Elena Gorgan
8,139 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.
Fast & Furious Returns to CSR Racing 2
15 Mar 2019, 15:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The “Fast & Furious” movie franchise may have hit a bump in the road, forcing fans to wait until 2020 until they get to see the crew again (we’re not including this year’s “Hobbs & Shaw” spinoff), but the...
Here’s a Freight Train Being Blown Off The Rails by “Bomb Cyclone” Storm
15 Mar 2019, 14:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Earlier this week, a “bomb cyclone” storm hit New Mexico, causing considerable damages to homes and buildings, vehicles and one particular Union Pacific freight train that was crossing a bridge on the Canadian River. Winds of up to ...
“Crazy Australians” Wow Tourists by Crossing a Creek in Their Toyota Hilux
15 Mar 2019, 14:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It was a make-it-or-break-it type of moment for a driver in a Toyota Hilux truck attempting to cross the “creek” at Blacksmith’s Beach in New South Wales, Australia, as revealed by a recent video posted on ViralHog. The footag...
Smartphone Zombies Get LED Sidewalk Lights in Tel Aviv
15 Mar 2019, 13:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Put a smartphone-distracted pedestrian in a crowded, busy city and the chances of an accident go up exponentially. Tel Aviv is aiming to decrease the number of injuries caused by car-pedestrian accidents by making the latter more attentive to traff...
“Sovereign Citizen” Arrested in Washington For Putting Fake License on His Chevy
15 Mar 2019, 12:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Bellevue Police, Washington have arrested a member of the “Sovereign Citizen” movement, traveling on public roads with a fake license plate. The details of the arrest have been made public on the department’s official blog. Th...
Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson Films Himself Doing 105mph, Apologizes
14 Mar 2019, 16:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s only natural to want to flaunt it if you’ve got it, but you have to be aware of what else you’re showing, too. More importantly, you have to be a responsible driver because dying or killing someone else is not worth the likes...
Aggressive, Horny Bull Mounts Car, Attacks Owner
14 Mar 2019, 15:59 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One woman from Sparta Township, New Jersey was attacked by her own bull as she was trying to get it back in the enclosure it had escaped from. The animal also tried to mount her car and charged at the responding police officers. You mess with t...
One Florida Cop Prevents Car Break-Ins by Checking Every Single Door Himself
14 Mar 2019, 15:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Police don’t tire of warning car owners to always lock their car doors, even when they park in what they consider a safe space, like their driveway. Still, the message doesn’t always get through. For drivers in Cooper City, Florida,...
Air Transat Passenger Stung by Scorpion During Landing
14 Mar 2019, 14:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Strange as it may sound, but scorpion sightings on board commercial planes are not as rare as we’d like them to be. The most recent one occurred – out of all places – on a Canadian flight from Toronto to Calgary. Quin Maltais ...
Woman Threatens Nail Salon Staff With Machete, Poops in Patrol Car
14 Mar 2019, 14:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / For one Florida woman, packing the daily essentials includes hiding a machete somewhere inside her car. Tracy Denise George-Sirleaf has been arrested after she threatened the staff at a local nail salon with the illegal weapon. According to the...
Stuck in The Middle: Driver Backs Up And Pushes SUV For Parking Too Close
14 Mar 2019, 13:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s terribly frustrating to get to your car and want to leave, but not be able to do because some douchebag parked too closely to your vehicle and you can’t get out. However, pushing the douche’s car is not the way to go. An ...
That Viral Video of a Vandalized Bugatti Chiron is Fake
14 Mar 2019, 12:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / For car enthusiasts, few things are worse than seeing a beautiful supercar vandalized on purpose. Perhaps that’s why many women resort to spray-painting or keying their ex’s vehicle as a means of getting revenge for his cheating. Th...
Bus Driver Flips Students Off, Abandons Them at Gas Station
14 Mar 2019, 12:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Teenage kids from a high school in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, were left stranded in a strange incident earlier this month, when their bus driver got out of the vehicle and walked away – but not before flipping them off. This might ...
Mom With Kids in Car Rams Several People in Wendy’s Drive-Thru
13 Mar 2019, 15:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Never disturb a hungry mother picking up food at a Wendy’s drive-thru: a woman from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was arrested and charged after she rammed her car into several people who had stepped out of another vehicle, after a brief verbal al...
James Bond Goes Electric With Aston Martin Rapide E in 25th Movie
13 Mar 2019, 15:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / James Bond and Aston Martin are as inseparable as 007 and his Martinis. Admittedly, the sixth Bond is also a fan of Heineken, but most fans are willing to let this one slide. For the 25th James Bond film, which is scheduled to go into productio...
Bangladeshi Customs Find 106 Gold Bars Hidden in Boeing 777 Toilet
13 Mar 2019, 14:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One smuggler had a very bad day at the “office” when Bangladeshi customs seized the 106 gold bars he or she had taped on the back of a mirror in the bathroom of a Boeing 777. The plane had just landed from the United Arab Emirates at...
Horse Chills in The Back of Pickup Truck, at 55mph on Texas Highway
13 Mar 2019, 13:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Not all U.S. states have laws explicitly prohibiting the transportation of horses or other animals in the back of pickup truck, but common sense should dictate a safer method of traveling, like a specialized trailer. For one man traveling past ...
Australian Badass Drives Himself to Hospital After Chainsawing Half His Face
13 Mar 2019, 12:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When some people faint at the sight of a single drop of blood, one badass Australian grandpa actually drove himself to a hospital after slicing half his face with a chainsaw. And no, that’s not just a figure of speech. The incident occurr...
How One Nebraska Family Created That Viral Snow 1967 Ford Mustang GTA
13 Mar 2019, 12:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When people in Nebraska get bored after snowstorms, they don’t make snowmen: they make snow Mustangs. That’s the conclusion of a now-viral video posted online by the Nebraska State Police, documenting the amazing find of one Sgt. Mick D...
Nebraska Trooper “Pulls Over” Mustang Made Entirely Out of Snow
12 Mar 2019, 16:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / By the very nature of their jobs, cops are used to coming across the strangest sights in their missions. Most of these are not necessarily the kind you wish to document on camera and share with the world, but this one is. Sgt. Mick Downing with...