Elena Gorgan
8,136 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.
Spanish Driver Tests Positive For Every Drug Imaginable And Alcohol
14 Aug 2018, 09:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A more reckless gesture than drinking and getting behind the wheel of your car is drinking and doing a cocktail of all possible drugs – and then getting behind the wheel. It happened in a town in the northeastern region of Spain, EuroNews...
Genius Gardener Does Weedeating on a Segway Like a Pro
13 Aug 2018, 14:55 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Some may call this lazy, but we’ll go ahead and call it what it is: this is brilliant. A gardener is making waves online thanks to a viral video showing him doing his job on a Segway. You often hear people complaining that we as a society...
4-Year-Old Girl Drives Tuk-Tuk in Busy Chinese Market, Causes Mayhem
13 Aug 2018, 14:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If we still needed reminding, kids and cars should never mix. Children are not safe behind the wheel and neither is everyone else, be they pedestrians or other drivers. The latest from China is an accident that took place in the Cangnan county,...
Steel Pile Crushes Mercedes-Benz C-Class With People Inside in Freak Accident
13 Aug 2018, 13:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here is a video that’s the embodiment of sheer luck: one couple from Thailand was almost crushed to death in a freak accident near a construction site. Luckily, they managed to escape almost unharmed, suffering only minor injuries to thei...
NJ Police Use Humvee to Rescue Bride And Groom Stranded in Flooded Car
13 Aug 2018, 13:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / They say it’s good luck if it rains on your wedding day, but that was probably the last thing on the mind of this newlywed couple from Bogota, New Jersey. It’s not goof luck if it pours and there’s a flash flood. Bride and gro...
Number of Drunk-Driving Casualties at Its Highest Since 2012
13 Aug 2018, 12:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The number of casualties and of incidents involving drunk drivers has reached a new peak since 2012, figures revealed by the British Department of Transport show. Just in 2016, 240 people were killed in drunk-drive crashes, while 8,810 people we...
Like a Boss: Pilot Makes Emergency Landing on Busy Freeway With Zero Damage
13 Aug 2018, 11:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One small engine had to land on a busy freeway after experiencing issues with the fuel pump, and miraculously, no one was hurt. The pilot showed such skill that there was even zero damage all around. In what can only be dubbed a happy-ending-ty...
Flash Flood in New Jersey Sends Dealership Jeeps Floating Down The River
13 Aug 2018, 11:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s a sight you don’t get to see every day: brand new cars floating down the river by the dozen. It happened this weekend, when motorists stranded on an overpass in New Jersey caught the exact moment a flash flood came, washing ...
Original Aerosmith Touring Van Found After 40 Years in Massachusetts
13 Aug 2018, 10:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A piece of American rock’n’roll history was discovered in the woods of Massachusetts, on the property of a man named Phil, by the hosts of American Channel’s show American Pickers. Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz visited Chesterfie...
Masked Thugs Smash BMW With Baseball Bats, With Driver and Son Trapped Inside
13 Aug 2018, 09:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Residents in Blackburn, Lancashire in the UK, witnessed a scene like in the movies over the weekend, when several thugs, some of them wearing masks, took baseball bats and other objects to a silver BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe stuck in traffic. ...
Tesla’s Former Chief Engineer Returns to Apple for Driverless Car Project
13 Aug 2018, 08:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Until just recently, reports said that Apple wouldn’t be making a driverless car anymore, choosing instead to focus just on the software. It would then partner with a carmaker to put together the vehicle, it was said. As it turns out, that ma...
Drunk Pregnant Woman Pins Husband Under Pickup Truck, Drags Him 1,600 Feet
13 Aug 2018, 08:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One family dispute turned deadly when the wife tried to flee the husband, but then changed her mind and rammed him to death with their pickup truck. Alcohol and drugs were a contributing factor, court documents reveal. A 22-year-old South Caroli...
5-Year-Old Boy Does 40mph in Volkswagen on Chinese Highway
13 Aug 2018, 07:48 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / There’s an unwritten golden rule saying that, if you do something incredible stupid and illegal, it’s best not to film yourself while doing it – let alone make that video public by sharing it with friends and on social media. ...
Traffic Jams Cost Commuters 55 Hours of Sleep Every Year
13 Aug 2018, 07:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Being stuck in traffic can be extremely frustrating, but for commuters, it has more marked negative effects, new research has shown. Polling agency Walnut Unlimited conducted a study on behalf of Go-Ahead Group, one of the largest public transp...
Kylie Jenner Rings 21st Birthday With ‘50s Rolls-Royce, Unicorn Bike
13 Aug 2018, 07:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / What can you buy for the woman who has everything she wants, to mark the day she celebrates such a special occasion as turning 21 and finally becoming of age? If that woman is reality star and cosmetics maven Kylie Jenner and the one doing the ...
Gordon Ramsay Buys James Bond’s Land Rover Defender SVX Concept
12 Aug 2018, 19:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’ve got money to spare, movie memorabilia is perhaps a wise investment. While you’re at it, consider that no other memorabilia rises in value with time as James Bond cars do. That said, the newest owner of a James Bond vehicle...
Pennsylvania Sinkhole Swallows Six Cars
12 Aug 2018, 19:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A giant sinkhole opened in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on Friday, swallowing six cars. Authorities are still investigating to see what caused it. The sinkhole opened in the parking lot of Tanger Outlets in Lancaster County, west of Philadelphia. On...
Man Hijacks Plane in Seattle, Crashes on Island as He’s Chased by Fighter Jets
12 Aug 2018, 19:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 29-year-old man has died after he hijacked an empty 79-seat airplane from the Seattle-Tacoma Airport, and crashed on a nearby island after being chased there by two F15 fighter jets. The man’s identity hasn’t been made public, but...
Woman Reads Book While Driving on NZ Highway, is Multitasking Champ
12 Aug 2018, 14:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You hear so much of the dangers of texting and driving that you’d think drivers would understand that any other activity that distracts them from the actual driving is dangerous. And illegal. This one woman speeding down a busy highway in...
NYC Female Cabbie Arrested in Wild Manhattan Road Rage Brawl
12 Aug 2018, 11:32 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One female cab driver with a very short temper put a massive beating on a male driver and his wife, right in Midtown Manhattan, New York, stopping both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Video of the incident is available at the bottom of the pa...