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Elena Gorgan

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“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” - Henry Ford

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Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use.

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.
President Biden Will Be Allowed to Bring The Beast Armored Limo to Queen’s State Funeral
President Biden Will Be Allowed to Bring The Beast Armored Limo to Queen’s State Funeral

13 Sep 2022, 05:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Operation London Bridge is fully underway, and it brings certain restrictions for heads-of-state and dignitaries, of the most unusual and unprecedented kind. One such restriction could mean that U.S. President Joe Biden might not be allowed to use ...

 
coodo Is the Sustainable Prefab Modular Home That Redefines Modular Homes
coodo Is the Sustainable Prefab Modular Home That Redefines Modular Homes

13 Sep 2022, 03:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Mobile, prefabricated, or modular homes are having a moment right now, and it looks as if the trend will continue. A variety of factors is behind the desire for alternative housing solutions, from environmental concerns to the financial aspect and,...

 
Hickory Outlook Is Perhaps the Most Elegant DIY Tiny House You’ve Seen
Hickory Outlook Is Perhaps the Most Elegant DIY Tiny House You’ve Seen

12 Sep 2022, 06:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Just because it’s tiny doesn’t mean a tiny home has to lack creature comforts, amenities, luxury features or, for that matter, be cheap. Or feel tiny. Hickory Outlook is a tiny house, or better said, it is described as one by its bui...

 
Britney Spears Knows Her Driving Is the Talk of Town, So She “Crashed” Her Car
Britney Spears Knows Her Driving Is the Talk of Town, So She “Crashed” Her Car

12 Sep 2022, 04:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Whether the uncrowned queen of online comedy or a poor confused soul who keeps posting strange videos, one thing is clear: Britney Spears knows that her driving is still the talk of town. So here she is mocking all those who mock her. Pop star ...

 
Mangnavem Dreams of a Future of Gigantic Hypersonic Airliners With All Imaginable Luxuries
Mangnavem Dreams of a Future of Gigantic Hypersonic Airliners With All Imaginable Luxuries

12 Sep 2022, 03:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The sky is the limit – both for dreams and man in physical form. Recent years have brought countless advances to the aviation industry and these, in turn, are reigniting the dream of hypersonic airliners. This time, there’s a more eco-f...

 
$600 Million Megayacht Scheherazade Was a Christmas Gift From Putin's Friends
$600 Million Megayacht Scheherazade Was a Christmas Gift From Putin's Friends

11 Sep 2022, 05:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When it comes to buying presents for someone like Vladimir Putin, socks under the Christmas tree will simply not do. Despite all his efforts to present himself as one of the people, down to the supposedly average yearly salary he makes, Putin rolls...

 
9-Year-Old Rapper Super Siah Boasts Impressive Car Collection, Is Living the Boss Life
9-Year-Old Rapper Super Siah Boasts Impressive Car Collection, Is Living the Boss Life

10 Sep 2022, 09:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This definitely beats whatever we were doing when we were 9 years old, no matter how cool it might have seemed at a time. One boy from Florida, who also happens to be a famous influencer and a budding rapper, is totally living the life – incl...

 
Pedayak Is the Unicorn of Kayaks, With Pedals or Electric Motor, Sails and Even a Tri-Hull
Pedayak Is the Unicorn of Kayaks, With Pedals or Electric Motor, Sails and Even a Tri-Hull

10 Sep 2022, 07:55 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If a boat took Alice’s bottle marked “Drink me” and somehow followed that prompt, it would become the Pedayak. The Pedayak is an all-in-one, one-size-fits-all watercraft that can be pretty much anything you want it to be, with the...

 
On Board Paul Allen’s Second Superyacht, Tatoosh, a $90 Million Masterpiece
On Board Paul Allen’s Second Superyacht, Tatoosh, a $90 Million Masterpiece

10 Sep 2022, 06:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Less isn’t always more. Tatoosh, one of the world’s largest superyachts and a timeless icon, is a good example of how, in certain cases, only more will do. Tatoosh is Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen’s second su...

 
CAMPout House Is a Wildfire-Proof but Still Very Stylish Basecamp and Family Home
CAMPout House Is a Wildfire-Proof but Still Very Stylish Basecamp and Family Home

10 Sep 2022, 00:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You don’t have to reach for your tinfoil hat to admit that things could be better in the world. If you’re rich enough to afford it, you’ve probably already considered or looked into some kind of bunker or any other type of shelter...

 
Remembering the 1937 Hunt Housecar, the First Private RV With a Functional Shower
Remembering the 1937 Hunt Housecar, the First Private RV With a Functional Shower

9 Sep 2022, 10:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The name of J. Roy Hunt probably rings a bell only with film school students and diehard movie buffs. But it’s his contribution to an emerging market that he likely didn’t even imagine that we’re going to talk about today. J. ...

 
World’s Largest Carbon-Fiber Sloop Pink Gin VI Relists With $15 Million Discount
World’s Largest Carbon-Fiber Sloop Pink Gin VI Relists With $15 Million Discount

9 Sep 2022, 07:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Even the world’s richest people must love a good bargain now and then, so here’s a record-breaking sailing yacht offered with a hefty discount, after almost two years on the market. Pink Gin VI has been relisted with another agency, at ...

 
1929 Classic Sailing Yacht Halcyon Sinks After 4-Yacht Fire in the Marina
1929 Classic Sailing Yacht Halcyon Sinks After 4-Yacht Fire in the Marina

9 Sep 2022, 05:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Another significant casualty has been added to the ever-growing list of yachts destroyed by fire or the odd accident this year. This time, it’s a 1929 classic wood ketch called Halcyon. On the afternoon of September 7, at the Gouvia Marin...

 
RIP Queen Elizabeth II, the Princess Auto Mechanic, Certified Truck Driver and Pioneer
RIP Queen Elizabeth II, the Princess Auto Mechanic, Certified Truck Driver and Pioneer

9 Sep 2022, 02:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / On September 8, 2022, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, passed away at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, at the age of 96. She was the longest-reigning monarch and the last monarch to have served in World War II, a public figure beloved both in the UK and...

 
Tigín Tiny Homes Proposes a Hemp Micro-Home That Is Sustainable, Cheap and Pretty
Tigín Tiny Homes Proposes a Hemp Micro-Home That Is Sustainable, Cheap and Pretty

8 Sep 2022, 10:32 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This is the perfect (micro-)home to go with your cannabis car. Irish company Common Knowledge is introducing the first units of its Tigín Tiny Homes project: tiny homes built out of hemp and cork, with rubber floors and a focus on sustainabi...

 
At Least 4 Yachts Burn to the Ground in Greek Marina in Biggest Incident of the Kind
At Least 4 Yachts Burn to the Ground in Greek Marina in Biggest Incident of the Kind

8 Sep 2022, 06:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Superyacht-watching has become slightly more thrilling in recent months, first because of the ongoing sanctions against Russian oligarchs and now because of a seemingly increasing number of fires onboard. This is perhaps the biggest incident of the...

 
Scania Double-Decker Bus Becomes Off-Grid House With a Secret Wardrobe and Rooftop Garden
Scania Double-Decker Bus Becomes Off-Grid House With a Secret Wardrobe and Rooftop Garden

8 Sep 2022, 05:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Today’s vanlife inspiration (#vanlife #info, as the kids would say) comes from a couple in England, who have spent the past couple of years working on a bus conversion. It’s an old, public double-decker that they painstakingly turned in...

 
Criticism of Kim Kardashian’s Private Jet Use Is Unnecessary Because “No One’s Perfect”
Criticism of Kim Kardashian’s Private Jet Use Is Unnecessary Because “No One’s Perfect”

7 Sep 2022, 04:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Next time you feel your blood boil because you’re constantly working to reduce your carbon footprint, and someone like Kim Kardashian obviously doesn’t care a hoot, relax. She’s doing the best she can, and no one is perfect after ...

 
Robot Face Backpack Is a $100K One-Off That Mishmashes Kanye West, Elon Musk and Crypto
Robot Face Backpack Is a $100K One-Off That Mishmashes Kanye West, Elon Musk and Crypto

6 Sep 2022, 10:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s school season again, but this backpack is not for the regular school kid. Now the property of anonymous collective Elon.Space, which is inspired by Elon Musk and his eccentric billionaire online persona, it’s about to change hands ...

 
The Only Sherp the Ark in the U.S. Could Be Your Next Post-Apocalyptic Limo
The Only Sherp the Ark in the U.S. Could Be Your Next Post-Apocalyptic Limo

6 Sep 2022, 07:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / No other off-road vehicle is more capable, more reliable and more impressive than the Ukrainian-made Sherp, an amphibious, monstrous ATV that’s been popularized by rapper and fashion mogul Kanye West. Actually, strike that: Sherp the Ark is a...

 

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