Elena Gorgan
8,138 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 Hit And Killed by Boeing 737 in Moscow, While Running From The Police
21 Nov 2018, 12:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 25-year-old man was hit and killed by a Boeing 737 during takeoff, at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. The man was being deported back to Armenia and he had escaped the police, trying to flee on the runway, The Moscow Times reports. Accor...
Woman Tells Cops Grandson Was in Stolen Car, so She Can Get it Back Faster
20 Nov 2018, 16:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A woman’s love for her car surpasses her love of freedom, because she made the terribly uninspired choice of lying to the cops when her black Hyundai Accent was stolen. Antoinette Rowan, 37, from Florida, is now facing charges of making a ...
NYC Cops Plant Weed in Black Teen’s BMW, Make The Entire Case Disappear
20 Nov 2018, 16:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A New York Times investigation is shedding light on the corners police officers in NYC cut in order to make arrests, by showing how one cop planted weed in a black teen’s car during a routine traffic stop. Welcome to America, where &ldquo...
Florida Driver Attacked by Bikers For no Reason
20 Nov 2018, 15:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / We’re used to seeing road rage incidents turn violent – sadly so –, but what most of them have in common is the involvement of both parts, to one extent or another. This wasn’t the case here, one driver from Orlando, Florida...
Woman Chases, Crashes Into Daughter’s Stolen Car to Save Grandson
20 Nov 2018, 14:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One grandma from Knoxville, Tennessee put up a serious fight when thieves stole her daughter’s car with her 4-year-old boy inside. She chased after them and crashed into them to force the stolen vehicle to stop. This is one of those feel-...
Just a Woman And Her Pet Fox Catching The Subway in Moscow
20 Nov 2018, 13:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You don’t see that many pets riding the subway, but this still takes the cake by all means: one woman was caught catching a train in Moscow, Russia, with a live fox. And it was standing precariously on her shoulder, no less. The video was...
Cops Use PIT Maneuver in Chase, Send Truck Flying Through The Air
20 Nov 2018, 13:38 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A high-speed chase in the Long Beach area ended predictably with the driver and another suspect in custody, but not after a spectacular crash caused by a PIT maneuver. The Pursuit Intervention Technique (or PIT) maneuver is when police force t...
Half-Naked Commuter Covers Himself in Oil, Brings The Entertainment to You
20 Nov 2018, 12:39 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / There are worse things you can see on the subway, depending on the city you live in, that’s for sure. One commuter from England took it upon himself to bring some live entertainment to his fellows in suffering, and it makes for one hilarious ...
Parking Attendant Wrecks Ferrari 458 Spider, Owner Sues The Garage
20 Nov 2018, 12:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When you own an expensive car and pay a hefty amount to park it at a private garage, you expect any damage caused to the ride to be accounted for. That’s what Mark Rosen expected, at least. Rosen is now suing City Parking LLC for an acci...
Hero Bus Driver Saved 22 Children From Camp Fire Blaze
20 Nov 2018, 10:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Camp Fire is currently 66 percent contained, having started earlier this month. It is the deadliest blaze to hit the U.S., with 77 confirmed dead and over 1,000 people unaccounted for, and hundreds of homes burned to the ground - including the enti...
Martha Stewart Tries Uber For The First Time, is Totally Unimpressed
20 Nov 2018, 09:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Television personality and chef Martha Stewart may be not be in tune with the times, but she’s still a powerful voice. So if she says her first experience with Uber sucks and she does so on social media, Uber is quick to apologize for it. ...
Trio of Bears Break Into Florida Couple’s Car, Have a Feast, Thrash The Place
19 Nov 2018, 14:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Tourists should know better than to leave their cars unlocked when they’re in wooden / mountain areas – or in any other place they’re not familiar with, for that matter. There are countless videos online showing bears breaking...
Driver Mistakes Accelerator For Brake, Causes Damage to 9 Cars
19 Nov 2018, 13:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One woman in east China started feeling very drowsy after she took some flu medication, but she didn’t realize it until it was too late and she had caused damage to 9 cars on a busy highway. The good news is that no one was injured in the...
Mercedes-Benz GLA Meets 108-Year-Old Steam Train at Level Crossing, Train Wins
19 Nov 2018, 12:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In what could be dubbed a “very good definition of dumb luck,” one driver refused to stop at a level crossing in Norfolk, UK, and a 108-year-old steam train smashed right through his Mercedes-Benz GLA. The dumb good luck part i...
Passenger Tries to Burn His Clothes at The Airport Because of Canceled Flight
19 Nov 2018, 12:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Men (and women) react differently when faced with the unexpected. Some take changes to their plans so badly that they’re even willing to destroy personal property to vent. Like this dude did at the Islamabad Airport in Pakistan. The man wa...
Strapping Your Kid in The Carseat With a Winter Coat Can Be Fatal
19 Nov 2018, 10:59 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Many parents believe it’s too much of a hassle or unnecessary to remove their kid’s winter coat before strapping them in the carseat, especially if the drive is not long or they have to spend more time outside. In fact, this can pro...
Thief Steals Nissan Sentra, Owner Chases After It
19 Nov 2018, 10:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Cops can’t say it often enough and it still can’t seem to get through some car owners’ head: don’t leave your car with the engine running, even if you think you’re in a safe neighborhood or believe will only be gone fo...
Thieves Steal Bait Car, Stop at The Drive-Thru on Their Way to Jail
19 Nov 2018, 10:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Abbotsford Police is warning all wannabe car thieves to change careers and go for something legal, because they’re always running the risk of taking one of the police bait cars they have throughout British Columbia, Canada. A few days ago...
School Bus Driver Refuses to Let Noisy Kids Off, Panic Ensues
19 Nov 2018, 09:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If there’s something you want a kid not to do, just make sure you tell them they shouldn’t be doing it. Despite this age-old piece of wisdom, one school bus driver did just that – and all hell broke loose on the bus. The video...
Woman’s Car Damaged in SpaghettiOs Attack in Pittsburgh
16 Nov 2018, 16:38 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One woman from Pittsburgh was attacked by another woman she didn’t know and had her car damaged with cans of SpaghettiOs. The female assailant has been arrested and charged. The victim told the police that she pulled into a parking lot to...