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.
Texas Deputies Pull Driver Out of Burning Vehicle, Toss Him in a Puddle
19 Dec 2018, 18:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Cops tend to get a bad rap at times, but this is not one of those occasions. This time, two deputies from Chambers County, Texas, are being praised for acting as heroes to save a man’s life, with no consideration towards their personal safety...
Toyota UK Offers Toyota Supra Wrapping Paper, For a Good Cause
19 Dec 2018, 16:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Toyota UK is getting into the giving Christmas spirit by offering fans the Toyota Supra Wrapping Paper, in limited edition. All funds raised by selling the rolls of wrapping paper will go the Crisis at Christmas program from the Crisis UK non-p...
Illegal Garbage Truck Making a Mess in London Gets Seized, Trashed
19 Dec 2018, 15:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Fly-tipping is a real problem in the U.K., so authorities don’t look kindly on anyone who’s spotted tossing garbage anywhere on the road or leaving it in places that don’t have a proper license for disposing of said garbage. I...
Here’s World’s Biggest Christmas Light Show on a Plane
19 Dec 2018, 15:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The London Luton Airport and airline company easyJet are also getting into the Christmas spirit. This year, though, they felt as doing a lighting ceremony for a tree would be too little for their joint staff, so they came up with a better, more imp...
Parachutes Don’t Save The Life of Those Jumping From a Plane, New Study Shows
19 Dec 2018, 14:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / These days, we’re constantly bombarded with studies of all kinds, most of them seemingly conducted by British scientists who, at least at first sight, have a lot of spare time on their hands. Many of these studies are contradictory: eat c...
Woman’s Tiny House on Wheels Stolen in St. Louis
19 Dec 2018, 13:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Americans have been embracing a more minimalist approach to living, and the trend of tiny houses has gained popularity in recent years. Meghan Panu was thisclose to finishing her dream tiny house when thieves stole it. It was tiny but it was no...
Woman Heartbroken After Being Separated From Pet Fish on Southwest Flight
19 Dec 2018, 12:26 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Nothing compares to the love of a pet owner – and the pain they feel when they have to part ways with their gentle companions. Apparently, the pain is just as great if you have fish for pets. Lanice Powless has had Cassie, a pink male bet...
Two Florida Dads Have Created The Device That Can Prevent Hot Car Deaths
19 Dec 2018, 12:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Hot car deaths are preventable, but despite warnings from authorities and campaigns to raise awareness on it, the phenomenon remains widespread. Florida is one of the states where the number of hot car-related incidents is high. So two dads fro...
Florida Driver Hits up McDonald’s Drive-Thru, Tries to Pay in Weed
19 Dec 2018, 10:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One driver from Florida got a really bad case of the munchies and decided to grab a bite even if he didn’t have a dime to pay for it. He still had some weed left and he figured it would do. 23-year-old Anthony Andrew Gallagher was arreste...
Sisters Come up With Carseat Alternative to Potentially Fatal Puffy Coats
19 Dec 2018, 09:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / At the start of each cold season, authorities, non-profits and media outlets warn parents and drivers to avoid puffy coats on any child riding in a carseat, as they can prove fatal in case of an accident. Strapping your child in a carseat is ma...
Conor McGregor Cleared of Road Traffic Charges After Dublin Court Hearing
18 Dec 2018, 14:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Conor McGregor can get back at the wheel, legally so. A judge has just cleared him of all road traffic charges related to the July 10, 2018 traffic stop. The champ was back in court in Dublin, Ireland, looking like a superstar. He was driven t...
Taxi Driver Loses an Eye After Drunk Passenger Stabs Him With a Stiletto Heel
18 Dec 2018, 14:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One taxi driver from Birmingham is facing the possibility of losing his job and of having to pay all the medical expenses from injuries he sustained over the weekend, when his own clients set on him. Afaq Iftikhar is originally from Pakistan an...
Here’s a Frustrated Pug Honking After Being Locked in a Truck
18 Dec 2018, 14:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Dogs are cute, but this little pug manages to be both cute and extremely annoying at the same time. That latter part is because he seems to have mastered the skill of honking the horn of his human’s truck. A new viral video is making the ...
Dumb Arsonists Set Fire to Taxi Parked at Gas Station, With Driver Inside
18 Dec 2018, 13:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Two men from Kent, UK, will be spending the next 6 years behind bars after they set fire to a taxi parked at a gas station, with the driver still inside. The incident actually occurred last December, but Kent Police has just now released the CC...
Baloo The Cat Travels 700 Miles by Mistake, Hidden Inside Tire Rim Package
18 Dec 2018, 13:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Curiosity could have killed the cat. Baloo, a curious feline that lives with his humans in Nova Scotia, Canada, traveled 700 miles in a delivery truck because his curiosity got the best of him. Jacqueline Lake tells CTV News that she had packed...
Lewis Hamilton Calls Hometown Stevenage “The Slums” at SPOTYs 2018, Offends
18 Dec 2018, 12:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Lewis Hamilton hails from a small town near Welwyn Garden City, UK, called Stevenage, but from the way he recently talked about his early struggles, you’d think he’s had the roughest start. The F1 champ was at the BBC Sports Persona...
Florida Trooper Comforts Dog Hit by Car, Wraps it in His Own Coat
18 Dec 2018, 12:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Florida trooper woke up to find himself somewhat of an Internet star, after a photo someone snapped of him without knowing went viral over the weekend. The photo showed Deputy Joshua Fiorelli comforting a dog that had been hit by a car. Both ...
Drunk Driver Crashes, Manages to Get Car up a Tree
18 Dec 2018, 12:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Since it’s the season and everything, there’s tree decorating and then there’s… tree decorating. A young man from the UK did the latter, managing to leave his car hanging from a tree. Yes, he was driving drunk and yes, ...
Volkswagen Driver Intentionally Hits Cyclist For Instagram Likes
18 Dec 2018, 09:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In today’s “what kind of stupid things people do for likes” news, one driver from Ewell, Epsom in Surrey, UK, had himself filmed while he deliberately hit a cyclist. Some social media users will pose a storm to get the right p...
Quick-Thinking Driver Saves Unsupervised Toddler Who Had Run Into The Street
18 Dec 2018, 09:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Not all superheroes wear capes. Some of them aren’t into tights and prefer regular clothes, tees and jeans, drive a car and like to listen to classics like “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).” One quick-thinking driver is being p...