Elena Gorgan
8,143 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.
Jeff Bezos’ Luxurious Support Vessel YS 7512 Is Seen for the First Time
11 Oct 2022, 05:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Any day is a good day to be billionaire Jeff Bezos, but October 8 was particularly so, if only because it brought confirmation that he is one step closer to taking delivery of his brand-new yachts. Yachts in the plural; that is not a typo. On Oc...
William Shatner Explains Why Space Tourism Matters in Ways Jeff Bezos Never Could
10 Oct 2022, 06:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In July last year, former Amazon boss Jeff Bezos was among the first group of space tourists to fly to the edge of space onboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard. A few months later, 90-year-old actor William Shatner became the oldest man to fly to ...
Tom Cruise Is Taking Us to Space: Universal Boss Confirms Movie Onboard the ISS
10 Oct 2022, 05:28 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s been a minute since confirmation came that Tom Cruise was heading to space to shoot a movie, with backing from NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX. While not much has been heard of the topic in a year, it was never truly off the table. ...
Project UFO From ICON Yachts Turns an Old Rescue Vessel Into a Luxurious, Massive Explorer
10 Oct 2022, 04:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Personalized luxury doesn’t automatically exclude the upcycling of an old or disused item, even though in the cases of superyachts or megayachts, this seems to be the rule. Conversions are actually more time-efficient, less costly, and have a...
“Ultimate e-Bike” GoCycle G4 Is Now Cheaper, Still Awesome
9 Oct 2022, 04:26 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It takes guts to call your product “the ultimate e-bike” and “the best e-bike in the world,” but GoCycle is determined to prove that this isn’t just empty talk. Here is one way to getting more people to try out the G4....
Yellow Submarine Is the Most Incredible Tiny House You Can Actually Experience Yourself
9 Oct 2022, 03:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One man’s trash is another man’s treasure and all that, but in the hands of these two people, other people’s garbage became a true work of art. The Yellow Submarine stands out as one even against the very colorful and highly creat...
This Is What You Get If You Put a Rolex Daytona on an iPhone 14 Pro, and Cast It in Gold
9 Oct 2022, 00:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you love gold on everything, even on the most unexpected items, Caviar would like a word. Their latest, very limited-series product is the Frankenstein monster few could have imagined, bringing together a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona and an iPhone. ...
$500 Million Megayacht Nord Reemerges at Anchor After Successfully Escaping Sanctions
8 Oct 2022, 08:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Now that the initial wave of enthusiastic sanctions seems to have worn off and sanctioned oligarchs already know who their allies are, some of the vessels that went “missing” earlier this year are popping back again on the radar. Nord i...
Italian Millionaire Is Selling His Custom Baglietto Superyacht C, With Two of Everything
8 Oct 2022, 07:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / For one-percenters, dreaming of the perfect family boat is the first and most important step towards actually getting it. C, one of the most outstanding custom superyachts from Baglietto, is that perfect boat. It’s also on the market, bec...
Cars, Chicks and Martinis: James Bond Is 60 Years Old, But Still Delivers Badassery
8 Oct 2022, 04:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Few other fictional characters are as iconic as James Bond, the most efficient, deadliest, most badass, and widely over-skilled spy in Her Majesty’s service. Sorry, Barbie. As the James Bond franchise turns 60 years old this year, and th...
The Pony Dog Bike Is a Cute Commuter Designed Around Your Dog
8 Oct 2022, 00:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Who doesn’t love a one-in-all solution? City-dwellers who rely on an electric two-wheeler for the daily commute but who also happen to be pet-owners can probably look forward to a new trend in urban personal mobility. Several studies long...
This 2005 Bluebird Bus Conversion Is a Very Ingenious Tiny Home for a Family of 9
7 Oct 2022, 12:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / How many people can you fit on a bus – not seated in the original seats, but living onboard on a permanent basis? In the case of this 2005 Bluebird conversion, the answer is nine. For now. After the first months of pure panic at the onset...
A New Kind of Off-Grid: Hotel Hyundai Is World’s First Car-Powered Hotel, Still Luxurious
7 Oct 2022, 07:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Just because you are keen on more sustainable lifestyle choices doesn’t mean that you have to get accustomed to a less luxurious or pampered existence. Hyundai wants to prove that to you, by opening a pop-up hotel it describes as the world&rs...
This Bugatti Is Both Fully Electric and Insanely Cheap, So There Must Be a Catch
7 Oct 2022, 05:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The electric revolution might be coming, but it’s not likely to reach Bugatti within the next 10 years, at least as far as full electrification goes. Since we’re not going to get a full-electric Bugatti (or an SUV) in that timeframe, wh...
Rare 1964 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 Series I Spent 40 Years in a Barn, Is Asking for Another Shot
6 Oct 2022, 05:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Ferraristas, classic collectors, and car enthusiasts in general, with no budgetary constraints. If you’re on the market for your next restoration project, save the October 8 date. A rare, barn-find 1964 Ferrari will be going under the hammer ...
Hushed Sale of $30 Million Superyacht MySky Is Exposed, Might Flaunt Sanctions
6 Oct 2022, 04:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / “Resilient” is what you’d call someone able to bounce back from adversity, whether illness or any other kind of misfortune. “Illegal” is the term being thrown around in this particular case, where the superyacht owned ...
The Locomotive Ranch Trailer Is a $1M Retreat Built Around a ‘54 Spartan Imperial Mansion
6 Oct 2022, 02:48 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Some things are far too valuable (and awesome) to be put into storage, even when they’re no longer used. This is a story about one such valuable, with an upcycling twist that makes it even more of a standout. Back in the early days of the...
Couple Moves Into Van Conversion Because of Living Crisis, That’s Where We’re At
5 Oct 2022, 09:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If downsizing was the hip, cool thing to do before, it’s about to acquire a new dimension as the costs of living soar. A new viral story from the British media is making an argument for cutting down daily expenses in these troubled times by d...
Remembering the 1968 Jayco Pop-Up Camper, the First to Use a Unique Ease-Up Lifter System
5 Oct 2022, 06:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / All stories of dreams come true start with an idea and one man or woman’s relentless pursuit to bring it into reality. This is one such story: Jayco, the giant RV manufacturer, and Lloyd J. Bontrager’s dream of a pop-up camper that woul...
Putin’s $119 Million Superyacht Graceful Is Now Called Killer Whale, On the Move Again
5 Oct 2022, 03:26 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Vladimir Putin’s second largest superyacht, Graceful, has been spotted again after being able to elude all attention for months. It’s on the move again, possibly heading to St. Petersburg under a new name. Graceful was delivered to &...