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.
Extras on New Joker Movie Locked in Brooklyn Subway Car For Over 3 Hours
11 Oct 2018, 14:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It can’t be said often enough: Hollywood is running out of fresh ideas. Despite the poor critical and fan reception of Jared Leto’s Joker in “Suicide Squad,” Warner Bros. is moving on with plans for a standalone Joker pic. ...
1964 Volkswagen Beetle Driven Only Once Can Be Yours For $1 Million
11 Oct 2018, 14:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / There is pride in owning a classic car and then there’s this – whatever you might call collector Rudy Zvarich’s gesture of keeping a 1964 Volkswagen Beetle under wraps after driving it only once. Zvarich, from Portland, Oregon...
Singapore Airlines Announces World’s Longest Non-Stop Flight
11 Oct 2018, 13:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Singapore Airlines has announced it will reintroduce the service from Singapore to New York, which means it will be running the world’s longest non-stop flight. Currently estimated to take 18 hours and 25 minutes on the NOPAC (North Pacif...
Americans Would Give Up Booze, Social Media and Coffee For Their Dream Car
11 Oct 2018, 13:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You know the saying “give one’s right arm for something.” Well, Americans wouldn’t actually give a limb for their dream car, because they’d need both to drive it – but they would still sacrifice quite a lot for o...
Katie Price Was on a 5-Day Drinking Bender When She Crashed Her Pink Range Rover
11 Oct 2018, 12:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Yesterday, news broke that UK’s most famous glamor model, Katie Price, formerly known as Jordan the Page 3 girl, had been arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing her pink Range Rover. Now, more details on the incident have surfaced. S...
Spanish Drug Lord Francisco Tejón Drives Bentley Continental in New Music Video
11 Oct 2018, 11:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Francisco Tejón, also known as “Isco,” is one of the most dangerous drug dealers in Spain. He’s also been on the run from police since 2016, so the last place you’d expect him to show up would be a music video for a r...
Limo Rental Company Operator Charged After New York Crash That Killed 20
11 Oct 2018, 11:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Last Saturday, what should have been a fun ride to a birthday party turned into the deadliest transportation-related incident in the U.S. in 9 years, when a stretch limo carrying 18 crashed in Schoharie, New York. In addition to the 17 passenge...
Mazda Pickup Lands on Top of Honda CR-V in 3-Car Crash, No One Is Injured
11 Oct 2018, 09:48 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s why cops and various road safety organizations insist on the importance of wearing a seatbelt when inside a traveling car: a 3-vehicle crash worthy of any Hollywood flick ended without casualty for this very reason. The crash, whic...
Woman Forced Off Plane After Bringing Squirrel as Her Emotional Support Animal
11 Oct 2018, 09:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Because of an increase in the number of incidents involving emotional support animals beings brought on planes, many airlines companies have altered their pet policies. Many specifically ban rodents. So either this woman didn’t know that ...
BMW Driver Buys 2 Parking Tickets, Takes Up 2 Bays to Keep Car Safe
10 Oct 2018, 14:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you have a new car, it’s only natural to want it to stay that way for as long as possible. If you also happen to own a new and expensive car, one of your biggest worries is perhaps keeping others from damaging it – whether intentiona...
Watch 2 Kids Getting Knocked Over by Wind From a Jet Plane
10 Oct 2018, 14:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When you’re a kid, your idea of fun will most certainly vary from an adult’s. These 2 kids are no different, because their idea of a good time involves standing behind a jet plane right before takeoff. You can see the video at the b...
Trucker Carrying Illegals Refuses to Stop When They Panic, Beg Him to Pull Over
10 Oct 2018, 12:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One British truck driver is being hailed a “hero” on social media after the videos he posted of his encounter with illegals went viral. You can see 2 of them at the bottom of the page. The driver’s name is Ryan Ledgister and h...
Katie Price Arrested For DUI After Crashing Her Pink Range Rover
10 Oct 2018, 12:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Katie Price, formerly known as Jordan, aka one of the most famous glamor models in the UK, has been trying to sell her Barbie pink Range Rover for a very long time, hoping it would keep her from filing for bankruptcy. Her chances of offloading ...
Annie the Cow Always Rides Backseat in Chevy Silverado, is a Star Now
10 Oct 2018, 11:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Annie the cow loves only one thing more than the McDonalds’ ice cream: car rides with her human. They both live in Ohio on a farm and were suddenly propelled to Internet fame when someone spotted her riding in the backseat of his truck. As sh...
Minnesota Cops Warn of Drunk Birds Disrupting Traffic
10 Oct 2018, 11:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The birds in Gilbert City, Minnesota, are on an all-out drunken bender. According to a public notice posted to Facebook by the cops last week, all drivers should be cautious of drunken birds disrupting traffic. The notice comes after several co...
Family Returns From 3-Day Vacation to Find Car at Airport Crawling With Ants
10 Oct 2018, 09:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / How’s that for a welcome-home party? A family from Greensboro returned home from a 3-day vacation and found their car, parked at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, crawling with hundreds of ants. The incident h...
Man Fakes His Own Death by Bike Crash to Propose to Girlfriend
10 Oct 2018, 09:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This is probably not the kind of proposal any girl dreams of, but it definitely worked for a young woman named Shiela Parayanon from the Philippines: her boyfriend faked his own death to pop the question. It happened on a relatively busy street...
Drivers Don’t Understand Limitations of Advanced Safety Technology, Says Study
28 Sep 2018, 13:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Technology is a powerful ally, if understood and used accordingly. In the case of advanced safety technology available on many cars, it so happens that many drivers don’t understand its limitations, which means they also tend to rely on it to...
Kobe Bryant is a Good Samaritan in Tesla Crash in California
28 Sep 2018, 12:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Kobe Bryant is a good guy, and unlike many celebrities, he’s a good guy even when he thinks no one is watching him. His behavior when witnessing a car crash in California is proof of that. The former basketball star was driving in his bla...
Uber Agrees to Pay $148 Million For 2016 Data Breach And Cover-Up
28 Sep 2018, 12:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / They say learning from your mistakes is ideal, and Uber has been doing a lot of that. Almost 2 years after a massive data breach, the company has agreed to a $148 million payout, CNBC reports. Last year, Uber’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi revea...