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.
Man And Woman Strip, Get Frisky on Packed National Express Coach
12 Mar 2019, 15:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Getting frisky on a coach might be some people’s idea of a wild ride, but if you do it on a packed bus that’s actually on the road, then you’re entirely in a league of your own. It’s like a version of Mile High Club, but wit...
Bodycam Video Shows Cops Pull Driver Out of Burning Car, Before it Explodes
12 Mar 2019, 14:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A couple of officers from Henry County, Georgia, are being hailed heroes after footage of their dramatic rescue of a drunk driver was released to the public. They were able to pull him out of a burning car only moments before it exploded. The i...
British Water Company Sends Uber and Taxi Drivers to Investigate Leaks
12 Mar 2019, 14:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A British water company is conducting 2-week trials involving Uber and taxi drivers instead of certified technicians, in an effort to cut down costs and reduce water leakages. Its efforts have fallen foul with the unions. Severn Trent, which is...
Woman Forgets Baby at The Terminal, Forces Plane to Return to Airport
12 Mar 2019, 14:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Things people forget in airport boarding areas: phones, wallets, suitcases, money and other valuables, and apparently, babies. One woman flying out of Jeddah forgot her infant, forcing the plane she was on to return to the airport. Video of the...
Lightheaded Driver on The Whole30 Diet Hits And Kills Woman, Gets Sued
12 Mar 2019, 13:39 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The estate of an Oregonian woman is going after the driver that ran her over and killed her in September 2017, seeking millions in damages on claims that the crash could have been prevented if the driver hadn’t skipped 2 meals. The incide...
Mom Arrested After Locked SUV Rolls Into Creek, Killing 2 of The 3 Kids Inside
12 Mar 2019, 13:20 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Parents are frequently warned about the dangers of leaving the kids unsupervised in a locked car because the worst can happen no matter how many precautions they take, and this turned out to be the case for one Mississippi woman. She is now in poli...
Passenger Chokes Driver For Singing Christmas Carols in March
12 Mar 2019, 12:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / We all know how annoying it can be to have to listen to Christmas carols in supermarkets and malls as early as October and bracing for the thought that we’ll have to endure 2 more months like this. For one man, this proved to be the breaking ...
Minnesota Police Shame Drivers Who Won’t Clean Their Cars of Snow
11 Mar 2019, 15:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Drivers have certain responsibilities when they get behind the wheel, and one of them is to clean their vehicles of snow. In Minnesota, they’re actually bound by law to do so, though that’s not a guarantee they all do. Take for inst...
Woman Steals Toyota RAV4 Rental Because The “Demons Told” Her To
11 Mar 2019, 14:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 23-year-old woman from Jacksonville, Florida couldn’t find a rental car, so she stole one. Gardina McCullough has been arrested and is facing car theft charges, but she claims “demons” made her take the vehicle without paying. ...
Man Pulls Over And Asks Stranger to Marry Him, Faces 30 Years in Jail
11 Mar 2019, 14:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This might look like a beautiful starter romance, but in reality, it could spell a decades behind bars for 2 people from Raleigh, North Carolina, and one man from the European country Georgia. Pulling over on the side of the road and asking a stran...
Teen Goes Out to Walk Her Dog, Finds Kidnapped Man in The Trunk of a Car
11 Mar 2019, 13:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 17-year-old girl from Irvington, New Jersey, found herself in a movie-like scenario when she went out walking her dog last week: passing by a car, she heard muffled noises and scratches coming from the trunk. A man had been locked and abandoned t...
Fake DEA Agent Arrested After Pulling Over Real Fed
11 Mar 2019, 12:59 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A California man was arrested for impersonating a federal agent after months of performing traffic stops in San Jose, California, while pretending to be with the DEA. Had Alex Taylor, 49, done his homework, he would have known that the Drug Enf...
Drunk Woman Calls the Cops to Report a Murder, Just to Have a Car Towed
11 Mar 2019, 12:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You’re not yourself when you’re drunk. One woman from Germany called the police to report that her husband had been murdered at their home, because she wanted a car towed from her driveway. So no, the husband wasn’t actually d...
Uber Won’t Face Criminal Charges For Death in 2018 Self-Driving Car Crash
7 Mar 2019, 14:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Attorney's Office has issued a conclusion in the investigation of the 2018 fatal crash in Tempe, Arizona, when an Uber car that was part of its local autonomous program hit and killed a jaywalker. It holds Uber not criminally liable for...
Cruise Ship Tilts Completely to The Side in Strong Wind, Passengers Injured
7 Mar 2019, 13:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Boarding a cruise ship and traveling the world is meant to be an unforgettable experience, but not like this. Passengers on board the Norwegian Escape, which left from New York City on March 3 and was headed to Florida and the Bahamas, were injured...
Woman, Son With Rare Skin Condition Kicked Off American Airlines Flight
7 Mar 2019, 13:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / American Airlines is publicly apologizing to a woman after she and her son were kicked off a flight from South Carolina at the end of last month. The apology comes after she went public with the story on social media, where it went viral. Jordan...
Only in Australia: Giant Spider Hitches a Ride in Mazda CX-5
7 Mar 2019, 12:48 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / There’s a reason why a common joke on the Internet says everything in Australia is out to kill you, and that reason is best illustrated in the video at the bottom of the page. This is the latest viral to come out of the country: it’...
Stuff People Forget in Ubers: Phones, Tank with Fish, Live Dog, Gold Teeth Set
7 Mar 2019, 11:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / We’ve all lost or at least misplaced our keys, wallets and phones, so it’s no surprise that a large number of such items show up in Ubers across the U.S. However, the annual Lost and Found index from the ride-sharing companies also incl...
Video of Dude Sleeping While Doing 75mph in Tesla Model 3 Goes Viral
7 Mar 2019, 10:38 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Not few are the instances in which drivers turned to Tesla Model 3’s Autopilot function for what they thought was a safe and relaxing nap while zooming down highways, sometimes even to fatal consequences. This could have been one of those tim...
Here’s a Car Thief’s Reaction When He Realizes He’s Being Filmed During Break-In
6 Mar 2019, 15:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s why it’s always a smart idea to lock your car, even if you think you live in a “safe” neighborhood. Installing extra security will also help. Mark Linneman from Modesto, California, parked his Chevrolet Silverado ...