early 2024. You will surely remember the enth...
This Is Enata Mirarri, a Gorgeous Yacht Done in Carbon Fiber, Titanium, Kevlar, and Glass
9 May 2024, 09:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You know what they say, it's not the size of the boat that matters. While this saying has potentially unsavory connotations, there's nothing to stop us from taking it in the most literal sense. With a yacht like the Enata Mirarri, it'...
The Pego Tiny House Is a Slice of Off-Grid Heaven
9 May 2024, 04:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In today's landscape of heightened, fast-paced consumerism, it's not bad when a gentle reminder to slow down and smell the proverbial roses comes along. The Pego is one such reminder, shaped like an adorable but self-sufficient tiny house...
American Billionaire Takes Delivery of the 'Kismet' Megayacht, His Third So Far
8 May 2024, 12:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Just in time for the summer season, one billionaire has taken delivery of his brand new megayacht, which also happens to be his third Lurssen build and his third Kismet. Any day is a good day to be a billionaire, for sure, but today is especially g...
The Goldstein Tiny House Is a Custom Unit That Throws the Rule Book Out the Window
8 May 2024, 06:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Because of their compact size, which has a direct impact of their degree of mobility, tiny houses don't leave much room for design or styling surprises. So, whenever a tiny that throws the rule book out the window comes along, we might as well...
The $600 Million Question: Why Is Bill Gates Selling His Hydrogen-Powered Megayacht?
7 May 2024, 17:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / To be or not to be (a megayacht owner), that is the real question. Prince Hamlet might have been tormented about life's hardships and the right approach to them, but the biggest question of the day is a $600+ million one: why did the billionai...
The TVR Scamander Is the Most Bonkers and Badass Off-Road Amphibian. Road Legal, Too
7 May 2024, 07:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / What's in a name?, Romeo, the perpetually tragic romantic hero, mused after he set eyes for the first time on Juliet. A rose by any other name might smell as sweet – to stick with the Shakespeare analogy –, but a name also holds th...
American Tech Billionaire Is Getting the Megayacht of Dreams: 374-Foot Project Arwen
6 May 2024, 14:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Who says sky's the limit or that you should put an expiration date on dreams? If you're a billionaire with all the resources and the right connections, neither of these has to apply. Back in the summer of 2022, Dorries Yachts, a luxu...
The Overlook Cottage Is a Tiny House Unlike Any Other, With Two Kitchens and Rooftop Deck
6 May 2024, 06:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Because there is no such thing as too much of a good thing, one U.S.-based builder of tiny homes is taking the idea of downsizing by means of a tiny home and spinning it into something different – something that could compete with traditional...
Wind Blows Yacht 'Why' Onto the Beach and Then Into the Pier
5 May 2024, 13:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Rarely before has been a fight so unfair and unexpected: a 30-meter (98.4-foot) yacht fought the wind and lost, running aground on a beach and then into a stone pier in Spetses, Greece. Damage is believed to have been extensive – to the yacht...
Rick Ross Claims Drake Made His Private Jet Crash: "Thank You for the Prayers"
5 May 2024, 12:24 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Part of the game of being a rapper is lots of flexing on social media and the occasional feud with a fellow rapper. In the case of Rick Ross and Drake, who happen to be feuding right now, that also entails playing into plane crash rumors. To u...
Built for Bill Gates: Feadship Project 821 Is World's First Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Megayacht
5 May 2024, 10:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Some of the best things in life are unseen, Helen Keller once said. She couldn't have been referring to Project 821, a record-setting megayacht with a potentially very controversial ownership. This one is made to be seen, admired, and talked a...
This Off-Grid Tiny Home Inspired by a WWII Fighter Plane Could Be the Future of Prefabs
5 May 2024, 00:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You can find inspiration everywhere around you, if you only take the time to look. For one designer and architect with a passion for history and aeronautics, inspiration for his next project – an off-grid tiny house – came from a WWII f...
The 'Fluctus' Superyacht Is Designed for a Billionaire Looking for Inner Peace
4 May 2024, 13:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Just because a super-expensive and relatively unnecessary "toy" puts the focus on sustainability doesn't mean that it can't be lavish or keep up with the trends. The world's one-percenters would no longer be buying superyac...
This 39-Foot Custom Tiny House Does Away With All Preconceptions About Tiny Living
4 May 2024, 10:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In theory, downsizing means scaling down your entire lifestyle, from your home to your possessions, and including a shift in priorities. In practice, we have park model tiny houses, which allow for downsizing but with a very unexpected spin: in com...