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.
Alaska Man Who Tracks Down Stolen Vehicles is no Longer Allowed to Chase Them
25 Mar 2019, 13:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A man from Anchorage, Alaska, had been helping car owners retrieve their stolen vehicles but, as part of a plea deal he just made, he will no longer be able to chase after suspects. In August last year, 54-year-old Floyd Hall was following a st...
Family Demands Answers From Air France-KLM After Death of Dog in Cargo Hold
25 Mar 2019, 12:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Last week, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) went after Air France-KLM as word got out that a dog had died while making an 11-hour flight from Amsterdam to Los Angeles, placed in the plane’s cargo hold. The group urged th...
Man Viciously Kicks Elderly Woman on NYC Subway, People Shoot Videos, Do Nothing
25 Mar 2019, 12:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Video of a recent subway attack went viral last week, prompting a quick response from the police. At the weekend, the NYPD announced that the attacker had been apprehended, crediting assistance from the public in his capture. In reality, the pu...
Woman Smashes Into House And Kills Mom, Asks For Driving Privileges Back
22 Mar 2019, 20:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / How’s that for presumptuous: a woman who was high on weed and was texting while driving crashed into a house and killed the woman inside, seriously injuring her 5-month kid as well. She now wants to be allowed back at the wheel. Adrianna ...
White Supremacist Delivers Brutal Beatdown to Woman Blocking Him in Parking Lot
22 Mar 2019, 18:48 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Video of an incident that occurred in a parking lot in Deep Ellum, Dallas after a dispute over parking space has emerged online. And it’s shedding new light into a growing problem in the big US of A: white supremacy and racist violence. A...
Car Thieves Steal Woman’s Car But Help Her With Groceries First
22 Mar 2019, 17:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / And they say chivalry is dead! Two men from Glendale, California, both with priors and outstanding warrants, were arrested after they carjacked a woman at gunpoint. But first, they helped her with her groceries. Archie Underwood, 22, and Gregor...
Buddhist Leaves Lucky Buddha “Armor” at Home, is Killed by a Truck
22 Mar 2019, 16:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A tuk-tuk driver from Thailand, famous around the world for never leaving home without his lucky Buddha “armor,” was killed by a truck when – you guessed it – he forgot to put the “armor” on. Whether you beli...
Idiot Driver Brake Checks Cyclist, Has Him Smash Through The Rear Window
22 Mar 2019, 13:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The latest in douchebag trends seems to be filming yourself while you brake check cyclists or you intentionally ram them with your car, then pretend to be concerned about them. A new video has emerged on social media, showing an idiot driver wh...
JetBlue Pilots Sued For Drugging, Raping Flight Attendants
22 Mar 2019, 12:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Two pilots from JetBlue are being sued for drugging and raping 3 flight attendants working for the same company, during a layover in Puerto Rico. The airline company has been covering up for them ever since, the suit argues. In court papers fil...
Man Caught Trying to Smuggle Tortoises as Chocolate Into German Airport
22 Mar 2019, 12:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / There’s no limit to people’s inventiveness when it comes to breaking the law, as an elderly passenger flying into Berlin proved earlier this month. He was arrested, unfortunately (for him), but he still gets points for unbound imaginati...
Florida Grandma Invents Device to Prevent Hot Car Deaths
21 Mar 2019, 17:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A grandmother from Winter Haven, Florida, was so saddened to hear countless reports of hot car deaths, be they of children or dogs, that she set out to create a device that would prevent them. It’s called SOLO. SOLO stands for Save Our Lo...
11-Year-Old Kid Steals Mom’s Chrysler Pacifica, Causes Mayhem
21 Mar 2019, 16:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Lying to mom or going through her purse for small change is no thing for an 11-year-old boy from St. Louis, Missouri. He recently graduated to auto theft. KMOV reports that the child, whose identity won’t be made public because he’s ...
Car Burglar Breaks Into Vehicle, Steals Stuff, Poops in The Backseat
21 Mar 2019, 15:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Dealing with having your car broken into is difficult enough, but one San Francisco resident says that wasn’t the most traumatizing part of the experience. What she found in the backseat was. As you inferred from the headline, that would ...
Teen Intentionally Drives Off Cliff, Wrecks Mazda But Survives Without Injuries
21 Mar 2019, 14:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One teen’s story of survival is the very definition of “having someone watch over you.” A teenage male driver from Prineville, Oregon, intentionally drove his car off a steep cliff, wrecked it almost beyond recognition, but surviv...
Man Steals Purse From House he Came For Help to, After His Car Broke Down
21 Mar 2019, 13:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / We see this in a lot of movies: some dude or dudette comes knocking at the door, offering a sob story about how their car broke down and they just need to use the phone. If it’s a horror flick, usually, whoever answers the door is dead within...
Royal Mail Goes Green, Will Deliver Parcels With e-Trikes
21 Mar 2019, 13:24 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In a bid to reduce the air pollution in London and, ultimately, in the entire United Kingdom, Royal Mail is thinking a new, greener way of delivering parcels: e-trikes. A new, 6-month trial is set to debut in London, Post & Parcel reports. ...
Husky Dies in Air France-KLM Cargo Hold, PETA is Fuming
21 Mar 2019, 12:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A dog owner who came to pick up her pet pooch from LAX after an 11-hour flight from Amsterdam was told she would find it at the warehouse, because it had died on the plane. The dog, believed to have been a husky, made the transatlantic flight o...
Driver Starts Breakdancing After Hot Pursuit, Before Being Handcuffed
21 Mar 2019, 10:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / There’s resisting arrest and then there’s… this. A suspect who led police on a high-speed chase ran out of his vehicle and, right before cops slapped handcuffs on him, he started breakdancing. And yes, there’s video of ...
Taco Bell Hot Sauce Saves Another Man’s Life in Crash
20 Mar 2019, 19:38 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Taco Bell Hot Sauce is so good it saves lives, and yes, you’re to take that literally. For the second time this month, hot sauce packets are credited to saving a man from certain death. This time, the scene of the incident is in Winter Ha...
Impossibly Cute Koala Sneaks Into Open Car to Chill in The AC
20 Mar 2019, 18:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If wildlife in Australia isn’t trying to kill you, it’s trying to invade every bit of personal space you have. That includes your car, especially if you leave the door open and the air conditioning on. Australian winemaker Tim Whitr...