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.
Wrap Your Key Fob in Foil to Prevent Thieves from Stealing Your Car
13 Jul 2018, 14:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Thanks to the latest developments, we can now open and start some cars with a single click of a button, without using the actual key. Car thieves are going with the times, too, and that means capturing key fob signals to steal cars is becoming norm...
Former Apple Engineer Charged for Stealing Autonomous Car Trade Secrets
13 Jul 2018, 13:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A former engineer with Apple has been arrested and charged in federal court for stealing trade secrets regarding the company’s development of autonomous cars, with plans to sell them to the competition, Mercury News reports. Xiaolang Zhan...
Blackfly Flying Car is All-Electric, Autonomous, Awesome
13 Jul 2018, 13:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Flying cars are one step closer to reality. The same applies to flying electric, autonomous cars, as one Silicon Valley startup, Opener, can prove with its project Blackfly. Under current regulations, Blackfly classifies as an “ultralight...
George Clooney Emerges After Sardinia Crash, Looks Frail and in Pain
13 Jul 2018, 12:39 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Actor George Clooney could have been killed in this week’s crash in Sardinia - and that’s not an exaggeration. So it’s no wonder he’s in considerable, visible pain. Clooney was on his way to the set of “Catch 22&rd...
Dutch Robot Will Carry Your Luggage, Escort You to the Gate
13 Jul 2018, 11:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Dutch national carrier KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is making sure you get your own personal travel assistant, one that will carry your luggage and direct you to your gate. How’s that for making those tedious airport walks more pleasant? The...
Black Bear Climbs into Minivan, Eats Driver’s Lunch, Leaves
13 Jul 2018, 11:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One woman from Rabun County is done leaving the windows to her minivan rolled down in the hot days, after a very close encounter with a black bear. Whenever it was too hot outside, Carrie Watts would leave the windows to her minivan rolled down...
Arizona State Lawmaker Brags About Speeding in His Lexus, Diplomatic Immunity
13 Jul 2018, 11:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / By the logic of state House representative for Arizon’s 5th District Paul Mosley, some people break the law because they can. Others, like himself, break the law because they want to get home faster and surprise the wife. Spending hours o...
Woman Rams Pedestrian with Her Mercedes, Says God Made Her Do It
13 Jul 2018, 09:59 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One woman from Florida will go on trial this fall on a slew of charges, after she rammed her Mercedes-Benz into 2 pedestrians, killing one of the spot. She later told the cops that she had not seen the couple on the sidewalk, because God had di...
Tom Cruise is Sorry for George Clooney but Won’t Retire His Bike Anytime Soon
13 Jul 2018, 09:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / George Clooney and Tom Cruise have one thing in common: they’re both adrenaline junkies. As it so happens, they’re aging adrenaline junkies, but they’re not letting that get in the way. Despite his older back injuries, Clooney...
Woman Steals 2013 Dodge Dart from Dealership, Drags Manager with the Car
12 Jul 2018, 15:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One woman from West Philadelphia knew exactly what she wanted when she walked into the Central City Toyota dealership: she wanted a car and she didn’t want to pay for it. Police are now looking for the woman, who is yet to be identified, ...
Plane Lands on the I-55 in Illinois, Crashes into Chevrolet Malibu
12 Jul 2018, 14:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As accidents on the interstate go, this is an unlikely one: a small plane made an emergency landing on the I-55 in Illinois and crashed into a passenger vehicle carrying the driver and his minor son. The story has a happy ending, though: all 3 ...
Man Survives 7-Story Fall from Hotel Balcony After Landing on Car Hood
12 Jul 2018, 13:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In the movies, whenever the good guy or gal jumps from a hotel balcony, you can always count on a pool being right underneath, breaking their fall, saving their lives and making for a spectacular twist to the story. In real life, sometimes all ...
Cops Warn You Still Can’t Use Your Phone at the Drive-Thru
12 Jul 2018, 13:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Paying at the drive-thru with your phone might seem like a more convenient option, compared to the traditional ones, but cops could still ticket you for using your phone while driving. The same goes for texting or checking emails, it goes without s...
All New Homes, Offices in the UK to Come with Electric Car Charging Points
12 Jul 2018, 12:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As part of the Road to Zero government plan, which seeks the reduction to zero of new car emissions by 2040, a new initiative will aim to boost the existing infrastructure to keep up with increased demand of EVs. Transport secretary Chris Grayl...
Heatwave Causes Road in Australia to Melt, Damaging 50 Cars
12 Jul 2018, 11:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / About 50 drivers in Australia have suffered considerable damage to their cars after a road in north Queensland melted and bitumen coated the wheels. The incident happened last week, after a heatwave followed a spell of cold and wet weather, the ...
Man Says He Wasn’t Drinking while Driving, Just at Stop Signs
12 Jul 2018, 11:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 69-year-old man tried to use semantics to get out of a DUI charge, much to the delight of Internauts. While it didn’t help his cause much, at least he managed to bring a smile to frowned faces. Earle Stevens Jr. was arrested at the end ...
No, Tyler Perry Isn’t Giving Away Cars on Facebook
12 Jul 2018, 09:26 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Tyler Perry is known to be a very generous guy, but don’t expect him to be this way towards you, a perfect stranger. Least of all, don’t expect him to give you a new car or money on Facebook. A few days ago, actress Tiffany Hadish a...
Husband Finds Wife, Lover Dead from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
12 Jul 2018, 09:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Today’s cautionary tale is more a common sense thing: never spend any amount of time in a locked garage, with the engine of the car running, or risk death by carbon monoxide poisoning. One man from Newark, New Jersey came home to find his ...
Jeep Wrangler TJ Burns to the Ground in Fireworks Explosion, No One Called 911
11 Jul 2018, 14:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The 4th of July holiday is usually a busy time for fire departments throughout the U.S., so maybe that’s what over 2 dozen eyewitness thought of when they saw a Jeep Wrangler TJ consumed by flames. Either they didn’t want to disturb...
Southwest Airlines Marks the End of an Era, Will No Longer Be Serving Peanuts
11 Jul 2018, 14:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s the end of an era: Southwest Airlines, the company that started the trend of peanuts as in-flight snacks and, as such, will forever remain associated to it, will no longer be serving them on their planes. In a statement to the media,...