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.
Fastest Shed With Audi Engine Breaks Its Own Speed Record at Pendine Beach
25 Sep 2018, 13:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Gardner Kevin Nicks drives the world’s Fastest Shed, and no, that is not a figure of speech. He actually build a motorized shed that is not only street-legal: it’s also the fastest of its kind, thanks to a 450 horsepower twin-turbo Audi...
Beer Truck Smashes Into SUV at Toll Booth
25 Sep 2018, 12:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This isn’t what one has in mind when one thinks of gallons of beer flowing freely: a truck carrying crates of beer smashed into another car after failing to slow down at a toll booth. It happened in India, in Rajastan, at a toll plaza, and...
Woman Spends 7 Minutes to Back Out of Parking Lot, Repeatedly Smashes Into Car
25 Sep 2018, 11:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Women have a reputation as the worst drivers and women like the one in the video at the bottom of the page are the reason for it. What you’re seeing in that video is a solid contender to the title of the worst driver in the US, if not the...
Woman Uses Toilet Plunger as Handle on Crowded Bus, Wins at Life
25 Sep 2018, 09:43 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When life throws lemons at you, you might as well grin back and reach for the lemonade jar. One woman from China, faced with the reality of a crowded ride on her commute, made sure she packed the one essential thing before leaving home. No, it&...
Passengers Bleed From The Ears, Nose as Pilot “Forgets” to Pressurize Cabin
24 Sep 2018, 16:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Last week ended on a very sour note for passengers of a Boeing 737 belonging to Jet Airways. Flight 9W 697 took off from Mumbai, destination Jaipur, but was forced to land immediately after take-off when passengers began bleeding from the ears and ...
Short Biker Has Trouble Mounting His Big Bike in Hilarious Video
24 Sep 2018, 15:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Many of us tend to believe we’re better at some things than we actually are, and the same goes for this short biker who obstinately refuses to see that he’s too short for his big bike. A hilarious video is making the rounds online, a...
Baggage Handler is Here to Restore Faith in Humanity – And Airline Employees
24 Sep 2018, 14:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Regardless of the airline company you favor, chances are you’ve had some kind of displeasure in terms of the way your baggage has been handled. If not, at least you wished it were treated with a bit more consideration when thrown on the conve...
Delaware DMVs Now Have a “Safe Selfie Zone” For New Drivers Looking to Brag
24 Sep 2018, 14:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / These days, you can say nothing happens in your personal life if you don’t post about it on social media. You don’t post, you don’t exist. Or eat, date, see movies, get a driver’s license or anything else that comes to mind....
65YO Pensioner Drives Mobility Scooter Through Markovec Tunnel, Gets Arrested
24 Sep 2018, 14:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’re going to do something illegal on the road in your old age, it might as well be something with a lesser degree of danger. Like driving your mobility scooter through a tunnel. This isn’t meant to put ideas in your head for w...
Scientists Are Working on Blood Test to Determine When a Driver is Too Tired
24 Sep 2018, 13:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / New research into the effects of sleep deprivation on people is promising a blood test that could potentially be used by the police to determine when drivers are too tired to get behind the wheel. The study is still in its initial stages, but fi...
Scottish Couple Do Pink Tire Burnout For Gender Reveal Party
24 Sep 2018, 12:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’re going to do a pink burnout, it might as well be for a very special occasion. One Scottish couple used it for their gender reveal party, which family members all the way from Canada attended. Ryan and Carla-Jane Fraser live in Lo...
Benedict Cumberbatch Talks About Saving London Biker From Moped Thieves
24 Sep 2018, 11:39 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Late last year, British actor Benedict Cumberbatch joined a rather short list of male celebrities to be described as “real-life heroes” after stepping in to stop moped thieves from taking on another helpless victim. The problem is, ...
Uber Driver Stabs 2 Passengers For Vomiting in Her Car
24 Sep 2018, 11:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You know what they say, one (wo)man’s car is like a sanctuary. For one female driver from Augusta, Georgia, this applies even though she’s using her car as a Uber vehicle, ferrying paying customers from point A to point B. Shaunisha...
Driver Hits And Kills Good Samaritan, Then Steals His Car
24 Sep 2018, 09:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 22-year-old man from Clearwater, Florida, was hit and killed by a driver after he had pulled over to help a fellow motorist out of a jam. Dhimitri Andoni was only 22 years old. In a release from the Florida Highway Patrol obtained by Tampa Ba...
MI5 is Hiring In-House Driving Instructors
21 Sep 2018, 15:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you live in the UK and happen to hold a valid license as a driving instructor, today is your lucky day: MI5 is looking for in-house instructors, to help actual spies and other agency staff hone their skills at the wheel. Mind you, this won&r...
Car Wash Hero: Guy Gets Stuck Between 2 Cars to Avoid Crash on His First Day
21 Sep 2018, 14:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Few of us can say we’ve been this brave on our first day of work as this poor guy from Stockton, California. He got stuck between 2 cars at his car wash, because he tried to avoid a crash. Video of the incident was posted to Twitter by us...
Michael Bay is Still Blowing Cars up, This Time For “6 Underground” Movie
21 Sep 2018, 12:55 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In case you were wondering, yes, Michael Bay is still blowing up stuff. For a director best known for his action scenes and well-staged explosions, he’s not the kind of guy to fix something that ain’t broke. What Bay likes most blow...
Cathay Pacific’s Spelling Mistake: The Airline That Gives no Fs
21 Sep 2018, 12:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Spelling mistakes happen to the best of us. Whether we do them in texts, official emails or some other type of writing, we do do them. Still, you’d think something this big wouldn’t go by unnoticed. When you’re one of the big...
Donald Trump to Hurricane Florence Survivor: At Least You Got a Nice Boat
21 Sep 2018, 12:28 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Donald Trump, current President of the United States, is now visiting North Carolina to assess the damage after Hurricane Florence and offer whatever encouragement he can to survivors. Apparently, it involves seeing the full half of the glass. T...
Emu-Killing Driver in Viral Video Identified as The Son of a Police Officer
21 Sep 2018, 12:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The young man who filmed himself in the Australian outback, driving around in his car and running over emus while laughing hysterically, and who then posted the sickening footage to social media, has been identified. According to an ex-girlfrie...