Elena Gorgan
8,143 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.
A Smart But Expensive Way of Preventing Drivers From Parking in Disabled Bays
23 May 2019, 15:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Bad parking jobs are frustrating for everyone else, but seeing able-bodied drivers park in disabled bays is perhaps the most infuriating thing. Illusionist slash comedian slash magician Murray Sawchuck, whom you might have seen on America&rsquo...
Man Fumes at Ryanair Flight Attendants for Letting Him Board the Wrong Plane
23 May 2019, 14:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s one thing to forget where you put your keys and an entirely different – and more complicated – matter when you misplace your own self. And it's not even your fault. One man from Italy boarded a Ryanair flight from Pis...
Woman’s Van Rolls into Georgia River When She Freaks Out Over Spider
23 May 2019, 14:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One woman’s fear of spiders cost her her van and could have easily led to serious physical harm, as she jumped out of her car when she noticed a creepy-crawler had landed in her lap. The woman’s identity hasn’t been made public...
George Clooney on Being Hit by a Car at 70mph: I Split My Helmet in Half
23 May 2019, 13:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As George Clooney is out promoting his latest series, “Catch-22,” which he produced and stars in, his July 2018 bike accident keeps popping up where ever he goes. The good news is that he’s no longer avoids talking about it. N...
Man Locks Himself in Bathroom of easyJet Flight, Forces Pilot to Abort Landing
23 May 2019, 13:26 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Sussex Police had to arrest one male passenger on a recent easyJet flight from Faro, Portugal, to Gatwick, London, U.K., after he locked himself in the bathroom and forced the pilot to abort the scheduled landing. The plane did make it to the g...
Parents Forget Newborn Child in a Taxi on Their Way Home from Hospital
23 May 2019, 13:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / How’s that for a memorable trip back from the hospital after welcoming a new child into the family? One mom and dad from Hamburg, Germany forgot their newborn in the back of a taxi and didn’t realize it until it was too late. In a p...
German Cop Shames Drivers Taking Pictures of Fatal Crash, Invites Them to See
23 May 2019, 12:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Like in most countries, in Germany it is illegal to use a cellphone when you’re driving, regardless if you’re using it to scroll through pictures, read and write emails, talk on it or snap photos. Also in Germany, it’s illegal ...
Dude Tries to Put Out Fire on BMW by Kicking, Blowing on the Flames
23 May 2019, 11:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Word to the wise: kicking flames and blowing on them will not make the fire go out. On the contrary, as one poor dude from Hertfordshire, U.K., found out just recently. In a now-viral video that’s been shared to several car-dedicated Face...
Arizona Student Gets a Chrysler For Perfect Attendance
22 May 2019, 15:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Learning values that will come in handy later in life, when you join the work force, means more than getting good grades in school. And the reward for it is also a sweet one. The East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) in Mesa, Arizona, came...
Freight Train vs. Police Cruiser, Train Wins
22 May 2019, 14:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Train vs. car is never a game that the latter can win. Another solid piece of evidence in this sense comes from a recent train-car collision that happened in Midland County, Texas. It involved a speeding freight train and a police cruiser, a Ch...
Suspect Poops in Car During Break-In, Makes it Easier For The Cops
22 May 2019, 13:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It makes little sense to leave an actual, physical and very gross trail when you commit a crime, but what do we know. One car thief from California obviously doesn’t feel the same way. On Monday, someone went through several cars in the re...
Adorable Ducklings Take Over Nissan Dealership in Florida
22 May 2019, 13:20 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Of all the kinds of living things that could ever wander into a car dealership, this is by far the most adorable: an entire family of ducks has taken over a Nissan dealership in Orlando, Florida. The fact that this is happening in Florida is pr...
Woman Covers Toyota Corolla in Cow Poop For Better Insulation
22 May 2019, 13:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The things we do for love to keep cool. One woman from India will forever go down in history as the person who covered her car in cow poop for a better insulation against the summer heat. The story comes from Rupesh Gaurange, who posted a coupl...
Bees Swarm Cars at Supermarket Parking Lot, Beekeeper Saves The Day
22 May 2019, 12:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You see a bee flying right at you, you try your best to get out of its way. So it’s only understandable that several shoppers fled a supermarket parking lot in panic when they saw hundreds of them swarming from one car to another. It happ...
Original Spice Girl Bus From Spice World Movie is Now on Airbnb
22 May 2019, 12:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’re old enough to care, the Spice Girls are coming back for a new tour this year, sans Posh Spice. If that’s the case, you should probably know that this is your chance to really spice up your life in the most Spice Girl was possi...
Driver Almost Runs Over Pensioner in The Streets, Attacks Him Afterwards
22 May 2019, 11:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Metropolitan Police is looking for a man who, in a fit of road rage, violently attacked a pensioner after getting into a verbal spat with him for coming very close to running him down. The incident occurred in Penge, South East London, U.K....
Cop Pulls Over Driver For Failing to Signal, Finds 15lbs of Meth
21 May 2019, 15:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s a harsh but simple lesson for all wannabe criminals: if you’re going to break the law by transporting and / or distributing drugs in your car, make sure you never give cops a reason to pull you over. In what is definitely a c...
Dog Brings Stuffed Toy For Ride on Back of Motorcycle
21 May 2019, 14:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Some dog owners would not even dream spending a day apart from their four-legged friend, but this is not the way to do it: one biker took his pup on the back of his bike without as much as a security strap. In a video obtained by Viral Hog, whi...
Driver Loses Door on Ferrari in Most Stupid Accident
21 May 2019, 14:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In case you ever wondered how you might wreck a Ferrari in 2 simple steps without even putting it through its paces, one idiot driver in Bucharest, Romania, is here to help. A now-viral video shows the most stupid 2-vehicle crash you will probab...
Father Charged For Chaining Daughter Inside Burning Car, Killing Her
21 May 2019, 13:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A New York man who was able to flee a burning car and jump into a pond to extinguish the flames has been charged for the death of his daughter, whom he had chained inside the vehicle and set it on fire. Martin Pereira, 39, was a person of inter...