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.
United Airlines Captain Removes Uniform, Takes Nap During Flight
11 Sep 2018, 14:49 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When you’re flying somewhere, the last person you’d expect to stumble across on the plane is the captain of the aircraft, taking a nap in first class after removing his uniform. Aviation safety procedures recommend that cockpit crew...
Teen Drives Peugeot 205 Down Flight of Stairs in Bosnia to Flee the Cops
11 Sep 2018, 14:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This is the kind of stunt you usually see in action movies, during intense chase scenes. Any of the “Jason Bourne” installments or “The Italian Job” are the most popular examples that come to mind. This time, it happened...
Mac Miller’s DUI Case Dropped After His Death
11 Sep 2018, 13:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Last week, 26-year-old rapper Mac Miller was found unresponsive in his home, from an apparent drug overdose. This week, Los Angeles prosecutors will formally drop the DUI case against him. In May this year, the rapper was driving his 2016 Merce...
Man Wrecks 2016 Maserati Ghibli He Borrowed From Friend in Stupid Crash
11 Sep 2018, 12:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Crashing an expensive, beautiful car is bad as it is, but crashing one that’s not even yours to begin with is even worse. Especially if you borrowed it from a friend who trusted you to do right by it. It happened to a man from China, named...
Drivers of “Clean” Cars to Receive Priority Routes in the UK
11 Sep 2018, 12:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Drivers of “clean” cars, aka low-emissions vehicles, will receive green plates and earn certain road privileges, under a new proposition being considered by the Department of Transport. As Britain continues to make efforts for a lar...
Private School Apologizes For “Buy Your Dad a Jaguar” Snobby Ad
11 Sep 2018, 11:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When most schools market themselves as a pinnacle of education, promoting values as self-improvement, imagination and discipline, one private school from East Sussex boasts of being able to turn students into future Jaguar customers. Stay with ...
Toddler Hands Parents’ Drugs Over to The Cops During Traffic Stop
11 Sep 2018, 11:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / They say children are always truthful, at least in their early years, and this definitely proves it. A 3-year-old girl traveling with her stoned parents handed over the drugs to the trooper who had pulled them over. A statement from the New Yor...
Fenati Apologizes For Grabbing Rival’s Brake During Race, Does Damage Control
11 Sep 2018, 09:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Too little too late: Moto2 rider Romano Fenati has issued a proper apology for his unsporting and very dangerous behavior during Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix, when he grabbed the brake on Stefano Manzi’s bike at 130mph. Video of th...
Post Malone Buys Himself a Phantom After His Wraith Was T-Boned, Totaled
11 Sep 2018, 09:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When you’re a successful rapper, buying yourself a brand new Rolls-Royce just 24 hours after your other one was totaled in a crash must come naturally. Just ask Post Malone. The “Rockstar” rapper, real name Austin Richard Post...
American Airlines Captain Buys and Delivers Pizza to Stranded Passengers
11 Sep 2018, 08:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s standard procedure for airline companies to provide accommodation in case of a diversion, but the caption on one American Airlines aircraft went beyond the call of duty when he had to land in Wichita Falls, Texas for the night. This h...
Mom Warns of Keyless Cars After Son Gets Locked in 2018 Chevy Malibu
10 Sep 2018, 15:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A mother from Novi, Michigan, is using her own experience to sign the alarm on keyless entry cars, urging other moms not to “trust” technology because it can fail when they least expect it. It happened to her last week, when the car...
MATE X, the Most Affordable Fully-Loaded Folding eBike, is Coming
10 Sep 2018, 14:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Copenhagen siblings Christian and Julie set out to show the world that there was more to cycling than people assumed, and they created the MATE foldable electrically-assisted bike a few years ago. Today, the MATE is the most successful crowfunde...
Texas Woman Gives Birth in the Passenger Seat of a Speeding Car
10 Sep 2018, 13:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A mother of 5 from Texas is the very definition of badass, after she managed to deliver her fifth child on her own, in the passenger seat of the family car, as her husband was speeding to the hospital. Alexis Swinney says she always thought her...
Moldovan President Igor Dodon Injured as Truck Crashes Into Motorcade
10 Sep 2018, 12:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Igor Dodon, the President of Republic of Moldova since 2016, has been involved in a serious car accident yesterday, when a truck smashed in the Presidential convoy, hitting 2 cars. According to the BBC and footage making the rounds online, the ...
Bicyclists Take to The Streets For Philly Naked Bike Ride 2018
10 Sep 2018, 12:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The annual Naked Bike Ride arrived in Philadelphia over the weekend, with hundreds of bicyclists taking to the streets of the city in various states of undress for the famous peaceful protest. This year was a great turnout, NJ.com reports. Thou...
Woman is Pulled Over by Miami Cops, Gets Surprise Proposal
10 Sep 2018, 11:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This might not be the most romantic proposal of all time, but it surely wins lots of points for the surprise element: one man from Miami staged a fake traffic stop to get down on bended knee for his girlfriend. It all went down in the Miami a f...
Woman Sues Tesla, Service Provider For Autopilot Crash
10 Sep 2018, 09:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In May this year, a woman from South Jordan, Utah, smashed her Tesla into a firetruck stopped at a light, totaling her own vehicle and causing severe damage to the truck. In court papers filed last week, she lays the blame for the crash at the ...
Man Rams His Dodge Truck Into Dallas Fox Affiliate Station, Claims High Treason
6 Sep 2018, 14:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Many people have issues with Fox and their affiliates, but not 34-year-old Michael Chadwick Fry, who rammed his silver Dodge truck into the offices of such a station. The attack resulted in broken windows and a battered Dodge Ram, and staff insi...
Ellen DeGeneres Promotes Mark Wahlberg's Chevrolet Dealership in Mock Ad
6 Sep 2018, 12:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Being a famous former rapper / underwear model and currently one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood does have its perks. Number one: you get free endorsement from the likes of Ellen DeGeneres. This summer, Mark Wahlberg announced that he w...
Emirates Airbus A380 From Dubai Quarantined at JFK, Vanilla Ice Included
6 Sep 2018, 11:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / An Emirates Airbus A380 flying straight from Dubai was quarantined for hours at New York’s t John F. Kennedy International Airport after an estimated 100 people on board complained of flu-like symptoms due to a “mysterious” illnes...