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.
The Vello Titanium e-Bike Is the Lightest in the World, Has “Unlimited” Range
24 Jul 2022, 06:32 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As much as the electric two-wheeler industry has diversified these past couple of years, the “dream” e-bike is still a dream. However, things are different if budgetary constraints are non-existent. With the start of the 2020 interna...
Two of Roman Abramovich’s Superyachts Suddenly Sail Away, Months After They Were Detained
24 Jul 2022, 05:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Like with many other Russian oligarchs, it’s difficult to estimate just how many luxury assets Roman Abramovich has. But one thing is certain: two more of his superyachts are moving to friendly waters and, in the process, out of reach for int...
Kylie Jenner Is Spending Too Much Money on Cars, Private Jets and Real Estate
23 Jul 2022, 21:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Whatever your feelings towards her, multi-millionaire (almost-billionaire) Kylie Jenner is here to stay. The reality star turned self-made makeup mogul has worked hard to build her brand and, as you probably know, it also involves hoarding expensiv...
Olive the DIY VW Minibus Conversion Wants to Be Your Tiny Home Inspiration
23 Jul 2022, 06:49 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you often find yourself daydreaming about ditching your current life and starting fresh but on the road, yet you never seem to find the motivation for such a huge step, maybe Olive can help. Chris and Sam, the builders of the Olive van, slash ti...
Samana Megayacht Concept Is What Understated Elegance Is All About
23 Jul 2022, 05:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It never hurts to indulge in a bit of fantasizing, and concept superyachts are perhaps the fanciest form of it. For your next dream superyacht, Rodriguez Design Studio is proposing something bigger and better than current superyachts but also surpr...
PETA Comes for Floyd Mayweather and His Custom $18K Mink Baby Car Seat
23 Jul 2022, 04:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Floyd Mayweather likes to live big and he likes to make a point of showing that off to the world. Every once in a while, this gets him unwanted attention and, with it, a handful of harsh words that would probably make a more impressionable man hang...
Incredible $40 Million Mansion Hides a $4 Million 14-Car Underwater Garage
23 Jul 2022, 00:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Dubai, the true land of all possibilities – on the sole condition that you’re wealthy. That same condition applies in this case, where one developer seemingly did the impossible to create a very rare underwater garage for the ultimate c...
Remembering the 1910 Pierce-Arrow Touring Landau, the First-Ever Production RV
22 Jul 2022, 13:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / What could possibly constitute the appeal of a luxury RV that is priced more than a brick-and-mortar house, costs a fortune to run and maintain, and has serious limitations as to where it can travel due to size? Among other things, it’s the p...
Freya, the Sunbathing Walrus Sinker of Boats, Is Getting Too Famous for Her Own Sake
22 Jul 2022, 09:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It’s perfect boating season right now, and no one loves boats more than Freya, the bathing walrus and international celebrity slash goddess who, somehow ironically, is also a symbol of how bad climate change has gotten. Freya, the walrus, ...
A Tank Is an Odd But Awesome Choice for a Grocery Getter, Soldier Proves
22 Jul 2022, 08:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / When your hobbies include decommissioned military vehicles, you have to find a way to integrate them into everyday life. One dad (and soldier) from England is doing that by using an armored vehicle as a daily driver – and even as his grocery ...
This Beautiful 1970 Ford Capri 3000 GT Comes Straight Out of Jamie Oliver’s Collection
22 Jul 2022, 06:20 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In the first days of 1969, Ford of Europe introduced what was supposed to be the European version of the Ford Mustang, the Philip T. Clark-designed Ford Capri. A later, sportier example has emerged for sale, and it’s not just in excellent con...
The 1928 Pierce-Arrow Fleet Housecar Is What Fancy RV-ing Was All About
21 Jul 2022, 12:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Once past a certain age, you get that “back in the day, things were better” feeling about everything much too often. This isn’t one of those times. Throughout the month of July, autoevolution is getting into the summer holiday ...
Gus Fring’s Unassuming 1998 Volvo V70 Is One Way to Feel Like a Low-Key Badass
21 Jul 2022, 07:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As collectible cars go, this is perhaps among the most unassuming and seemingly uninteresting to emerge on the market in recent months. But fans of hit AMC series Breaking Bad and the spinoff Better Call Saul will instantly know and duly appreciate...
The Chainsmokers Is the First Musical Act to Perform at the Edge of Space
21 Jul 2022, 07:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Space tourism is a budding niche of space exploration that’s been getting a bad rap. Critics say it’s bad for the environment and, at the end of the day, just another way for big companies to get even more money from rich people looking...
Construction Resumes on Seized $600 Million Megayacht Dilbar, but No One Knows What For
21 Jul 2022, 05:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Dilbar, once the world’s most famous megayacht because of its size and its reported price tag of $600 million to $735 million, is now the world’s most expensive seizure under current sanctions against Russia. But not all hope is lost fo...
Custom $350 Million Superyacht Icecap, Lurssen’s Most Secretive Project, Breaks Cover
21 Jul 2022, 03:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One of the most secretive, custom superyacht explorer projects in the world, Lurssen’s Icecap, is out of dry dock at the shipyard and, for the first time ever, seen in physical form. Icecap, or Project Icecap, was announced in early 2018....
Floyd Mayweather’s Lime Rolls-Royce Now Includes a Custom Mink Seat for His Grandson
20 Jul 2022, 05:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Knowing how flashy and outrageous Floyd Mayweather is when it comes to expensive cars, diamond jewelry, and designer duds for himself, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he’s equally so as a grandfather. Because grandpa Money loves no...
Kylie Jenner Is Labeled a “Climate Criminal” for Taking a 17-Minute Private Jet Trip
20 Jul 2022, 04:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Celebrities; they're not like us, no matter how badly they'd like us to believe it. Because where we'd be stuck in bad traffic for much longer than the actual trip, celebrities can always hop on and off their private jets and then ge...
“Tire Extinguishers” Disarm 60 SUVs in One Single Night and One Single City
19 Jul 2022, 07:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Tire Extinguishers are the latest face of anti-SUV activism, and they’re branching out. The movement that initially got started as a viral stunt in the UK has successfully crossed into the United States, and now Canada. Tire Extinguishers...
James Corden Is Knocked Off His Bike, Quite Furious About It
19 Jul 2022, 07:20 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Not everything about James Corden’s scaredy-cat persona is make-pretend. Where most celebrities are eager to show people just how badass they are, Corden almost takes pride in being afraid of physical stunts. This is the most dangerous situat...