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.
Russian Chick Applies For Car Loan, Strips For Bank Manager to Get It
23 Jan 2019, 13:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If your credit is bad, it doesn’t matter how gorgeous your breasts might be. That’s a lesson one woman from Russia learned the hard way, after she stripped for a bank manager thinking it would improve her odds of securing a loan. Th...
Man Lets 11-Year-Old Drive Herself to School While He Rides Shotgun
23 Jan 2019, 12:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 31-year-old man from Round Lake Park, Illinois is wanted by the police after he let an 11-year-old girl drive herself to school on the morning run, while he rode shotgun and another, 9-year-old child was in the back. The incident actually occ...
Driver Uses Vacuum Cleaner to Smash Car Window in Violent Road Rage Incident
22 Jan 2019, 16:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When tempers flare, reason goes completely out the window. Another violent road rage incident is making headlines in the British and international press, prompting calls from authorities to try and remain calm at the wheel. Clearly, using a vac...
Prince Philip Car Crash Victim Claims Police Cover-Up
22 Jan 2019, 15:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Prince Philip’s car crash of last week is turning into an even bigger PR mess, with one of the women in the Kia that T-boned him going on the record to say that the police are covering up for him. Last week, as he was coming out of a side...
Driver Wrecks Brand New Travelodge With Mini Excavator Over Unpaid Wages
22 Jan 2019, 14:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Not being paid on time – or at all – can make even the most reasonable man or woman lose their cool, but this dude took his anger to a whole new level. He drove a mini excavator through a brand new Travelodge hotel he and his team had j...
Police Cruiser Runs Over 2 People Lying on The Road to Watch Super Blood Moon
22 Jan 2019, 14:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you were going to watch the lunar eclipse of earlier this week, also known as the super blood moon, there were better and much safer places for it than a small road in Florida, in complete darkness. Two pedestrians, one man and one woman, bo...
Man Takes Axe to Family Car Because Wife Had Ruined His Action Figures
22 Jan 2019, 13:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Nothing can – or should – come between a man and his prized possessions, even if they’re silly little action figures he’s been collecting. One man from Madison, Wisconsin, trashed everything in his house and the family c...
Driver High on Marijuana Crashes Into Parked Patrol Car Responding to Accident
22 Jan 2019, 13:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If this guy was hoping he could get away with smoking marijuana and driving, his hope was misplaced: not only was he caught and charged with DWI, but it happened because he crashed into a patrol car. It happened on Interstate-75 in Detroid over...
UPS Delivery Driver Jumps in Frozen Pond to Rescue Drowning Dog, is a True Hero
22 Jan 2019, 13:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s a story to melt even the coldest of hearts: a UPS delivery driver risked his own life to save a drowning dog from a frozen pound, and the continued with his deliveries, finishing his route. His name is Ryan Arens and he’s fro...
United Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Canada, is Stuck For 16 Hours
22 Jan 2019, 12:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s one thing to be prepared for a 16-hour flight and it’s an entirely different story to spent all this time stuck in a plane that’s grounded for mechanical issues. Especially if it’s in freezing temperatures, with limited...
Prince Philip Could Face Prosecution For Sandringham Crash He Caused
22 Jan 2019, 09:39 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Prince Philip is 97 years old and definitely in a position in which he can afford to go out only in chauffeured rides, but until the other day, he still chose to drive himself. That might change soon, in light of the accident he caused near the San...
Man’s Car Falls Through Ice, He Admits Driving There Was “Probably a Bad Idea”
21 Jan 2019, 17:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Authorities in Shakopee, Minnesota are sounding the alarm on the dangers of driving on a frozen lake, by offering as example the close-escape of one driver last week. His Jeep went right through the ice but the fall wasn’t swift, which of...
Terrible Driver is Here to Reinforce Negative Female Stereotypes
21 Jan 2019, 16:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’re looking for confirmation that women drivers are the worst, you might just get it with the latest video to make the rounds online. Then again, this could have been a man at the wheel and it would have been just as bad. The bottom...
Mankato Woman Charged After Toddler Falls Out of Moving Car
21 Jan 2019, 15:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / An incident involving a toddler made international headlines last week, as the child fell from the back of the mother’s car while still strapped in the carseat. The mother continued driving and only returned for the child 15 minutes after the...
#amazonshitshow: The Grand Tour Season 3 Debuts With Hilarious Hashtag
21 Jan 2019, 15:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Because Twitter only allows for so many characters, one could argue that there’s a certain tendency among users to tweet first and think after. After all, if you’re not the first to tweet about it, what point is there in tweeting at all...
AeroMexico Brilliantly Trolls The U.S. With DNA Discounts Ad
21 Jan 2019, 14:28 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / President Donald Trump continues to ask for funding to build his wall on the Mexican border, so AeroMexico, which aims to convince more Americans to fly to Mexico, has a brilliant twist to his proposal. As many Americans feel and show animosity ...
Parts of Prince Philip’s Totaled Land Rover Could Be Yours For £65,900
21 Jan 2019, 13:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you ever wanted to own pieces of plastic that were once attached to a working car driven by none other than the Duke of Edinburgh and you have about £65,900 to spare, now’s your chance. Last week, Prince Philip crashed his Land R...
Lionel Richie’s Model Son Cautioned at Heathrow for Making Bomb Threats
21 Jan 2019, 13:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The only son of singer Lionel Richie, 24-year-old model Miles “Milo” Brockman Richie, was cautioned at London’s Heathrow Airport after he made fake claims about having a bomb in his bag, it has emerged. Making false bomb threa...
Most Americans Consider Their Car Part of The Family, Study Shows
21 Jan 2019, 12:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Telling an American driver that a car is “just a car” is like telling an animal lover that the death of a pet is something they will be able to quickly get over. A car is for the average American like a member of the family, a new study...
Company Forces Underperforming Staff to Crawl on All Fours Through Traffic
21 Jan 2019, 12:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When most of us, regular folks, don’t meet year-end targets, we can expect to kiss our bonuses goodbye, or might even be in for a talk-down from the boss. Chinese employees, though, risk being forced to crawl on all fours through busy traffic...