Elena Gorgan
8,139 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.
Remembering the 1946 Higgins Camp Trailer, the Lightweight Family-Sized Pop-Up RV
20 Apr 2023, 05:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Sometimes less really is more, and this is one of those times. In the troubled post-WWII context and financial crisis, Andrew Jackson Higgins tried to create the perfect, all-purpose, and all-year RV that delivered the feeling of home in the most c...
2023 Volvo VNL Custom Rig by ARI Legacy Sleepers Is the Fanciest Thing Ever
19 Apr 2023, 03:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Luxury does not equal a large size, even though that's usually the norm. The bigger the mansion, the more luxurious it is; the larger the superyacht, the fancier it gets. In the case of this sleeper truck, we're talking about condensed lu...
5-Year-Old Girl Gets Mercedes G-Wagen as Motivation to Stay in School
18 Apr 2023, 08:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Most of us were lucky to have gotten the doll or toy car we wanted on our fifth birthday, but then again, most of us were not the daughters and sons of a multi-millionaire. Had we been, we would have gotten the car of our dreams instead – lik...
Twice the Fun: Terranova 41 Is a Pocket Superyacht Explorer With 2 Pools
18 Apr 2023, 06:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It's not the size of the boat but the motion of the ocean, as the saying goes. Italian shipbuilder Terranova Yachts is out to prove the truth behind the cliché with a new flagship model that packs twice the fun possibilities by doubling...
Transformer Home: Sliding House Blends Luxury With Radical Environmental Performance
17 Apr 2023, 12:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Does environmental awareness automatically exclude luxury? Does a home have to be a fixed structure, or can it be constructed to be responsive to its environment? Sliding House is proof that you can have luxury, a reduced footprint, and an unconven...
Magical Tiny Home Is an Old Circus Wagon With a Golden Throne in the Bathroom
17 Apr 2023, 10:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The only thing better than a magical tiny home you build yourself is two such tiny homes, one more magical than the other. Just ask Frankie. The tiny home movement, which has been around for over two decades but only went mainstream over the pa...
The Square-Wheel Bicycle Is a Rideable, Beautiful Piece of Engineering
17 Apr 2023, 06:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that, but there's no denying that there is beauty in strange contraptions that work even when they look like they shouldn't. This also applies to this square-wheel bicycle, probably the first o...
The Nugget Tiny House Goes Small in Size, Huge on Storage
16 Apr 2023, 00:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Tiny houses are awesome examples of how you can pack the most functionality within a very compact space, while still retaining a clean aesthetic. But even with this kind of multi-functionality, most tinies offer very little in terms of storage &nda...
ECOmbo Rugged Trailer Wants To Take You Wherever the Adventure Is
15 Apr 2023, 04:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Beyond the view from your hotel room, or the distance you can cover with your 4x4 before you have to get back to where you set up camp, is a world still waiting to be explored. ECOmbo aims to help you do that by allowing you to take the basecamp wi...
Vatten Hus Is a Floating Penthouse Where You Can Experience a Superyacht Lifestyle
15 Apr 2023, 00:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The great and best thing about upcycling is the ability to put a unique spin on something that everybody else is doing. But even in the rather small niche of houseboat conversions, the Vatten Hus is a standout: this is not your regular houseboat co...
Dark Horse Tiny Takes a Single-Level Approach to Comfort
14 Apr 2023, 10:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you think there's only so little you can do with a compact space to convert it into a home, you must have been living under a rock without an internet connection, to have missed out on the tiny living phenomenon. Tiny houses and mobile home...
BMX Rider Kriss Kyle Does Insane Tricks at 2,000 Feet in World’s First Flying BMX Bowl
14 Apr 2023, 09:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Red Bull gives you wings, but even so, it won't get you 2,000 feet (609 meters) in the air so you can do tricks on your BMX bike. Where Red Bull the energy drink won't work, Red Bull the team will help. In yet another record-breaking s...
The Bubble Caravan Is a Terribly Cute Teardrop With the Most Surprising Galley
14 Apr 2023, 04:39 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / We've been raised to believe that looks aren't everything in life. But if they were, this incredibly cute, absolutely adorable teardrop trailer would have it made! This is the Bubble Caravan, from New Zealand-based builder Bubble Carav...
Lamborghini Gives Urus S a 'White Lotus' Experience, Sends It to Taormina
13 Apr 2023, 13:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Count on Lamborghini to craft the perfect experience for discerning owners, made even more impressive if those owners happened to be fans of the HBO Max hit series White Lotus. Lamborghini took them and the Urus S to Taormina, Sicily. White Lotu...
James Corden Put a Scratch on Kim Kardashian’s Custom Rolls-Royce Ghost
13 Apr 2023, 08:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If the rich cried dollar-shaped tears, Kim Kardashian would have shed a few thousand after James Corden accidentally put a scratch on her fully customized Rolls-Royce Ghost. But this is reality programming, so maybe things aren't as dire as th...
Arnold Schwarzenegger Fixes L.A. Pothole That Apparently Didn't Need Fixing
13 Apr 2023, 06:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A good leader is one who leads by example, not words. Arnold Schwarzenegger might not be into politics anymore, but that's not to say he doesn't care about what happens in his native Los Angeles or, for that matter, the entire state of Ca...
The PVY Z20 Pro e-Bike Is Here as the Perfect City Bike for the Daily Commute
13 Apr 2023, 05:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The international health crisis of 2020 marked the beginning of a new phase for urban mobility, one where previous environmental concerns and traffic congestion issues were compounded by the need for social distance, boosting the industry of two-wh...
Kip Kuiken Caravan: The Little Trailer That Wrote History With Its Innovative Design
12 Apr 2023, 11:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This one is for the old-timers and the old-at-heart, for whom nothing beats a vintage, revolutionary-for-its-time little trailer or RV. This is the Kip Kuiken Caravan, a little trailer that could – and did – write history with its innov...
Old Ship Lifeboat Is Reborn as a Bright Yellow Submarine for the Entire Family
12 Apr 2023, 07:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You think of life by or on the water, and unless we're talking about millionaires' superyachts, you almost immediately think of constricting spaces and the absence of most creature comforts. This yellow submarine is not that. This is t...
The Go-Pod Micro Tourer Is Tailor-Made for Affordable Adventures
11 Apr 2023, 14:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Not everyone is into downsizing or living on the road full-time, but few would turn down a nice vacation in the great outdoors with a compact, comfortable and very convenient RV. That’s what the Go-Pod is for. If you like your RVs more on...