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.
Florida Man Pulled Over For Speeding in Flintstones Footmobile
16 Nov 2018, 16:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Seeing Fred Flinstone’s footmobile roll down the street is not an everyday sight and, it turns out, not even police officers can resist the temptation of having some fun with it. Hence the headline. It’s true, one Florida man was pu...
Bulls Lock Horns on Busy Street, Crash Into Tuk-Tuk
16 Nov 2018, 15:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Locals in Bhatinda, in Punjab, India, got a fair helping of entertainment on their way to work the other day, when 2 angry bulls wandered into the busy street and started fighting. There was a considerable element of danger that went with it, b...
Tom Cruise is Really Flying Fighter Jets in Top Gun 2, Paramount CEO Confirms
16 Nov 2018, 15:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Tom Cruise is nothing if not a dedicated artist to his craft. Sure, that might entail insanely high insurance premiums and month-long delays in production due to the occasional injury, but the man insists on bringing only his A game to whatever mov...
Here’s Why Prince Harry And Prince William Occasionally Drive Themselves
16 Nov 2018, 14:20 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’re a public figure, you can expect to be driven around town in chauffeured rides but also have the option to take the wheel yourself, if you so desire. Members of the British Royal family are rarely seen out driving themselves, but the...
Michelle Obama is Still Not Allowed to Drive And She Misses It
16 Nov 2018, 13:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Obamas left the White House in 2017, when the Trump administration started, but they still live in “a bubble,” as former FLOTUS Michelle Obama says in a new interview. That includes not being allowed to drive herself anywhere fo...
City in Malta Welcomes Archbishop in Porsche Boxster Pulled by 50 Children
16 Nov 2018, 12:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / There’s flashy, and then there’s this: one priest arrived in the city of Gozo, Malta, in a convertible Porsche Boxster pulled by 50 children dressed in white. The church is responding to the controversy by saying it’s “tradi...
Man Walking to 2 Full-Time Jobs Gets Toyota Avalon From Bosses, Sponsors
15 Nov 2018, 17:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / An Idaho dad will be having a much easier time getting to work this holiday season, after the entire community in Idaho Falls rallied to support him by buying a new car. Well, the car is new in the sense that it’s newly owned by the dad, ...
UFO Sightings in Ireland Prompt Investigation by Irish Aviation Authority
15 Nov 2018, 16:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Two pilots from 2 different flight operators reported seeing bright lights traveling at high speeds off the coast of Ireland, the BBC reports. The IAA has opened an investigation. The incident happened last Friday, local time 06.47. A British A...
Man Arrested For DUI, Crash Says He Drank Because “The Jets Suck”
15 Nov 2018, 16:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In what must be the ultimate example of refusing to take responsibility for one’s actions, one man from New Jersey is blaming his favorite team’s poor performance on the field for the fact that he drank too much, drove and then crashed ...
Steve Wozniak Doesn’t Believe Self-Driving Cars Will Happen Anytime Soon
15 Nov 2018, 16:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Apple co-founder and technologist Steve Wozniak, aka The Woz, is warning against exaggerated optimism regarding the imminent arrival on the market of completely driverless cars. It’s not going to happen anytime soon, he says. Wozniak has ...
The Latest in Selfie-Bling: Expensive Cars And Lion Cubs
15 Nov 2018, 14:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’ve got it, flaunt it. If you don’t have it just yet, buy it – and then make sure to flaunt it. Animal rescue NGO 30 Million Friends is warning of a new, dangerous trend that’s sweeping social media: posing with lion c...
Toyota Offers to Replace Burned Tundra Used to Save People From Camp Fire
15 Nov 2018, 12:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One nurse from the hospital in the now-burned-down city of Paradise, California, is being dubbed a “hero” for his actions while the Camp Fire raged on. Truth be told, he couldn’t have done it without his trusty Toyota truck. U...
Woman Chokes McDonald’s Drive-Thru Manager Over Ketchup
15 Nov 2018, 12:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Few are the things that should anger someone to such an extent as to justify physical violence, but lack of ketchup on a sandwich shouldn’t be one. Tell that to this California female driver. The Santa Ana Police Department has released v...
Man Drives Toyota Pickup Into Courthouse Because His Drugs Had Been Stolen
14 Nov 2018, 17:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / File this under “stupid stuff you do when you’re high:” one 28-year-old man from Mississippi is currently in police custody, after deliberately driving his pickup truck into the local courthouse and causing considerable damage to ...
Mark Wahlberg Donates 2019 Chevrolet Trax to Viral Adoption Family
14 Nov 2018, 16:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Mark Wahlberg is mixing business with pleasure and doing good, as he’s hitting the promo trail for his brand new movie, “Instant Family.” While on The Ellen Show to talk about the flick, he brought gifts to the other guests, t...
Teen Gets Points Off Driver’s License He Doesn’t Have For Speeding on Scooter
14 Nov 2018, 15:48 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Electric scooters might seem like harmless fun, but they’re anything but. That’s the message from UK police to all parents who think their teenage kids could do with such a fancy new “toy.” One 15-year-old boy was caught...
Hero Dad Keeps Toddler Calm While Driving Through Camp Fire Inferno
14 Nov 2018, 14:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As most parents must know, when you’re with your child, you’re not allowed to crack under pressure. Joe Allen knows that only too well and proof is his behavior as he drove himself and his 3-year-old through Camp Fire. Camp Fire is ...
Strolling Couple Gets Hit by Driverless Car, Garage Door
14 Nov 2018, 14:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / How’s this for a giant stroke of good luck? Two pensioners managed to cheat death after they were hit by a driverless car and a garage door, walking away with only minor injuries. It’s true, the accident happened while they were wal...
Woman Drives Through Woolsey Fire to Save Horses: I Thought I Was Going to Die
14 Nov 2018, 13:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you wish to see what driving through hell must be like, look no further than any of the videos of the survivors of the California fires that firefighters are still struggling to contain. Rebecca Hackett is one of them, and she incidentally be...
Drunk Irish Woman Rages on Air India Flight When She’s Refused More Wine
14 Nov 2018, 12:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Never stand between a drunk woman and her tiny bottle of wine. Cabin crew and fellow passengers in business class on an Air India flight traveling from Mumbai to London’s Heathrow Airport were verbally and physically assaulted by a drunk Iris...