Elena Gorgan
8,135 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.
Mercedes-Benz Launches Its First U.S. Subscription Service for Luxury Cars
6 Jun 2018, 12:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The only thing better than one luxury car is the ability to switch between several luxury cars, with no mileage limits, at the single touch of a button. World, meet the first broad U.S. subscription plan for luxury cars, courtesy of Mercedes-Benz: ...
Andy Murray Goes Electric with Jaguar I-PACE, Fulfills WWF Pledge
6 Jun 2018, 11:28 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Like many other celebrities, tennis champ Andy Murray has done his best to use his high profile to raise awareness for causes close to his heart. One of them is living a more sustainable life, and that includes switching to an all-electric car. ...
InMotion’s Hovershoes X1 Are Self-Operating, Safe and Awesome
6 Jun 2018, 11:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you ever tried your hand (feet?) at a hoverboard and found yourself flung violently on the floor because you applied too much pressure to rotate it, the safer, more stable option will soon be available. Meet InMotion’s Hovershoes X1. T...
New BMW i Collection Is Sustainable, Innovative, Sleek, Gorgeous
6 Jun 2018, 08:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / German carmaker BMW is bringing a touch of the elegance specific to its brand to a new lifestyle collection. It comprises both clothes and accessories, and items ideal for the office environment (coffee makers and cups, laptop backpacks and pencil ...
China’s Car of the Future: Two-Wheeled, Electric, Autonomous Gyrocar
6 Jun 2018, 07:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One Chinese engineer’s idea of the perfect car of the future hails back to a Ford prototype that never went into mass production, though it was popular enough to span a successful line of collectibles: the 1961 Gyron from Ford. The Gyron ...
Feral Peacocks Are Attacking Luxury Cars in Canada, Causing Serious Damage
5 Jun 2018, 13:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Peacock’s mating season lasts from March through October and it’s proving quite a challenge for residents of the Sullivan Heights neighborhood in Surrey, Canada. Besides having to endure the noise these birds make, they also have to acc...
Shift to Electric Cars Will Cost Germany at Least 75,000 Jobs, Study Finds
5 Jun 2018, 12:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Germany was slower in embracing the greener side of automaking, but now that it’s aiming to have 25 percent of its entire fleet electric by 2030, the “electric revolution” is underway. It will come at a cost, a new study highlight...
More Cars Are Being Hit with Poop Falling from the Sky in Canada
5 Jun 2018, 12:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If getting pooped by a bird is a sign of good luck, imagine what’s in store for several residents from Kelowna in Canada. They ended up with their cars and persons covered in human poop falling from the sky. A couple of these cases made h...
Pennsylvania Mother Sets Up Son for DUI Arrest, Gets Busted Too
5 Jun 2018, 11:38 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Pennsylvania woman is now facing serious charges after she set up her own son for a DUI arrest back in February, presumably in an attempt to teach him a lesson and scare him off drugs. Old sayings about karma and “do not onto others...&rdqu...
Man on LSD Steals Car, Thinks He’s in Grand Theft Auto
5 Jun 2018, 09:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One 23-year-old man from Grants Pass must have gotten a heavy dose of reality check when he came down from his LSD high the other day. He stole a car and led police on a wild chase through Jackson County, convinced that he was actually playing Gra...
Tom Cruise Is First Actor to Perform an Actual HALO Jump, Remains a Badass
5 Jun 2018, 09:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Ethan Hunt doesn’t grow old, he merely becomes more badass with every new “Mission: Impossible” installment. Naturally, the same goes for the guy playing him, actor Tom Cruise, who has just become the first actor to perform an act...
Brexit Britain Aims for Competitive Edge on Self-Driving Car Market
5 Jun 2018, 08:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / UK’s leading politicians are already planning their strategy after Brexit, and it involves a heavy focus on technology. One aspect of it that has just received funding is self-driving cars, with automotive minister Richard Harrington being co...
Rapper Offset Buys New Car For Guy Who Saved His Life
5 Jun 2018, 08:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It pays to be good, but the saying is especially accurate if you happen to be good to someone as loaded as Migos rapper Offset. He recently repaid the guy who helped him out of his wrecked car and walked him to the hospital, by buying him a new car...
Woman Drives Pink Bumper Car on Busy Street, Is Unpredictably Pulled Over
5 Jun 2018, 08:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’re ever in China, know that police there don’t look too kindly on “dangerous behavior” like driving a bumper car down a busy street. That’s a lesson that one 50-year-old woman learned just recently, when she tho...
Jay Leno Takes Tank to the Streets of LA
5 Jun 2018, 08:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / For the very embodiment of the phrase “ride in style,” just look at former TV host Jay Leno. He may be officially retired from the limelight, but he isn’t shy about showing off. Even if that means taking an actual tank to the stre...