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.
7 Cars Burn Down Outside MetLife Stadium, Tailgaters Are to Blame
22 Oct 2018, 14:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Imagine going in for a game on a beautiful Sunday and coming out to find out that your car burned to the ground. This is exactly the sight that welcomed 7 drivers after this Sunday’s game at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. The New...
UK Drivers Asked to Use The Dutch Reach to Open Car Doors, Check For Cyclists
22 Oct 2018, 14:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Britain is taking leaps to help protect cyclists on the road, and it is doing so by making an important modification to the current version of the Highway Code. In the next printed edition of the Code, drivers will be asked to use The Dutch Rea...
Rich Chinese Millennials Are Now “Falling Out of Cars” in Latest Viral Challenge
22 Oct 2018, 13:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Kids these days. Whether they’re eating cinnamon or Tide Pods, jumping out of slow-moving cars to dance or spending hours to get the perfectly staged “non-staged” photo, they would do just about anything for attention. The lat...
Man’s Expensive Wheels Stolen Off GMC Acadia Denali Right in His Driveway
22 Oct 2018, 13:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You imagine living in a residential, quiet area means you’re in for a lot less crime, but thinking this way turned out to be a mistake for one from Brownstown, Michigan. As Tom Borne found out the other night, not even leaving his car in h...
Kansas Man Arrested For Stealing Car Out of Jail Parking Lot After Release
22 Oct 2018, 13:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / So much for enjoying freedom. One man from Topeka, Kansas, is back in police custody after stealing a car from the parking lot of the jail he had been released from just hours before. WIBW says Topeka Police have the man in custody: it turns ou...
Woman Rips Car Mirror With Her Bare Hands in Road Rage Incident
22 Oct 2018, 12:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One woman is wanted by the police after an incident in Richmond, Virginia, that would best be described as “road rage at its best.” Or at its worst, depending on your perspective. Ymani Breedlove tells NBC12 that she and her sister...
Pedestrian Calmly Walks Away After Brutal Accident
22 Oct 2018, 11:55 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Video of an accident involving a taxi and a pedestrian, which occurred last week in Hong Kong, has gone viral. It’s now being used by the local police as a means to ring the alarm on the need for drivers to pay more attention to the road. ...
Mechanic Takes Customer’s Porsche Boxster For a Ride, Forgets to Fill It Up
22 Oct 2018, 11:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One mechanic working at a family-run garage in Wales thought it would be a good idea if he took a customer’s Porsche Boxster for a ride. After all, it’s not everyday that he gets the chance to drive one of those! Sadly for the poor c...
Ryanair in Trouble After Racist Man Threatens Elderly Black Woman
22 Oct 2018, 11:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A troubling incident that occurred on a Ryanair flight from Barcelona to London is making the rounds online, getting the Scottish budget operator in hot waters over how it handled the situation. Footage of the incident was captured by David Law...
Giant Spider Stalks Cop During Texas Traffic Stop, Sort Of
19 Oct 2018, 16:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’re afraid of spiders, now would be a good time to stop reading and not go through with clicking that video. That’s because it shows a giant spider stalking a Texas cop during a traffic stop. Apparently. Not everything is what ...
Putin Takes Egyptian President For a Spin in His Aurus Senat on The F1 Track
19 Oct 2018, 15:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As American comedian W.C. Fields once said, “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull****.” Or, in Putin’s case, baffle them with your manly pursuits. This is how EuroNews describes the Russian Pres...
Ferrari F355 Spider Mysteriously Burns to a Crisp in Parking Lot
19 Oct 2018, 15:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Ferrari cars are also known as flammable super speedsters, and not few reports of one such speed machine catching fire are available online. To put it simply, Ferraris tend to catch fire more often than other sportscars. However, in most instanc...
Drunk Uber Passenger Throws Beer, Curses After Giving Driver The Wrong Address
19 Oct 2018, 15:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As much flak as Uber gets for the actions of some drivers, there are plenty of nightmarish customers, too. One Uber driver from Grand Rapids, Michigan, stumbled across one of those last week, when a drunk woman stepped into his car. The Uber dr...
Van Speeds Away With Woman on The Hood in Wild London Incident
19 Oct 2018, 12:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / No matter how heated you get during an argument, remember one common-sense rule: never get in front of a car in a bid to stop whoever is driving it from speeding off, or you might end up like this woman from London. In the latest bizarre incide...
Beautician Refuses to Take Breathalyzer Because Her Pumped Up Lips “Are Too Big”
19 Oct 2018, 11:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A beautician who also tried her hand at reality television, Scarlett Harrison, 20, was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving but ended up by being charged with refusing to provide a breath sample as well. Wait till you hear the reason for her refu...
Train Smashes Into Car as Driver Falls Asleep on The Crossing
18 Oct 2018, 15:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One woman from Taiwan is lucky to be alive after the car she was in was hit by a high-speed train, after she nodded off on the crossing. Her friend, traveling with her in the car, also emerged from the crash unharmed. The incident actually happ...
Melania Trump’s Plane Forced to Land as Smoke Fills The Main Cabin
18 Oct 2018, 14:28 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / First Lady of the United States was forced to deplane a scheduled flight to Philadelphia after the plane had to return to the tarmac after only 10 minutes. Smoke and a burning smell filled the main cabin. The photo attached to this article show...
Massive Fight Breaks Out on The Street After 2-Car Crash
18 Oct 2018, 14:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Some road rage episodes are funny, but the majority of them are violent. This one, though it didn’t end with serious injuries, probably takes the crown in being the strangest. It happened on a small road in Keighley, Yorks, as small walle...
Bear Delicately Opens 3 Doors on Car During Snowstorm, Forgets to Close Them
18 Oct 2018, 13:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s been said before, but authorities find that it’s not enough to get people to actually pay attention: always lock the doors of your car and make sure you don’t leave any food behind. Or else a bear might break in. A new v...
Cow Breaks Into Car Dealership, Panics, Causes Mayhem
18 Oct 2018, 13:28 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The last thing you’d expect to see in a car dealership is a cow, but that’s exactly the sight staff at a dealership in Scotland were treated to, when one wandered off from a nearby cattle market. The poor animal was trying to make a...