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.
Police Officer Saves Woman from Swerving Truck After She Crashed Her Car
28 Sep 2018, 11:55 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Lighting struck twice for a woman in Texas: earlier this month, after a heavy storm, she lost control of her car and smashes into a tree, and was then nearly killed by a truck, as she was telling a cop about it. The entire incident was captured ...
Ford F-250 Pickup and Tow Truck Get Caught in Strange Tug of War
28 Sep 2018, 11:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One Florida man completely lost his cool and all touch with reality when he found out his truck was about to be repossessed, even though he knew it would happen since he hadn’t been meeting payments. So, instead of letting the repo man do...
David Beckham Gets Off Speeding Charge on a Technicality And People Are Furious
28 Sep 2018, 10:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / At the beginning of the year, David Beckham was caught doing 59mph in a 40mph zone, but his attorney managed to get him off on a mere technicality. The former soccer star wasn’t in court when Nick Freeman, also known as “Mr. Loophol...
World’s Worst Female Driver Runs Kid Over, Keeps Going
27 Sep 2018, 12:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One woman from India could easily qualify for the title of the world’s worst driver, male or female, based on footage captured by a nearby CCTV camera. The incident happened in the Chembur area of Mumbai, in India, the Daily Mail reports....
Man Arrested at Dublin Airport For Running After Plane He Missed
27 Sep 2018, 12:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This may work for cabs and even buses or trams, but it doesn’t work for planes: a man in his 20s was arrested at Dublin Airport after he ran on the tarmac and tried to get a plane to not take off by chasing it. According to a spokesperson...
Oregon Woman Steals Ambulance as Medics Perform CPR, Takes it on a Joyride
27 Sep 2018, 12:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you see it and you can open it, it’s yours for the taking. That’s the motto of one woman from Roseburg, Oregon, who stole an ambulance while the medics were inside a woman’s apartment, performing CPR. Christy Lynn Woods, 37...
Driver Stupidly Brake-Checks Cyclist to Intimidate Him
27 Sep 2018, 11:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Brake-checking is a dangerous and rather pointless on-road practice, given that all it does is infuriate the other driver instead of doing any actual “checking.” However, if you do it to a cyclist when you’re at the wheel of a...
Will Smith Bungee Jumps Out of Helicopter Into The Grand Canyon
27 Sep 2018, 10:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Most people get a cake, presents and a surprise party (if they’re lucky) on their birthday. Former rapper and actor Will Smith got to bungee jump out of a helicopter into The Grand Canyon. As Smith himself admitted during the event that s...
Woman Crashes Car Down Embankment, Survives For 3 Days Trapped Inside
26 Sep 2018, 15:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A woman lost control of her car and crashed down a steep embankment in El Dorado County, California, and then somehow managed to survive for more than 3 days trapped inside the car. You think James Franco had it rough in his Oscar-worthy role i...
“Cars” Singer Gary Numan’s Tour Bus Hits and Kills Elderly Pedestrian
26 Sep 2018, 14:55 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Gary Numam, the iconic electro-pop singer best known for the 1979 hit “Cars,” was forced to cancel his Cleveland show earlier this week, after his tour bus was involved in a fatal accident. The tour bus was in Cleveland and about to...
Oregon Police Pull Over Toyota Camry, Find Body of Dead Woman Inside
26 Sep 2018, 14:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / What looked like a regular traffic stop in Portland, Oregon, turned into a murder charge earlier this week, when cops found the body of a dead woman inside a white Toyota Camry. According to reports cited by KOIN, it didn’t look like the ...
Duchess of Sussex Closes Her Own Car Door on First Solo Outing
26 Sep 2018, 14:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In today’s ground-breaking news, a human got out of a chauffeured ride and closed the door all on their own, and it was enough to send social media into a frenzy. Then again, the human is no regular Joe or Jane: we’re talking about ...
Speeding Quad Biker is Hit by Oncoming Car, Walks it Off
26 Sep 2018, 13:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A quad biker from Russia can count his blessings after a near-fatal collision during a recent outing. He is a very lucky man and footage of his crash is proof of that. The accident was captured on camera by a fellow quad biker, during a group r...
Masked Thugs Break Car Windows, Douse it With Acid Outside Manchester School
26 Sep 2018, 12:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A shocking incident took place in the parking lot of a school in Openshaw, Manchester, UK. CCTV footage captured 2 masked thugs vandalizing a car and then pouring acid inside. Perhaps the most shocking part is that a woman had just gotten out o...
Parascending Couple Hit Live Power Cables, Crash on Russian Beach
26 Sep 2018, 12:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Parascending is supposed to be harmless fun, but it turned out to be the exact opposite of that for a couple on vacation on a Russian beach. The unidentified man and woman paid for a parascending ride from a local known only as “Alex Batm...
Woman High on Meth Flees Police, With Child Unrestrained on Car Floorboard
26 Sep 2018, 11:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A high speed chase through Carroll County ended without victims, after police managed to corner the suspect and get her out of her car. With her was a minor that had been unrestrained, on the car floorboard, throughout the entire chase. Monica ...
The St. Petersburg Metro is Where Men Get Doused With Bleach For Manspreading
26 Sep 2018, 10:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’re in St. Petersburg or have any plans to travel to Russia soon, be on the lookout for a group of activists who believe they’re fighting something called “manspreading” by pouring water with bleach on the crotches of ...
Donald Trump’s New Beast Limousine Makes Debut in NYC
25 Sep 2018, 14:39 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As President of the United States, former reality star slash real estate mogul Donald Trump is used to traveling in style. As of last weekend, he will continue to do so, but with an extra layer of security. The new Presidential limousine, also...
Entire FC Bayern München Basketball Team Gets New Courtesy Audi Cars
25 Sep 2018, 14:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Sportsmen, much like celebrities, get free stuff all the time and that’s just one of the amazing perks that come with the job. Another is being able to take part in special events like the one organized by Audi at the Audi Training Center at ...
UK Police Ride Double-Deck Buses to Catch Drivers on Their Phones
25 Sep 2018, 13:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Using your phone when you’re driving isn’t just illegal, it’s also very dangerous to yourself and others. Though most drivers already know this, many still can’t refrain from stealing a glance – or more – at thei...