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.
Woman Claims She Got “Trapped” Inside a Car Wash, Owner Proves Her Wrong
27 Nov 2018, 14:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A woman from Huber Heights, Ohio called 911 last week to report that she’d gotten “trapped” inside a touchless car wash and needed help from the firefighters to get out. Turns out, she was just clueless. The woman’s stor...
Tool Thief Crashes Getaway Car, is Confronted by His Victim in Hilarious Video
27 Nov 2018, 14:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s something you don’t see every day: a thief being told off by his angry victim, after a car chase and after the thief crashed his getaway car into a tree. It happened in Greater Manchester, UK, the other day and it was capture...
Toyota Minivan Backs Into Pedestrians in NYC, Kills 1, Injures 6
27 Nov 2018, 13:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The driver of a Toyota minivan backed into pedestrians in Manhattan’s busy Chinatown, New York, and killed 1, injuring another 6. Police are investigating the circumstances around the accident, the New York Post reports. According to...
Alec Baldwin Charged For Punching a Man Over a NYC Parking Spot
27 Nov 2018, 13:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Actor Alec Baldwin insists that his raging days are over and that the only reason he’s still in the media for his temper outbursts is because the media is out to tarnish his reputation. Yet it took losing a parking spot to send him into a fur...
Biker Punches Apparently Drunk Driver Who Was Actually Having a Stroke
27 Nov 2018, 12:32 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This is why it’s never a good idea to take justice into your own hands while on the road – or anywhere else, for that matter. A biker is now being wanted by the police after he became judge, jury and executioner in what he assumed w...
Dude Loses Wallet on Frontier Airlines Plane, Gets it Back With Extra Cash
27 Nov 2018, 12:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s a story that is bound to restore your faith in humanity: a 20-year-old man lost his wallet on a Frontier Airlines flight from Las Vegas and the person who found it made sure to put a little extra cash inside. Hunter Shamatt had tra...
First-Time Hang Glider Hangs on For Dear Life as Pilot Forgets to Strap Him In
27 Nov 2018, 12:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This definitely beats whatever you did on the first day of your most recent vacation. Chris Gursky and his wife went to Interlaken in Switzerland and he opted to go hang gliding – and ended up hanging on for dear life after the pilot forgot t...
Nashville Cops Arrest Driver of Car With 3 Wheels: “I Had Things to Do”
26 Nov 2018, 16:59 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One man from Nashville had so many things to do he couldn’t even find the time to make sure his car had all 4 tires, so he went out with an exposed rim. He was just as busy when the cops tries to stop him. The man – you guessed it &...
This is The Only Situation in Which Selfies While Driving Are Acceptable
26 Nov 2018, 16:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Selfies are part of modern culture, but they’re not worth dying or killing for. Let’s just agree on that last part, at the very least. With all this and despite the fact that the risks of taking selfies at the wheel have been highli...
Camera Set up in Tiny Italian Village Catches 58,500 Speeding Cars in 2 Weeks
26 Nov 2018, 16:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A speed camera set up in a tiny Italian village that is the home of almost 120 people probably holds the record for the highest number of speeding cars: 58,568 in 2 weeks. Alessandro Alessandri, the mayor of Acquetico, set up the camera as an e...
Woman Delivers Twins in Traffic, While Giving Husband Directions to The Hospital
26 Nov 2018, 16:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / There’s badass, and there’s a woman who can deliver her own baby (or twins!) in traffic, on the way to the hospital, while also calming down her husband and giving him directions to get there faster. Dacia Pittman from Ohio is this ...
Distracted Scooter Rider is Hit by 2 Trucks, Walks it Off
26 Nov 2018, 15:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s a scooter rider who’s the very definition of “blind, dumb luck.” Not only was he hit by 2 trucks on a busy road in China, but he managed to walk it off, seemingly without suffering as much as a scratch. You can se...
Woman Finds Stolen Chrysler on Facebook, Hours After it Was Taken
26 Nov 2018, 15:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Facebook (and social media, in general) may be taking the blame for all kinds of ills plaguing modern society, but it’s not without benefits. One woman’s example will prove that, as it helped her retrieve her stolen car before the cops ...
Virginia Auto Dealership Gives Away Buick Enclave to Single Mom on Black Friday
26 Nov 2018, 15:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Everyone is in a rush to buy or sell something on Black Friday, but one used cars dealership owner from Chesapeake, Virginia, was all about giving back to the community. His name is Jeff Wine and he owns the Wine Automotive dealership. He sells...
20-Year-Old Teacher Draws on Dirty Cars, Creates Art
26 Nov 2018, 14:26 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s a good reason never to wash your car again, if you live in China – in Changzhou City, the Jiangsu Province, to be more exact. There’s an art teacher who likes to create dust drawings on the backs of dirty cars. This ty...
Trooper Pulls Over Speeding Van, Helps Deliver Baby
26 Nov 2018, 13:48 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Highway Patrol troopers and cops, in general, are accustomed to seeing speeding vehicles and to pulling them over. They’re just as used to hearing all kinds of excuses and explanations for the speeding, but this time, the driver had a very go...
Plane Misses Airport For Landing After Pilot Falls Asleep
26 Nov 2018, 13:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / We all know that pilots rely on a lot of technology when flying planes, but still, we don’t expect them to fall asleep in the cockpit – not when they’re without any other human backup, at least. The Australia Transport Safety ...
Pennsylvania Woman Chases Motorist, Beats Him Up in Road Rage Incident
26 Nov 2018, 12:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Hell hath no fury like a woman mad about someone else’s driving skills. One woman from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania instigated a road rage incident even though she had children with her in the car. It happened earlier this week in Oxfor...
Philadelphia Cops Retrieve Stolen Prop Police Car
26 Nov 2018, 12:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A car thief tried to make off with a prop car on the set of a movie that’s being shot in Philadelphia, but he didn’t make it too far in it. The prop was a police cruiser, Fox29 reports. How’s that for irony. The movie is &ldqu...
Intact 1927 Chevrolet Coupe Found on Board “Cursed” Ship That Sunk 90 Years Ago
26 Nov 2018, 10:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A trio of shipwreck hunters have found the most beautiful shipwreck in the world, as per their own words. Making it even more beautiful is the presence of an intact 1927 Chevrolet Coupe on board, The Post reports. U.S.-born Ken Merryman and Jer...