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.
Confused Blonde Tries to Fuel up Tesla Model S, Hilarity Ensues
18 Dec 2018, 08:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If this is some kind of prank video or PR stunt, it’s a damn hilarious one: a new viral video shows a decidedly confused female driver (who also happens to be blonde, it’s true), trying to fill up her Tesla Model S at the gas station. ...
Thieves Take Family’s Car With Puppy Inside, Return For Second Vehicle Later
17 Dec 2018, 14:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Andersons are moving from Texas to Oregon and stopped in Arvada, Colorado, for a night’s rest at a relative’s house. That proved to be the worst choice they could have made. It wasn’t even light out yet when they were gett...
2 Teens Charged For Bringing 490Kg of Meth in Car Parts Into Australia
17 Dec 2018, 14:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / At the end of November, the Australian Border Force made an astounding find: no less than 490kg of methamphetamine hidden in small packets inside car parts, in a shipment that had just come in from oversea. Two arrests have been made in relation to...
Half a Dozen Calves Spill From Unsecured Truck on Highway in 3 Different States
17 Dec 2018, 13:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A truck carrying newborn and young calves to a slaughterhouse managed to spill more than half a dozen of them in 3 different states, the Farm Sanctuary reports. According to the organization, which managed to rescue and offer sanctuary to 3 of ...
15YO Boy Jumps From 14-Story Building With Homemade Parachute For Media Stunt
17 Dec 2018, 12:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 15-year-old schoolboy and little-known daredevil from Ukraine died trying a stunt that, he had hoped, would earn him more online followers: jumping from a 14-story building with a homemade parachute. Perhaps more shocking than the news that a...
Truck Crashes Into House, Misses Sleeping Woman, Comes Out The Other Side
17 Dec 2018, 12:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Talk about blind luck. A bus driver has just lain on the living room couch to catch a nap in between routes, when a truck crashed through her home, drove throughout it, and missed her by inches. It happened in Templeton, Massachusetts, and the ...
Trucker Saves Dogs Thrown From SUV, With Help From New York State Police
17 Dec 2018, 12:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A near-tragedy involving two dogs, Beagle mixes, is getting international media attention: someone threw the pups out of a speeding SUV on I-81 and they were saved by a kind trucker and a pair of troopers who just happened to be passing by. Des...
Pastor Buys Wife Lamborghini Urus as Anniversary Present, Won’t be Shamed For It
14 Dec 2018, 20:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / People shouldn’t mistake the presents a pastor gives his wife for the presents a pastor gives. They are gifts from a husband and, as such, they can be as expensive as he can afford. That’s the explanation a South Carolina pastor is ...
Someone Forgot a Human Heart on Board a Dallas-Bound Southwest Plane
14 Dec 2018, 18:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you ever forgot something valuable on a plane, like a wallet, a watch, a book or even your cellphone, don’t fret about it: it can always be so much worse. For instance, someone recently forgot a human heart on a plane from Southwest Airlin...
Pink Won’t Stand For Criticism of Carey Hart Riding a Dirt Bike With Their Son
14 Dec 2018, 17:48 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As a celebrity, you expect a fair share of criticism, both regarding your work and your personal life. However, social media is making it way too easy for strangers to criticize everything about celebrities, and Pink is drawing the line at her husb...
Grinch Plows SUV Through Inflatable Santa in Indiana
14 Dec 2018, 16:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One family in Greenwood, Indiana, wants the police and the public to catch the Grinch that nearly ruined their Christmas when he plowed his black SUV through the inflatable Santa resting on their front lawn. Arnold RTV6 Indianapolis that she, h...
Businessman Shot in Traffic During Carjacking, Drives Himself to Safety
14 Dec 2018, 16:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 27-year-old businessman from Brazil was the target of an attempted carjacking and ended up shot twice, while stuck in traffic, at the wheel of his car. He still managed to drive himself to safety. Brazilian authorities have released CCTV foot...
Speeding Pickup Truck Loses Poorly Secured Mattress on San Antonio Highway
14 Dec 2018, 15:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s something you don’t see every day – but apparently see more often than you should in San Antonio, Texas, according to social media users. Passengers in a car going down highway 90 noticed a mattress placed in the bed of...
Russia’s Most Advanced Robot Boris is Actually a Man in a Robot Suit
14 Dec 2018, 15:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You may have heard that Russia’s most advanced robot is a humanoid called Boris, which was unveiled just recently at the youth science forum PROJECT, which took place in Yaroslavl, near Moscow. You can see footage of Boris in the tweet em...
Steve Carell Got Hit by a Car And The Driver Was Very Happy About It
14 Dec 2018, 14:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Admittedly, there are better ways to meet your idol than hitting them with your car. On the bright side, one Steve Carell fan who did it was lucky that he didn’t mind it all that much. As per his own admission, the actor likes to bike a l...
Badass Grannie is Oldest Skydiver in The World at 102
14 Dec 2018, 13:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Hollywood actor Tom Cruise gets a lot of media for doing his own stunts in all his movies, from jumping from rooftops to shooting his own car chase scenes, skydiving or riding on the outside of military planes as they take off. Well, here&rsquo...
Emirates Airlines Redefines “Extra” With Boeing 777 Covered in Diamonds
14 Dec 2018, 13:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Today’s important Internet lesson is that you should never believe everything you read or see on the Internet. The prank Emirates Airlines unknowingly played on the public earlier this month is proof of that. Last week, the airline compan...
Driver Boasts of Driving Safely While on His Phone, Crashes Shortly After
14 Dec 2018, 10:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As the person who shot this video, cycle lane campaigner David Brennan, asks: is this video of a driver boasting of being able to drive safely while on his phone ironic or moronic? The video was captured earlier this month and shared on social...
LadyLoca Takes Metal Pole to Woman’s Car, Rams it in Violent Road Rage Fit
14 Dec 2018, 10:32 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / How angry would you get if you got into a minor crash with another car and were convinced it was the other driver’s fault? One woman went absolutely HAM on another female driver, and is now wanted by the police because of it. It was all c...
Man Sues American Airlines For Getting Pinky Stuck in Armrest
14 Dec 2018, 09:48 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One man’s pinky became “entrapped” in the armrest of his first-class seat on an American Airlines flight operated by SkyWest, so he’s suing both companies for negligence. Stephen Keys has filed his lawsuit with the Los An...