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.
Millionaire Auto Boss’ $23.5 Million Aria SF Superyacht Reduced to a Pile of Smoking Junk
15 Aug 2022, 12:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You often hear the phrase “burning through cash,” but this is the most literal interpretation of it: Aria SF, a brand new superyacht that had just been delivered to its owner and was yet to make its public debut, burned down to a pile o...
Crystal Concept Proposes a Visually-Striking Sailing Superyacht, Guilt-Free Luxury
15 Aug 2022, 10:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The ideas of comfort or even luxury and minimal impact on the environment are not mutually exclusive. They are, however, the prerogative of the one-percenters for the time being. But that’s not to say that the rest of us can’t dream. ...
Freya, the Walrus Sinker of Boats, Has Been Euthanized
15 Aug 2022, 04:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In an unexpected development, Norwegian authorities have decided to, and actually went through with euthanizing Freya, a female walrus that had spent the summer in Oslo Fjord. Freya became a viral star last summer when she wandered from the Arctic ...
Floating Seahorse Villa Is the First of Its Kind, Has Underwater Bedroom and Coral Garden
14 Aug 2022, 10:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Homes on water are certainly not new, and they’ve been gaining even more ground in recent years due to rising sea levels and the realization that the safest place to be for coastal residents might be on water, not on solid land. This is one s...
Rod Stewart Shames Authorities Into Fixing Road Outside His Mansion by Filling Potholes
14 Aug 2022, 08:18 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / There is no underestimating the power of public shaming, especially when you have a platform as huge as Sir Rod Stewart has. It took him almost five months to get a positive result, but the side road outside the singer’s mansion is finally ge...
Kim Kardashian Doesn’t Know How to Open the Door on Her Custom Maybach
14 Aug 2022, 07:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Kim Kardashian is a lot of things, but one thing she is not is “relatable.” Once Paris Hilton’s stylist, she is now one of the most recognizable faces in showbiz, with a billion-dollar business empire and the tastes of a billionai...
Lewis Hamilton Doesn’t Like Driving in Everyday Life Because It’s Too Stressful
13 Aug 2022, 14:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Just because Lewis Hamilton has made a career out of driving at 200 mph (322 kph) on the race track doesn’t mean that he’s one of those drivers that other drivers are quick to get out of their path. On the contrary, his driving is caref...
Hazel Is a Gorgeous Tiny House With Full-Height Bedroom and Walkway, and Vertical Garden
13 Aug 2022, 13:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Tiny house living is gaining new ground every day, especially among younger people who may not afford to rent in the city or buy a house but are looking to cut down expenses and their carbon footprint and increase their mobility. What was once cons...
James May Hospitalized After Driving Into Wall at 75 MPH
13 Aug 2022, 11:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Some jobs come with inherent risks, and this seems to be the case here. James May, one of the three OG presenters of Top Gear and current The Grand Tour host, was involved in a serious crash during production. The Sun reports that, during filmin...
Fancy Parking Row Generated by “Best Man Cave” Ends With Millionaire Builder in Jail
13 Aug 2022, 09:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As parking rows go, this was one of the fanciest and most publicized: a millionaire accountant built himself “Britain’s best man cave” on his property without the proper permits, and then began fighting with his neighbors when the...
Roman Abramovich Has Successfully Taken His $1.3 Billion Superyacht Fleet Into Hiding
13 Aug 2022, 06:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Like with most billionaires and multi-millionaires, a detailed list of expensive assets for any Russian oligarch is impossible to obtain. The same applies for Roman Abramovich, though he still denies being a Russian oligarch as defined by internati...
On Board Christina O, the Former Frigate that Wrote the Book on Superyacht Lifestyle
12 Aug 2022, 10:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Whether we talk about cars, boats, public figures or even some sort of clapback in the public sphere, the term “iconic” does get thrown around a lot. This is one instance where it’s not only not a hyperbole, but a most fitting des...
Here’s a Hyundai i40 Climbing on Top of a Lamborghini Huracan at an Intersection
12 Aug 2022, 06:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / These boots are made for walking, as the song goes. In the case of this blue Hyundai i40, these boots were made for walking all over you, even if you’re a Lamborghini Huracan that just so happens to have the right of way. A very strange a...
Mike Tyson’s Ferrari F50 Is About to Sell at Auction for a Lot of Money
12 Aug 2022, 05:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Celebrity-owned cars tend to value over time, and this also holds true in the case of public figures whose personal collections count on dozens of items that seem impossible to keep track of. Mike Tyson is one such figure, and his old Ferrari F50 i...
Vanlife Sucks at Current Gas Prices, So This Vanlifer Is Moving Into a Tesla
11 Aug 2022, 09:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Because everything is shinier, better and closer to perfect on social media, vanlife is now widely considered the ideal lifestyle: it’s downsized living with lower costs, no rent, and way more mobility than before, and the bonus of monetizing...
VanMoof Introduces Limited-Edition S3 Aluminum e-Bike: Celebrate Beauty in Simplicity
11 Aug 2022, 07:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / e-Bikes come in all shapes and sizes, and a varied range of specifications, and we have the recent boom in the urban mobility sector to thank for that. Standing out from the crowd in such a context might be a difficult task but, as with everything ...
Kim Jong-Un’s Secret, Outrageous Megayacht Has Been Spotted
11 Aug 2022, 06:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Summer is the time for making memories with family and friends, on shorter or extended vacations, in more or less exotic locales. The richer you are, the fancier the memories – as well as the locales and the means of transport used to get the...
Walhalla Is an Elegant Floating House Disguised as a James Bond Submarine
11 Aug 2022, 05:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In Norse mythology, those who die in combat go to Valhalla, a hall in Asgard where Odin rules. Even Immortan Joe’s War Boys in Mad Max believed they would go to Valhalla if they died a glorious death, so they always made sure it mattered in w...
Khalilah, the Golden Superyacht at the Crossroads Between Opulence and Innovation
10 Aug 2022, 10:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Generally speaking, it’s in very bad taste to go for too much gold. Whether we’re talking fashion, art, jewelry, interior design, or superyachts, it just doesn’t do to opt for too much gold. The only exception seems to be that...
Ex-NFL Star Marshawn Lynch Busted for DUI in Tire-Missing Mustang Shelby GT500
10 Aug 2022, 05:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except this once: former NFL star Marshawn Lynch was arrested in Las Vegas on Tuesday (August 9) after driving into curbs in a tire-less, flat-tire 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. He has been booked for DUI. ...