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Elena Gorgan

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“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” - Henry Ford

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Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use.

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.
The Boho Duplex Tiny Goes Bigger in Size With a Very Unexpected Trick
The Boho Duplex Tiny Goes Bigger in Size With a Very Unexpected Trick

18 Aug 2023, 07:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One plus one equals two, but two Bohos equals a full-size family home with a very surprising feature in that every unit is self-contained. This is the world's first duplex tiny home, according to builder Escape Tiny Homes. Escape Tiny Homes...

 
Lewis Hamilton's One-Off Pagani Zonda Badly Damaged in Tunnel Crash
Lewis Hamilton's One-Off Pagani Zonda Badly Damaged in Tunnel Crash

17 Aug 2023, 09:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Pour one out for an extraordinary machine. A one-off Pagani Zonda 760 LH, designed for and owned by Sir Lewis Hamilton, is out of commission for the foreseeable future after it was badly damaged in a crash. The accident occurred on the A55 Expre...

 
From Floating RVs to Waterfront Condos: Reina Boats Introduces the Luxury Houseyacht Line
From Floating RVs to Waterfront Condos: Reina Boats Introduces the Luxury Houseyacht Line

17 Aug 2023, 06:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you could choose your dream mobile home, would it be on the water? Assuming the answer is "yes" and you have the budget for it, a new U.S.-based startup has an intriguing proposition for a new way of experiencing life on the water. ...

 
Pequeno Tiny House Has the Most Surprising Layout and Even a Home Office
Pequeno Tiny House Has the Most Surprising Layout and Even a Home Office

16 Aug 2023, 07:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Working from home remains the standard in many territories, so why not make that home office the most exciting place to spend 8 hours a day in? One way to do that is by going all in with the digital nomadism trend and opting for a tiny house with a...

 
Magic Johnson Wraps Up Incredible 6-Week Summer Vacation Onboard Phoenix 2 Superyacht
Magic Johnson Wraps Up Incredible 6-Week Summer Vacation Onboard Phoenix 2 Superyacht

15 Aug 2023, 16:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Few other celebrities out there bring the summer fun vibes as Magic Johnson does. Each year, without fail, he and his family charter a luxury superyacht and set sail for weeks on end in the company of their equally famous best friends. This year...

 
Billionaire Sues Government for Seizing His Megayacht: $600M Dilbar Is "Home"
Billionaire Sues Government for Seizing His Megayacht: $600M Dilbar Is "Home"

15 Aug 2023, 15:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It feels like a very long time ago that local governments were enthusiastically hounding and seizing luxury assets from newly-sanctioned oligarchs, but only a year has passed. It's just now that the legal ramifications of these seizures are be...

 
Camp-Let: The Itsy-Bitsy Lightweight Trailer That Explodes Into a Family Home at Camp
Camp-Let: The Itsy-Bitsy Lightweight Trailer That Explodes Into a Family Home at Camp

15 Aug 2023, 11:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The word "iconic" is being thrown around a lot these days, and rarely with good reason. This is not one of those times: here is an iconic camping solution that's been around for decades, and you probably never even heard about it. ...

 
Project Jag: A Gigantic $360 Million Upgrade to the Kismet Custom Megayacht
Project Jag: A Gigantic $360 Million Upgrade to the Kismet Custom Megayacht

14 Aug 2023, 17:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / No one willingly trades in something extraordinary for something less so. Take superyacht owners, for example: the way to replace one vessel for another is by going for the much bigger, more expensive, and definitely way fancier option. Why shou...

 
Poker Champ's Luxury Yacht Irmao Catches Fire, Sinks Off the Coast of Spain
Poker Champ's Luxury Yacht Irmao Catches Fire, Sinks Off the Coast of Spain

14 Aug 2023, 08:55 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In what could be the strangest and most unlikely one-year anniversary, another luxury yacht burst into flames and sunk to the bottom of the sea in almost exactly the same spot, off the coast of the Spanish island Formentera. Irmao, a popular cha...

 
The PODX GO Folding Tiny House Gets Prototype, and It’s All It’s Cracked Up to Be
The PODX GO Folding Tiny House Gets Prototype, and It’s All It’s Cracked Up to Be

14 Aug 2023, 06:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Earlier this year, one international team presented a towable that claimed to be nothing short of a magical unicorn of tiny houses: a unit that looked like a compact trailer and could be towed with an F-250 but which would expand to thrice the size...

 
Helicopter Glamping Turns Decommissioned Aircraft Into Luxury Vacation Units
Helicopter Glamping Turns Decommissioned Aircraft Into Luxury Vacation Units

13 Aug 2023, 00:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Though science argues against the benefit of having too many choices because they actually create more confusion, here's one situation when we should be glad of options. Glamping is about to get more diversified, more glamorous, and more thril...

 
This Is the Katanga VM45, a Cross Between a Sporty Velomobile and a Small Electric Car
This Is the Katanga VM45, a Cross Between a Sporty Velomobile and a Small Electric Car

12 Aug 2023, 07:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / What's better than an electric bicycle because it offers protection from the elements and a higher top speed, and better than a car because it's smaller, greener, and less fussy in terms of maintenance? The Katanga VM45 would like to be t...

 
Don’t Let the Size of This Tiny House Fool You, It’s a Castle for the Entire Family
Don’t Let the Size of This Tiny House Fool You, It’s a Castle for the Entire Family

12 Aug 2023, 00:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Tiny living is not exclusively reserved for hippy, avocado-eating couples and digital nomads looking to break the cycle of stress by removing themselves from the city. Tiny living is also family-friendly, if you choose the right builder. Though ...

 
KlappCaravan: The 'First of Its Kind' Trailer That Triples in Size in Camp Mode
KlappCaravan: The 'First of Its Kind' Trailer That Triples in Size in Camp Mode

11 Aug 2023, 14:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / How do you reconcile a compact layout with the ability to offer the maximum number of features and creature comforts? On the face of it, you can't because you're limited in the latter by the former. But trust an engineer to come up with a...

 
$700 Million Megayacht Scheherazade Is Undergoing Refit While Under Arrest
$700 Million Megayacht Scheherazade Is Undergoing Refit While Under Arrest

11 Aug 2023, 09:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / How 'bout that for a plot twist? One of the biggest "wins" in the sanction war against Russian oligarchs, the $700 million Scheherazade megayacht believed to be owned by Putin himself, is thriving while in Italian custody. Scheher...

 
The Electric Queen Mobile, One of Queen Elizabeth’s Last Rides, Could Be Yours Now
The Electric Queen Mobile, One of Queen Elizabeth’s Last Rides, Could Be Yours Now

11 Aug 2023, 06:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Even if you're not into politics or a royalist, you have to admit that there's a certain appeal to vehicles used by members of any royal family. More than celebrity-owned vehicles, autos owned or used only occasionally by crowned heads ar...

 
Konig X-Trailer Overdoes It on Modularity So You Won’t Miss Home When You Hit the Road
Konig X-Trailer Overdoes It on Modularity So You Won’t Miss Home When You Hit the Road

10 Aug 2023, 13:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Home is where the heart is, and all that, but clichés mean nothing when you're on the road, cut off from civilization, with limited resources, and the home that should shelter and provide the basics for you sucks. The Konig X-Trailer...

 
Kismet: The Spectacular, Decadent Custom Superyacht Now Offered at a Discount
Kismet: The Spectacular, Decadent Custom Superyacht Now Offered at a Discount

10 Aug 2023, 06:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Even by the incredible and incredibly outrageous high standards set by the world's most expensive custom superyachts, Kismet is a unique build. Designed to be dramatic but also cozy enough to double as a family vessel, this 2014 Lurssen build ...

 
Tesla Is Now Selling a Cat House Inspired by the Design of the Cybertruck
Tesla Is Now Selling a Cat House Inspired by the Design of the Cybertruck

9 Aug 2023, 10:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You can never have too much Tesla. That's not a real saying, but if it were, it would be the life motto of any true Tesla supporter. If it were a real saying, it would also justify the acquisition of the latest Tesla product: a cat house sl...

 
Percy the WanderBox Hides a Very Creative Layout and the Most Gorgeous Kitchen
Percy the WanderBox Hides a Very Creative Layout and the Most Gorgeous Kitchen

9 Aug 2023, 08:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / "Not all those who wander are lost" is the life motto of Mark and Marina, two of the countless couples turning vanlife into their new lifestyle. They're on the road with a conversion they call Percy the WanderBox, a box truck turned ...

 

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