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.
Princess Diana Wouldn’t Have Died in Crash if She’d Worn a Seatbelt
8 Apr 2019, 14:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / On August 31, 1997, the Princess of Wales was killed in a one-vehicle crash in an S-Class in Paris, together with her boyfriend Dodi Fayed and her driver Henry Paul. Her bodyguard survived, because he was the only one who was wearing a seatbelt at ...
10-Year-Old Boy Surfs on Parents’ Car, is Run Over
8 Apr 2019, 13:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Two parents from California City, California, are now under police investigation after their 10-year-old boy was hospitalized with injuries caused by being run over while “car surfing.” Despite being the cause of numerous deaths and ...
New York Firefighter Proposes During Drill, Sparks Fly
8 Apr 2019, 12:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When they’re not using the fire trucks in rescue missions, firefighters at a New York station are using them for a more romantic purpose, as props in surprise proposals. This happened during a drill on April Fools’ day at the Barneveld ...
Lidl Parking Lot is Like “The Bermuda Triangle” of Malfunctioning Car Key Fobs
8 Apr 2019, 11:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Lidl supermarket in Gloucestershire, UK, is getting quite a reputation for having a “Bermuda Triangle” of a parking lot, which apparently makes almost all car key fobs malfunction. And no, there’s no explanation for it just yet,...
Black Car vs. Silver Car: An Epic Parking Standoff in Koreatown, Los Angeles
5 Apr 2019, 12:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / We’re so used to seeing road rage incident turning violent that witnessing, even virtually, an on-road dispute that doesn’t lead to fists being thrown or guns fired is a delight. This particular incident is even more so, having dragged ...
14-Year-Old Carjacks Elderly Driver, Totals Stolen Vehicle 10 Minutes Later
5 Apr 2019, 11:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A teenage boy was arrested by San Jose police at his home, one day after news broke that a 72-year-old man had been carjacked and beaten up in his driveway, as he was returning from a grocery run. The teen totaled the car only 10 minutes after he s...
Stolen Nissan Altima Crashes Into Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island Home
5 Apr 2019, 09:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Taylor Swift’s beachfront mansion in Rhode Island has had another unwanted night visitor, when a bunch of teenagers running from the cops in a stolen car crashed into her front gate. The good news is that the driver and the occupants of th...
Ben Stiller Gives Woman His Seat on NYC Subway, She Totally Freaks Out
4 Apr 2019, 15:43 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Having someone stand up on public transport to give you their seat is shocking enough, but looking up to see that they’re a celebrity to boot is good enough reason to remove your hair rollers. We’ll explain. Comedian Ben Stiller was...
Man With Face Tattoo Impersonates Cop, Steals Car And Spray Paints it Purple
4 Apr 2019, 15:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One dude from Texas added a few more notches to his belt as a criminal when he came up with the not-so-smart idea of impersonating a cop while stealing another man’s car. Ironically (even considering that sometimes appearances can be dece...
Australian Man Bombs Couple’s Car After Altercation at McDonald’s Drive-Thru
4 Apr 2019, 14:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Talk about overreacting! An Australian man and his partner were arrested this week after they stalked and harassed a couple for 6 whole weeks and even blew up their car, for an incident that occurred at a McDonald’s drive-thru. Sky News re...
Tesla’s Sentry Mode Leads to Vandal’s Arrest After Keying Parked Model 3
4 Apr 2019, 13:55 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As the saying goes, “Jealousy looks bad on you, yet you continue to wear it.” One woman intentionally keyed a parked Tesla – twice! – out of spite and probably thought she’d get away with it. She didn’t, because ...
Man Arrested For Tossing Coins at Plane’s Engine For Good Luck
4 Apr 2019, 13:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When superstitions come to replace common sense, tragedies can happen. One such tragedy was avoided recently, as a domestic flight was about to take off from the airport at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Hubei province, China. A 31-year-...
Cops Give Kid Battling Cancer Brand New Bike After His is Stolen
4 Apr 2019, 12:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / People can do the most heartless things, like steal a kid’s bike when he hadn’t even gotten around to riding it because he was battling cancer. Luckily, the kid has the cops looking out for him. Daylin Campbell is 13 and he lives in...
Woman Asks Uber Driver For a Ride, Steals His Car When He Turns Her Down
4 Apr 2019, 11:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A driver for Uber in Detroit got his car stolen by a potential customer who wouldn’t take “no” for an answer. The carjacking then turned into a high-speed police chase, as at least one officer was present when the customer took of...
Dude Live Feeds Himself Doing 190 Mph in His Mustang, Cops Show up The Next Day
4 Apr 2019, 09:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s not just kids these days that seem to be obsessed with putting everything up on social media. Because it can prove a constant source of income, adding content to social media platforms proves an irresistible temptation to grown-ups, too....
Furious Dad Runs Over Son’s PlayStation 4 With His Dodge Challenger
3 Apr 2019, 13:49 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you ever wondered about the sound a PlayStation 4 makes when meeting its untimely demise under the wheels of a Dodge Challenger, this here video will provide an answer. A furious dad decided to give his son a serious helping of tough love for...
Driver Who Ran Over 9YO Girl in Her Front Yard Surrenders, Claims Innocence
3 Apr 2019, 12:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The manhunt for a Georgia driver who hit a 9-year-old girl as she was playing outside in her front yard and then fled the scene, is over. A man is in police custody after he turned himself in – with an incredibly tall story for an excuse for ...
Murder of Student by Fake Uber Driver Prompts Safety Campaign: What’s My Name?
3 Apr 2019, 12:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / On Friday, the body of one South Carolina student was found dumped in the fields, after she got into a car she believed was the Uber she’d ordered to get home. The University of South Carolina is seeking to prevent any more similar deaths, by...
Elderly Woman Caught Driving With Baby Goat in Her Lap
3 Apr 2019, 11:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / To paraphrase the Marlborough Police Department, this was a very baaahd idea: a female driver was pulled over when officers noticed she was on her cellphone, and was caught driving with a kid goat in her lap. Policing the roads in New Hampshire...
Driver Too Lazy to Get a Real Driver’s License Draws One Himself, Uses It
3 Apr 2019, 09:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Document forgery is not new and neither is it that unusual, but it does tend to be a bit more thorough than what Chinese police had to deal with when they pulled over a biker. An incident that occurred at the end of last month in the city of Li...