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.
World’s Most Well-Lit Road Has Over 1,000 Light Poles, is Only 3km Long
10 Apr 2019, 15:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Talk about a (bad) plan (expectedly) backfire! Villagers from China’s Shaanxi Province thought they could get more money from the government and, in so doing, they created what has been dubbed the world’s most well-lit road. Though ...
Driver Flees From Police in Nothing But a T-Shirt After Short Chase
10 Apr 2019, 15:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Thomasville, North Carolina man ran into a lot of legal trouble earlier this week, when he refused to get out of his car and chose instead to engage the officers in a short car chase. He also lost his pants in the process – or right before ...
Dude Turns NYC Subway Car Into Tropical Oasis
10 Apr 2019, 15:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / An unknown man brought a breath of fresh, clean air (literally so) on one of the most crowded, smelly trains in New York: the 2 train. He did it without help from fellow passengers, by loading tree after tree onto the subway car. A video that&r...
Teen Hospitalized With Severe Head Injury While Car Surfing on Skateboard
10 Apr 2019, 13:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Another case of car surfing injury is making international headlines, this time after a 15-year-old boy riding a skateboard while hanging on the open window of a running car fell and was severely injured. The incident occurred on Sunday and, as...
Thief Arrives in Taxi, Struts Around in High Heels, Drives Off in Range Rover
10 Apr 2019, 13:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A woman from Bury, Greater Manchester, U.K., found out the hard way why it’s a bad idea to go clubbing with a purse packed with everything of importance, from your driver’s license to the car keys, your cell phone and house keys. Lou...
Instagram Model Covers Lamborghini Aventador in 2 Million Swarovski Crystals
10 Apr 2019, 12:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / An Instagram model with enough money to splurge on the world’s fastest and most expensive cars is again making headlines for taking one such car and making it more expensive and considerably less fast. Though not much is known about Daria...
Church-Backed App Reports 900 Possible Slavery Cases at Hand Car Washes
10 Apr 2019, 11:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Spot a possible case of labor slavery? There’s an app for that! British drivers have the possibility to report anything suspicious they see at local hand car washes, and their findings help police track down and punish traffickers. The Saf...
Scarlett Johansson Compares Herself to Princess Diana After Car Chase
10 Apr 2019, 11:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Having worked long enough in the industry, actress Scarlett Johansson knows that a certain amount of scrutiny comes with the territory. However, she draws the line at being chased by paparazzi in blacked-out cars because she could end up like Princ...
Brooklyn Prostitute Steals Corrections Officer’s Car, Establishes M.O.
9 Apr 2019, 15:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Taquanna Lawton from Brooklyn, New York, knows what she wants and what she wants is a cop’s car. For the second time in under a year, the 20-year-old hooker has been arrested on car theft charges, after she drove off in a cop’s car, the...
NYPD Cop Pops Wheelie on Confiscated Dirt Bike, Crashes it Into Cars
9 Apr 2019, 15:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One NYPD cop made a complete fool of himself when he set out to ride a confiscated dirt bike himself to the station, instead of waiting for a trailer to come pick it up. And yes, it was caught on camera. Footage of the incident popped up online...
Dodge Challenger Driver Hits Teen Crossing The Street, Checks on Her, Speeds Off
9 Apr 2019, 14:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In today’s “how can anyone be so callous” news, a woman is wanted for hit and run by the NYPD, after she failed to brake at a crossing and plowed into a 14-year-old walking on it. Xin Yi Wang was walking home from school when ...
SUV Smashes Into California Gym, Knocks Man Off The Treadmill
9 Apr 2019, 13:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Culver City, California man wanted to get an early start at his favorite gym, but ended up in the hospital when a car crashed into the building and knocked him off the treadmill. Some people might interpret that as a sign that working out is ...
Australian Drivers Regard Cyclists as Not Fully Human, Study Finds
9 Apr 2019, 12:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’ve recently bought a bike and were thinking of cycling to and from work to save time and / or get in shape and protect the environment, bad news: drivers tend to regard cyclists as not fully human. At least drivers in Australia do, acc...
Take Selfie at Phuket Airport Beach, Expect The Death Penalty
9 Apr 2019, 12:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you visit Thailand and arrive in Phuket, make sure you stay off the strip of sand next to the airport, or you might be facing the death penalty. The beach next to Phuket Airport is a huge attraction with holidaymakers and social media influ...
Cristiano Ronaldo Plays Air Piano While Driving And Road Safety Groups Are Mad
9 Apr 2019, 11:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Whether they like it or not, and even if they specifically state it’s not what they want, celebrities are held to higher standards than everybody else. They are role models for their fans and followers, and this applies to anything from socia...
Drunk Woman on Spirit Airlines Flashes Entire Cabin When She Twerks in Anger
9 Apr 2019, 09:43 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A passenger on a Spirit Airlines flight from late last month will forever live in Internet infamy after she went on an unhinged rant that also saw her twerk in anger (yes, there is such a thing) and intentionally flash the entire cabin. Perhaps...
Man Gets Out of Jail, Immediately Starts Burglarizing Cars in The Parking Lot
8 Apr 2019, 16:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Some people just can’t help themselves, it would seem. One Florida man, who had just been released from jail on bond following grand theft charges, was “rebooked” when he was caught burglarizing vehicles in the parking lot, only m...
Four Charged For Gender Reveal Burnout in Australia
8 Apr 2019, 15:59 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Gender reveal burnouts are the gender reveal cakes for car aficionados, but Australian police doesn’t look too kindly on this type of events. In fact, the country has some of the strictest laws in this sense – as a couple of soon-to-be-...
Drunk Driver Crashes Into Parked Car, Tries to Enter Wrong House
8 Apr 2019, 15:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s one thing to drink and drive and then crash your vehicle into a parked car, but fleeing the scene on foot thinking you’re going home AND breaking into someone else’s house is taking it to a whole new level. It happened t...
Woman Steals Police Cruiser at Car Wash, Almost Gets Away With It
8 Apr 2019, 14:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Even for a hardened criminal, this move must require a set of very heavy cojones: a woman from Nashville, Tennessee, was trying to steal a car and, when prevented, she stole the police cruiser instead. The Nashville Police department says in a ...