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.
Alabama Woman Finds Puppy Under The Hood of The Car
21 May 2019, 13:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It sucks to find live animals under the hood of your car for at least 2 reasons: one, they can be injured when they’re rescued, and two, removing them causes serious damage to the car. On a related note, it sure beats finding a snake ther...
Disqualified Driver Runs Over Girl, Flees, Still Claims He’s a Good Person
21 May 2019, 12:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A cowardly driver tried to mount a rather hilarious argument in court, considering his priors: despite the fact that he drove when he was disqualified from doing so and ran over a little girl who had fallen off her scooter, and then fled, he was st...
Drunk Driver Feigns Fainting Spell, Has Epic Fail
21 May 2019, 12:20 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s no secret (and definitely nothing to be ashamed of): some people will use emotional manipulation to get out of trouble. Whether it’s crying to get out of a fine, pretending to be sick to avoid getting a ticket, it’s all b...
Driver Turns to Grab Water Bottle, Accidentally Plows Through Pedestrians
21 May 2019, 11:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A moment’s distraction without the proper precautions led to a very serious crash in China today, at around 9am local time, South China Morning Post reports. A 45-year-old female driver surnamed Ding was at the wheel of a white Mercedes-B...
13-Year-Old Boy Leads Police on 100mph Chase in Stolen Chevy Impala
20 May 2019, 14:20 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A couple of 13-year-old boys from Otter Tail City, Minnesota, thought they were in for a fun night when they got inside a 2010 Chevrolet Impala and went for a drive. The fun stopped when a police cruiser summoned them to pull over, after the of...
Shirtless Florida Man Steals Police Cruiser, Does 150mph With It
20 May 2019, 12:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Florida man is at it again: Shane Jensen was arrested and charged after he stole a police cruiser and trying to elude cops in it by doing 150mph. He still got caught in the end. A Florida Highway Patrol trooper pulled over on the highway in Oke...
Van Passenger Impaled by Tripod Thrown From Overpass, Survives
20 May 2019, 12:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A van for transporting veterans free of charge came to an abrupt halt in the middle of the highway in Sacramento, California, when a tripod thrown from an overpass smashed right through the windshield. The only passenger inside was impaled thro...
Canadian Police to Use “Scarecrow” Cops to Catch Speedsters
20 May 2019, 12:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One Australian cop hid in the bushes on the median of a highway in the hope of catching speedsters with his radar gun, but the Canadian police have him beat at this game: they will be using cutouts to the same end. Life-size cutouts made to loo...
Florida Man Sets Wife’s House on Fire, Flees in General Lee-Painted Charger
20 May 2019, 11:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Much like a beloved character on the popular “Game of Thrones” series, one Florida man wanted to see it all burn. So he set his ex-wife’s house on fire and then tried to flee the cops in his Dodge Charger. Also like that GoT c...
Ambulance Crew Record Themselves Talking About Beating Patient With Extinguisher
16 May 2019, 15:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You’d expect the staffers who work on an ambulance to show a bit more empathy and consideration for the patients they help transport, but this wasn’t the case here. Two crew members on a G4S ambulance in Kent, U.K., accidentally lef...
Bill Murray Once Stole a Prop Police Car With Chloe Sevigny, Adam Driver
16 May 2019, 15:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This is probably an anecdote that would get a lesser famous person in trouble with the law but it will probably lead to nothing in the case of the trio starring in this year’s Cannes opener “The Dead Don’t Die.” The film,...
Man Hangs Out The Window of Speeding Car, Fighting The Driver
16 May 2019, 14:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A couple from Colorado Springs, Colorado, were witness to a strange and potentially dangerous incident on the road, as another motorist was driving his car at high speeds while another man was hanging out the passenger-side window. They even ca...
Woman, Daughter Jump Out of Moving Car During Terrifying Lyft Ride
16 May 2019, 14:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One woman from Duncanville, Texas, says she followed all safety procedures when she got into her most recent – and probably last – Lyft ride she had ordered on the app. Stefanie Brown tells NBC5 DFW that she ordered the ride for her...
Drunk 12-Year-Old Steals Grandpa’s Car, Leads Police on High-Speed Chase
16 May 2019, 14:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 12-year-old girl from New Mexico took partying to a literally new level, when she and 3 of her (minor) friends stole her grandpa’s car and they went out and got drunk. While driving around. We’ve all done some pretty stupid stuff ...
Woman Pushes Elderly Man Off Bus, is Arrested For Murder
16 May 2019, 13:24 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A vile gesture may land a woman in prison on murder charges, after the man she pushed off a bus died from his injuries. The incident actually occurred on March 21, 2019, but the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is only making it public ...
Las Vegas Woman Falsely Reports Car And Child Stolen
16 May 2019, 13:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Las Vegas woman found out the hard way why it’s never a good idea to call 911 and falsely report (made-up) crimes, after she called to say her car and her 4-week baby had gone missing. The report went out earlier this week, after Shavon...
The Human Car Wash is a Real Thing And Can be Yours For $5,100
16 May 2019, 12:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you ever looked at your car while at the car wash and thought “gee, I wish that were me!,” you’re in luck: a human car wash actually exists and can be yours for $5,100. Bear with us. Finish engineer Matti Paaso spent 3 year...
Southwest Discriminates Against Severely Disabled Passengers, Wants Them Gone
16 May 2019, 11:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / An Austin, Texas man is blasting Southwest Airlines for refusing to accommodate him on a flight despite the fact that he was willing to provide both the equipment and the trained personnel for it to happen. In a lengthy post on Facebook, Jon Mo...
Cop Pulls up in Front of Black Man’s House, Tries to Take Him in For no Reason
16 May 2019, 10:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Houston cop driving through a residential neighborhood pulled up in front of a man’s house and proceeded to take him in, even though he wasn’t doing anything wrong. The only thing Clarence Evans was “guilty” of was bei...
Professional Wrestler Body-Slams Man For Taking His Parking Spot
15 May 2019, 15:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You know parking is bad when you put your wrestling skills to use on another motorist, in a totally unscripted (and very unsafe) real-life situation. It happened last weekend in Japan, in the parking lot of a supermarket in Chigasaki City, the K...