Elena Gorgan
8,137 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.
Learner Driver Stalls Car on Train Track, Dies, as Examiner Flees to Safety
28 Aug 2018, 11:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / An 18-year-old girl died in Poland the other day, during her driver’s license exam. Footage captured by a nearby CCTV camera shows the car stalling on the train track and the exact moment of impact. According to rescuers OSP Szaflary, th...
Toyota Invests $500M in Uber in Partnership on Driverless Cars
28 Aug 2018, 10:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In a bid to gain some edge on the driverless car market, Uber and Toyota are joining forces in a partnership that will see them working together on the development of autonomous cars. The news comes hot on the heels of Uber’s announcement...
Professor Kills Wife, Daughter With Carbon Monoxide-Filled Yoga Ball in MINI
28 Aug 2018, 09:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A professor of anesthesiology from Hong Kong used his vast experience to kill his wife and his daughter in what he hoped would appear as a malfunction of the car his wife was usually driving, a yellow MINIi Cooper. Dr. Khaw Kim-sun, 53, is now ...
Wisconsin Woman Complains of Car Trouble, Finds Large Python Under Hood
27 Aug 2018, 14:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Next time you end up with a cat stuck in your car grille, remember that it could always be worse. Much worse, especially if you’re afraid of snakes. One Wisconsin woman found a large python coiled around her engine and it took 2 police office...
China’s Didi Ride-Sharing Service Suspended After Driver Rapes, Kills Woman
27 Aug 2018, 13:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Didi Chuxing is China’s largest online ride-hailing platform, with over 30 million rides booked on a daily basis. One of its services is Hitch, which allows drivers to pick up passengers free of cost if they happen to travel in the same direc...
Man Stages Robbery to Avoid Buying His Girlfriend an Expensive Car
27 Aug 2018, 12:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The trouble with telling lies is that it eventually catches up to you, and lying your way out of trouble is not always the winning solution. That’s the lesson one young man from China learned the hard way. While some men would bleed for h...
Texas Man Thought Women Were “Incompetent Drivers” So He Shot Them in Traffic
27 Aug 2018, 11:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 29-year-old man from Texas, Nicholas Dagostino, is facing serious time behind bars on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, stemming from 2 separate incidents in which he shot at – and injured – 2 female drivers. Ini...
Los Angeles Driver Caught With 800 Pounds of Stolen Lemons in His Car
27 Aug 2018, 09:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One Los Angeles man didn’t want to wait for life to hand him lemons, so he went ahead and got them on his own, without as much as paying for them. He is now being investigated on the charge of theft of agricultural products and is facing s...
Madonna’s MINI Cooper S Can Be Yours for £55,000
24 Aug 2018, 14:24 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You can probably buy 2 brand new MINI Cooper S cars for £55,000, but if you’re a diehard Madonna fan, you should jump at the chance at owning the exact model she drove around London for 4 years. At least, that’s what AutoTrade...
Volkswagen Accused of Causing Drought in Mexico With Anti-Hail Cannons
24 Aug 2018, 13:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Volkswagen Mexico plant in Puebla is the second largest in the world outside Germany. Thousands of new VW cars sit in the lot outside the factory, ready to be shipped across the world – and in serious need of protection against hail. ...
Greenpeace Activists Blockade Volkswagen UK, Urge it to Go Fully Electric
24 Aug 2018, 13:32 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Volkswagen kicked off the week with a massive protest from Greenpeace activists, outside its UK offices in Milton Keynes. The protesters, many of them either doctors or hospital staff, blocked the entrances to the office, effectively managing t...
Man, 83, Pulled Over for Driving Golf Cart The Wrong Way on Arizona Freeway
24 Aug 2018, 12:55 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Driving a golf cart on the public road is not legal – much so if you’re drive it the wrong way. Troopers from the Department of Public Safety (DPS) had to pull over an 83-year-old man for doing just that. The Arizona man has a histo...
4-Year-Old Autistic Boy Gets 150-Car Parade Outside His House as Birthday Gift
24 Aug 2018, 12:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Eddie turned 4 at the beginning of the week, and because his mother wanted something really special to take some of the stress of starting school away, she turned to Facebook for help. Eddie comes from a long line of mechanics and he loves every...
Kalashnikov CV-1 Electric Car is Ready to Take on Tesla
24 Aug 2018, 12:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Kalashnikov, the famous Russian arms-maker, has been looking for ways to branch out for many years. Its latest fixation is making cars – electric ones, while at it. Not only is Kalashnikov working on an electric car, but it also aims to m...
Citroen UK Brings Couples Together on the Track With First Dates Reality Show
24 Aug 2018, 11:24 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As regards speed dating, it doesn’t get any faster than this. The popular First Dates spinoff reality show, First Dates Hotel, is back on Channel 4 – and Citroen in the spotlight. Citroen UK and Channel 4 announced their sponsor par...
“Naked Ninja” Stops Thief Trying to Steal His Range Rover
24 Aug 2018, 09:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One Newcastle resident didn’t hesitate for a second when he heard the alarm on his car go off in the dead of night. He didn’t even stop to put on a pair of underpants or, for that matter, any other item of clothing. Stephen Cullen, ...
Passenger Takes Horse on a Train in Austria, is Forced Off
24 Aug 2018, 08:49 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Though common sense would say that taking a horse on a passenger train is not allowed, one dude from Austria wanted to see if this checked out in reality. It did. Benni, as he’s identified in the local media, tried to board his horse Frie...
Fed-Up Toronto Residents Turn Large Pothole Into Tomato Garden
23 Aug 2018, 12:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s a very productive and fun way to protest and, at the same time, make sure you get the attention of competent authorities: fed-up residents from Toronto have turned a large, abandoned pothole into a tomato garden. And they can hardl...
Motorbike Milly is Named Britain’s Best Biking Buddy
23 Aug 2018, 11:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Knightswood, Glasgow is now the home of the Best Biking Buddy in Britain, a 3-year-old bichon frise cross named Milly and best known on social media and the local media as Motorbike Milly. Milly loves to ride. She does so with her human, Paul Cr...
Motorcyclist Rides Leaning Back, Steering With His Feet on Florida Highway
23 Aug 2018, 09:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Driver and passengers have a legal obligation to alert authorities whenever they witness dangerous or reckless behavior on the road, especially if they also have photographic evidence to back it up. One woman from Florida was so shocked at what...