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.
Justin Bieber Officially Joins the Celebrity Cybertruck Owners Club
1 Mar 2024, 11:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It takes guts to choose not to use traditional marketing to advertise a product, especially when that product is deemed a "risk" for challenging the status quo. With Tesla, though, it turns out that they really don't need ads –...
Mark Zuckerberg Buys Russian's $300M Megayacht and a Shadow Vessel to Go With It
1 Mar 2024, 10:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Late last year, a rumor started making the rounds online: Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook and one of the richest and most secretive men in the world, had just bought his first superyacht. As it turns out, that rumor is true. For all his...
This Sleek Tiny Home Can Go Off-Grid, Still Feels Luxurious
1 Mar 2024, 07:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / All this talk about sustainability, intentional living, de-cluttering your life, and other such hippie-sounding motivational phrases in relation to the tiny house movement might get you to believe that only the most basic, smallest, uncomplicated, ...
The World's First Jet Suit Race Is a Success: First Event Was as Spectacular as Promised
29 Feb 2024, 12:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It's never a good idea to set up too high expectations by comparing yourself to or challenging others who have done similar work, but the strategy seems to have paid off for Gravity Industries. Last month, Gravity Industries announced a par...
This Is the Ultimate e-Bike Camper: Cheap, DIY, and With Its Own Powertrain
29 Feb 2024, 08:49 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Everybody on the internet loves a good hyperbole, and it's not difficult to see why. When we're being flooded with content and information every minute of every day, one way to get your own content to stand out is to overstate the truth. ...
This Luxury Airline Will Offer Apple's Vision Pro Headset for In-Flight Entertainment
28 Feb 2024, 13:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Flying can be such a drag. Any type of extended travel has the potential to become a negative experience, but none is a match for flying, even when you only do it on occasion, are trying to stay zen thinking of your destination, or use whatever amo...
World's First 5G-Enabled e-Bike Is Designed for Rider Safety, and It's a Complete Mystery
28 Feb 2024, 12:24 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Traffic safety is not a competition, but if it were, cyclists would probably not win it. They might stand a chance if the Orbic 5G e-Bike makes it to production, though. Orbic is a U.S. company specializing in connectivity options – an &qu...
Tom Cruise Can Do Anything He Sets His Mind to, Except Open a Veyron Door or Own a Bugatti
28 Feb 2024, 06:48 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Tom Cruise might not be an agreeable human being to spend time with in a personal capacity, but as an entertainer, few others can hold a candle to him. He is, without a doubt, the last standing movie action star, and he's pushing himself to li...
The Pisgah Tiny Home Puts a Porch Smack in the Middle of the House
28 Feb 2024, 05:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Bigger doesn't mean better, unless we're talking about tiny houses, where space is at a premium and ultimately translates into a more comfortable transition to a downsized lifestyle. And no one does bigger – or better – than t...
One Dad Built This Super-Realistic Boeing 737-800 Flight Simulator in His Garage
27 Feb 2024, 12:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When the rest of the world was making sourdough bread, cleaning up the house, or ordering a new bunker in the spring of 2020 when the lockdowns began, this dad started building a flight simulator in his home garage. As one does. That last part i...
This Is the 1968 Kershaw Kruise-Aire, an RV and Mobile Office Like No Other
27 Feb 2024, 07:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Like all responsible grownups, Royce Kershaw Sr. wanted to treat his family only to the best of everything. Unlike most adults, though, he was in a position to give them just that: he was a very successful businessman and, to boot, he was an invent...
This Brand-New Bugatti Veyron Got Simon Cowell Banned by Bugatti
26 Feb 2024, 12:38 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As automotive urban legends go, this is neither the strangest nor the most surprising, if it were true. In 2014, Bugatti banned multimedia kingpin Simon Cowell from ever buying a Bugatti again. The reason for the supposed ban is the 2008 Bugatti...
Brad Pitt Ditches His Bike, Opts for a Porsche Taycan on Los Angeles Outing
26 Feb 2024, 11:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In his almost four decades in the industry, a big chunk of which he spent as one of the biggest stars in the world, Brad Pitt has learned the power of discretion. So, when he doesn't want to be seen, he's able to become invisible. We d...
Six Gold-Plated Harley-Davidsons Crushed by Police in Unprecedented Move
26 Feb 2024, 09:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / "Crime doesn't pay" is something you hear the good, idealist cop say in TV shows or tear-jerking Hollywood productions. But it's also a message the New Zealand Police is looking to make crystal clear following the 2019 success o...
The Nest Treehouse Is How You Successfully Camouflage a Tiny House
26 Feb 2024, 08:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In many ways, 2020 was a watershed moment for humanity. This was one of the most difficult years in modern history, both economically and socially, but it was also the year when modern man's priorities shifted permanently. The trend of down...
'86 Scania Is Living Its Best Life as a DIY Housetruck
25 Feb 2024, 08:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you want something done, you'd better see to it yourself. This is something you invariably hear in mobster flicks, but recent years have shown applicability extends to real life with the downsizing, digital nomad crowd. Alternative housi...
SaltSaun Is the Fanciest Use of a Bend Teardrop Trailer, Even Has an Off-Grid Version
25 Feb 2024, 02:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A teardrop trailer can be the perfect towable for weekend warriors or experienced overlanders who don't mind sacrificing some comfort and space for extra mobility. So, if you can take the creature comforts of your home with you on your outings...
Wayne Residence Is a Heritage Mansion With a Very Glamorous Secret: A Batcave Garage
25 Feb 2024, 01:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You've got to hand it to billionaires: when it comes to making an impression, they have the resources and the connections to pull it through. If that billionaire is pharmaceuticals boss Dennis Bastas, who once boasted of not having made a bad ...
Billionaires Going All In on Bunkers and Bombproof Homes, Not Just Old Cars and Planes
24 Feb 2024, 02:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It's human nature to want to take care of yourself and those you cherish most in a worst-case scenario, but it's the privilege of the rich to be able to do so in ways that put any big-budget Hollywood production to shame. We'll ca...
Campboks All-In-One Module Instantly Turns Any Van Into a Complete Home on Wheels
24 Feb 2024, 01:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It's hard to define in concrete terms the exact ingredients that make up "vanlife," but if you ask one young Austrian startup, they'd say that the list has to include the ability to live on the road while retaining the full func...