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.
Road Rage Breaks Out Over Attempt to Shame Driver For Using His Phone
18 Sep 2018, 15:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Two Brits are stuck in traffic and one of them tries to shame the other for using his phone while at the wheel, which, as we all know, is illegal. This could be the beginning of a hilarious joke, but it’s the premise of a new fit of road ...
Driving Lesson Ends With Toyota Sedan in Maryland Swimming Pool
18 Sep 2018, 15:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One man and one woman went out for a ride in a Toyota sedan in Maryland, over the weekend, and ended up in a swimming pool. Car and everything. The Washington Post confirms the strange incident, citing Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesma...
“Don’t Be a Space Invader” Campaign Warns of The Dangers of Tailgating
18 Sep 2018, 14:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Tailgating might not seem like much if you’re in the habit of doing it, but it can have fatal consequences. And here’s where the new “Don’t Be a Space Invader” campaign comes in. Put together by Highways England, i...
London Residents Put up Special Road Signs For Drug Dealers
18 Sep 2018, 14:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s a very unique way of trying to solve a problem you believe authorities are doing nothing about: fed-up residents from Tower Hamlets, in east London, have commissioned a group of guerrilla artists to create road signs especially designe...
Motorola Patents Self-Driving Police Car That Can Arrest And Take You to Jail
18 Sep 2018, 13:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s a name you probably wouldn’t have guessed you’d hear thrown around in a conversation on driverless cars: Motorola. Earlier this month, Motorola took out a patent on a self-driving car that does all the work an actual, flesh...
Boxing Champ Billy Joe Saunders Drives His Rolls, Bribes Drug Addicts
18 Sep 2018, 12:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In what could best be described as a classic case of entitlement, world middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders has come under fire for driving around in his Rolls-Royce while bribing drug addicts with drugs and money to assault passers-by. Vi...
Out of Control Car Plows Into Busy Starbucks in Turkey
18 Sep 2018, 11:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A car drove straight into a busy Starbucks in Turkey the other day, but unlike with other incidents of this type, this wasn’t an act of terrorism. According to local reports cited by F5Haber, the incident was the driver’s fault, who...
Passengers Jump Out of Moving Bus to Escape Robbers
18 Sep 2018, 09:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A hero bus driver possibly saved the lives of 6 passengers on his bus during an armed robbery in Macapa, north Brazil, last week. According to G1 Globo, the robbery occurred at about 7:30pm, when 3 men armed with knives and homemade weapons boar...
Here’s Why It’s a Dumb Idea to Walk on The Windshield of Your Car
17 Sep 2018, 15:28 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Larking with pals is always nice, but not when you end up doing damage to your car. That’s a lesson one man found out on his own in the latest hilarious video unearthed by the British tab Daily Mail. It shows one guy standing on the hood ...
Teens Jump Out of Moving Van to Escape Police, Get Caught Anyway
17 Sep 2018, 14:26 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Many of us can attest to doing some pretty stupid stuff when we were younger – and then coming up with equally stupid excuses or explanations for it. But they probably still don’t beat this. One 18-year-old driver who had just gotte...
Arizona Lawmaker Bragging About Speeding in His Lexus Pleads Not Guilty
17 Sep 2018, 13:59 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / State House representative Paul Mosley was caught speeding in March, but video of when he was pulled over was only leaked to the media this summer. He was cited and charged afterwards for excessive speeding. Though footage shot by the officer&r...
Uber Passenger is Forced to Drive Himself After Drunk Driver Passes Out
17 Sep 2018, 13:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When you call for an Uber to get you home or someplace else, you expect a minimum from your driver: you want him to not pee in a bottle, not to film you without your knowledge, and most importantly, you need him to not be drunk. One Uber drive...
Man Jumping Between NYC Subway Cars Stumbles, Cracks His Head, Dies
17 Sep 2018, 13:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You see stuff like this in the movies and it always looks easy and relatively danger-free. The bad guy does it with ease as the good guy chases after him, and neither are hurt when they happen to stumble and fall. That’s the movies, to st...
Owner of Tesla Model X Uses it to Retrieve Amazon Packages And It’s Amazing
17 Sep 2018, 12:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Being able to buy whatever you need at the touch of a button is nothing short of amazing. Not being at home when the delivery guy comes knocking and running of risk of having your packages stolen from your doorstop is the opposite of that. Aida...
75 Cars Stolen in Nashville in 1 Week as Owners Keep Leaving The Keys Inside
17 Sep 2018, 11:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s counter-intuitive to have technology at your disposal and to throw it out the window and pretty much wrap your car with a giant red bow to hand it over to carjackers. But this is what’s been happening in Nashville. In just one ...
Paris, Brussels Celebrate Car-Free Day to Highlight Pollution, Climate Change
17 Sep 2018, 11:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / With the automotive industry working towards the stated goal of switching to electric cars in a few years from now, the mayor of Paris and of Brussels are fighting pollution and climate change by banning cars altogether. It only happens for a ...
Female Driver Refuses to Pull Over Because She Drives a Prius
17 Sep 2018, 09:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One female driver passing through Marysville found the perfect excuse to give a Washington State Patrol trooper a hard time by refusing to pull over and comply with his demands: she drove a Prius. According to a police report of the incident, o...
Woman is Knocked Off Bike, Ran Over by Truck, Survives
17 Sep 2018, 09:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Sometimes, all you need is a bit of luck. One female biker from China got a massive helping of good luck last week, when she was hit and ran over by a truck, and she survived with only minor injuries. CCTV footage of the crash is available at t...
The FitCar PPV is a Car With Bike Pedals, Helps You Burn More Calories
14 Sep 2018, 15:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you ever thought you’re spending too much time commuting to and from work but are not yet ready to embrace biking or walking as alternatives, you might consider the FitCar. Not only will it help you get to and from work, but it will al...
Porsche Celebrates 70th Anniversary With Magnus Walker Mini-Documentary
14 Sep 2018, 14:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Porsche is celebrating its 70th anniversary by taking car aficionados into the amazing world of 4 of the most famous Porsche drivers. One of them is Magnus Walker, the fashion designer and Porsche collector also known as the “Urban Outlaw.&rd...