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.
Great Britain Dreams of a Future Without High Street Car Parks or Parking Spaces
30 Jul 2018, 13:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Great Britain is eyeing a 2021 date for fully-functional driverless cars on the roads, and with that date could come other, just as significant changes. For instance, the housing crisis could be resolved by taking the current high street car pa...
Georgia Cops Use Coin Flip to Determine Speeding Arrest, Get Fired
30 Jul 2018, 12:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When you get pulled over by cops, you expect a little something more than a coin toss to determine your fate in terms of being arrested. That’s what the laws are for. Sarah Webb was pulled over in April on the suspicion of speeding. She d...
Distracted Cop Hits Bike Rider With His Car, Admits he Was Looking at His Phone
30 Jul 2018, 12:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Police officers are the first to warn drivers of the dangers of texting and driving, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t make this huge mistake, too. William Fasanello was out riding his bike in Peculiar, Missouri, the other day, ...
NHR Outs Video of Deadly Semi-Truck Crash to Stress Dangers of Drowsy Driving
30 Jul 2018, 11:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Nevada Highway Patrol has released dash cam footage of the deadly crash that occurred last week, on US Highway 93, killing 2 passengers in a car and injuring several others. Though widely covered in the press at the time, the NHR believes t...
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jay Leno Crush Stretch Limo With an M-47 Patton Tank
30 Jul 2018, 11:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you have a nice toy, it only makes sense to put it to good use and occasionally have some fun with it, in the most destructive way. Just ask former Governor of California and un-retired actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. That Schwarzenegger owns a...
Tennessee Mom Leaves Baby in Hot Car to Go Drinking on National Tequila Day
30 Jul 2018, 09:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Some people need to learn to prioritize. One mother from Tennessee left her 6-month daughter locked in the car in the hot weather, to hit a bar for shots on National Tequila Day. Yes, she drove herself to the bar, where she planned to get drunk ...
Dog is Hit by Lamborghini, Owner Must Pay $6,600 in Repair Costs to The Driver
27 Jul 2018, 15:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As sellers in tiny souvenir shops will repeatedly tell you, “If you break it, you buy it.” That’s a lesson the mother of a 13-year-old girl from China wanted her to learn. Earlier this month, the teen was out walking the famil...
Seth Rogen Becomes the Voice of Vancouver Public Transit
27 Jul 2018, 15:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Seth Rogen is a funny, relatable guy, the kind you rarely find in Hollywood. So when someone suggested on Twitter he would be great as the voice of Vancouver public transit, TransLink BC was listening. And they made it happen. The actor will so...
Man Legally Changes Gender to Female For Cheaper Insurance on Chevrolet Cruze
27 Jul 2018, 14:55 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Insurance companies in Canada charge higher premiums to men under 25 than they do to women of the same age. Add a couple of tickets or collisions on your record, and the premium goes even higher. That’s the situation one man from Alberta,...
Texas Inmate Climbs on Top of Speeding Patrol Car During Transfer
27 Jul 2018, 14:20 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This would have made for a perfect action movie scene: one inmate from Texas being in the middle of a transfer managed to climb on top of the patrol car that was transporting him. Sadly for him, that’s where the story ends because he is s...
You Know You’re Lazy When You Walk The Dog From Inside a Moving Car
27 Jul 2018, 13:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Having a car means being able to do a lot more things with less effort than if you were to do them, say, on foot. However, walking your dog should not be on that list. Andy Redfern saw the strangest scene near his home, on Fender Way in Prenton...
Heat-Crazed Bear Attacks Ford Fiesta at Woburn Safari Park
27 Jul 2018, 12:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Heat makes one do the craziest things. As it turns out, heat has the same maddening effect on animals, with a wild bear from Woborn Safari Park going HAM on a Ford Fiesta with people inside. According to Tanya Mallaney, who was inside the car wi...
Flash Flood Turns Athens Parking Lot Into Lake with Floating Cars
27 Jul 2018, 12:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A car park near Athens, the capital of Greece, turned into a muddy lake after a flash flood caused by torrential rains. The latest comes after a massive wild fire killed at least 82 people and injured over 180. A small town near Athens very pop...
Conor McGregor Avoids Jail Time, Gets Slap on The Wrist After Insane Bus Attack
27 Jul 2018, 11:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / UFC champ Conor McGregor has managed to avoid jail time after the April incident at the Barclays Center, which saw him attack a bus full of UFC fighters with a dolly. Just like many thought he would. McGregor was in a Brooklyn court some hours ...
Russian Teens Throw Wads of Cash Out of the Window of the Car in St. Petersburg
27 Jul 2018, 10:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You know you’re rich and stupid when you’re throwing wads of cash out of the window of your car, as you’re speeding down the streets of St. Petersburg in Russia. Four teenagers from Russia (2 boys and 2 girls, because these mi...
London Black Cab Driver Drags Unconscious Rider on the Street, Leaves Him There
27 Jul 2018, 09:24 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One very heartless driver from London’s fleet of black cabs dragged the unconscious passenger out of his car and left him in the street. Police are now looking for him. The incident actually occurred in May, but the City of London police i...
Brooklyn Road Rage Incident Escalates into Brutal Assault
26 Jul 2018, 15:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One driver from New York must be feeling very happy he’s alive after the road rage incident he’s been through. And it was all caught on camera. The incident took place on the busy McGuinness Boulevard in the Greenpoint neighborhood,...
Dorset Police Will Fly Paper Airplanes in People’s Homes Through Open Windows
26 Jul 2018, 15:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You would think that police officers are too busy catching bad guys to play with paper airplanes, but you would be wrong. Members of the Dorset Police force will be given paper airplanes made of thick, blue paper, which they will fly while on p...
Black Cab Drivers in London to Sue Uber for GP1.25 Billion in “Lost Earnings”
26 Jul 2018, 15:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Just recently, Uber scored a small victory in London when Transport for London (TfL) reinstated its license on a temporary, trial basis. It turns out, things are about to get worse for the ride-sharing company. Sky News has learned that the Lic...
2018 Ford Mustang Driver Arrested For Doing 142mph After Speeding Ticket
26 Jul 2018, 14:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When you have a nice, fast car, it’s only natural to want to make the most of it and enjoy everything that it can give on the road. However, that should never come with a risk hazard to others and yourself. One female driver from Iowa nev...