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.
Florida Mother Leaves Her 5 Kids Alone in the Car to Go Drinking
28 Mar 2019, 15:26 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When the urge comes, it can make one put all common sense aside. A mother from North Port, Florida, has been charged with 5 counts of child neglect after locking her kids in the car so she could go to the bar for drinks. The children were all K...
Britain’s Oldest Cop, 74, Arrests 29YO Suspect After Foot, High-Speed Chase
28 Mar 2019, 14:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You know what they say about how “age is nothing but a number.” In this particular case, it proved to be true, as a 74-year-old police officer with the roads police unit in Essex, U.K., apprehended a much younger suspect after a spectac...
Mother Slams Korean Air, Delta For Kicking Teens Off Flight For Peanut Allergy
28 Mar 2019, 14:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A mother is publicly slamming Delta Airlines and its partner Korean Air, after a situation that saw her two teenage boys, 15 and 16, stranded in South Korea. And it was all because one of the airlines wouldn’t accommodate one of the boys, who...
Phoenix Carjacker Takes Off With 8YO Inside, Teaches Parents Valuable Lesson
28 Mar 2019, 13:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / For two parents in Phoenix, Arizona, the message authorities have been trying to convey for a very long time had been received loud and clear: never leave your car engine running and your doors unlocked. However, to get the message, they first ...
Drunk Woman Pees on Crew Member’s Luggage on American Airlines Flight
28 Mar 2019, 12:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It goes without saying that you shouldn’t be drinking when in public if you know you can’t handle yourself in a decent manner. One female passenger flying American Airlines forgot all decency and common sense at home, when she peed insi...
Utah Woman Survives For 1 Week in SUV Stuck in Snow, Could’ve Gone Another Week
28 Mar 2019, 12:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Earlier this month, a man from Oregon got stuck in snow when he was caught in a snowstorm and he ended up surviving for 5 whole days on Taco Bell Hot Sauce packets. This woman from Utah is here to teach him a lesson on the importance of being prepa...
San Antonio Woman Steals Car Outside of Gas Station, Quickly Runs Out of Gas
27 Mar 2019, 15:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s a note for wannabe car thieves: if you’re going to steal a vehicle from outside a gas station, you’d better make sure it’s got a full tank before you get behind the wheel. One female suspect must have kicked hersel...
Woman’s Chevy Torched For Having Trump Cutout in The Passenger Seat
27 Mar 2019, 13:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 65-year-old woman from Philadelphia says she’s living in fear for her life after her car was torched right outside her house. And it’s all because she’s an avid supporter of President Trump, she says. The incident occurred e...
Drunk Driver Sprays Axe Body Spray in His Mouth to Cover the Alcohol Breath
27 Mar 2019, 12:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / According to Axe marketing, spraying yourself with this body spray will attract women like moth to a flame. According to one guy, Axe could also work to successfully mask the smell of alcohol on one’s breath. Well, if you’re drunk e...
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Workout Routine Includes Fat-Tire Bike, Mini Pony
26 Mar 2019, 16:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When it comes to staying in shape, no one does it like Arnold Schwarzenegger. The 71-year-old actor, who had open-heart surgery last year, is a new fan of fat-tire bikes, but he’s also getting some help with his workouts from a cute mini pony...
Drunk Michael Madsen Crashes Land Rover in Malibu, Gets Arrested
26 Mar 2019, 15:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Actor Michael Madsen, famous for starring in several iconic Quentin Tarantino films, is back to boozing and driving – and getting himself in trouble with the law. TMZ has confirmation from the L.A. County Sheriff's Department that th...
Adventurer Does Extreme 100-Mile Marathon in Brogues After Airline Loses Luggage
26 Mar 2019, 15:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Having an airline company misplace or lose one's luggage can be a small tragedy in and of itself, but nothing can compare to the despair one British adventurer must have felt when it happened ahead of a competition in extreme conditions in Mon...
Keanu Reeves Takes Bus Ride With Stranded Plane Passengers, He's so Much Fun
26 Mar 2019, 13:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Twenty-five years after the blockbuster “Speed,” Keanu Reeves was back on a packed bus. This time, though, there were no bombs, no speed restrictions, and no real danger – but the ride was just as fun as watching that movie. T...
Drunk Woman Dragged Off Ryanair Flight to Spain, Passengers Cheer
26 Mar 2019, 13:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This could be one way of telling you’ve had enough to drink: police showing up on your flight before passengers started to deplane, just so you may leave quietly. A woman and her partner caused quite a commotion on board a Ryanair flight f...
Russian Man Busted at Bali Airport With Drugged Orangutan in Luggage
26 Mar 2019, 12:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A man flying to Russia from the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali was caught with a live, drugged orangutan in a rattan basket, which he planned to smuggle into his home country. He’s yet to be charged. The man, identified by The J...
Judge Suggests Convicted Car Thief Abstain From Drinking Pepsi During Probation
26 Mar 2019, 10:24 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you steal a car and lie to the cops, you’d better be prepared to go without Pepsi for the next 4 years – or, at the very least, try to do it. A convicted car thief managed to get off with a mere slap on the wrist for stealing a c...
British Airways Flight Bound For Germany Lands in Scotland by Mistake
26 Mar 2019, 09:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / How’s that for a surprise trip? Passengers on flight BA3271 from British Airways boarded the plane in London hoping to land in Duesseldorf, Germany, but landed in Edinburgh, Scotland instead. And they had no idea their destination had ch...
DMX Takes a Ride in a Stolen Corvette But It’s OK
25 Mar 2019, 16:26 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When he’s not touring to recoup a semblance of financial stability, rapper DMX is in and out of jail on a variety of offense ranging from DUI to making threats or failing to pay support. This is not one of those times, though he did take a sp...
Detroit Woman is Beaten to a Pulp by Occupants of The Car That Hit Hers
25 Mar 2019, 15:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In what is yet another instance of violent road rage, a female driver from Detroit is facing a very long road to recovery after she was jumped by a trio from another car, after they hit her vehicle. Skye Bacon tells Fox 2 that she was driving d...
Russian Man Strips Naked Before Boarding Plane to be More “Aerodynamic”
25 Mar 2019, 14:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / File this under “only in Russia.” A man passed all security checks and was on his way to board a plane to Crimea at the Domodedovo Airport in Moscow, when he stripped all his clothes as a means to improve the aerodynamics of his body. ...