Elena Gorgan
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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.
This Is Libon, an e-Bike That Aims to Obliterate Range Anxiety With 162-Mile Estimate
7 Mar 2024, 13:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As much the industry of electric vehicles has evolved in recent years, the pet peeve of range anxiety is still very much around. The Libon aims to obliterate all talk of range anxiety on the e-bike segment of the market, promising the "longest...
Super-Rare 1972 VW Fridolin Emerges in the U.S., Restored, Bagged and Absolutely Beautiful
7 Mar 2024, 12:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If there's such a thing as the equivalent of a unicorn in the automotive world, the Fridolin would be it. Strike that: this particular unit of the Fridolin would be it, what with the extensive restoration and the glow-up it received under its ...
A Snowmobile Crashed Into a Black Hawk Helicopter. The Rider Is Now Suing the Government
7 Mar 2024, 09:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / What could easily be described as the strangest, most unlikely crash of all time is now the basis for a $9.5 lawsuit against the U.S. Government, with the victim determined to see the Military held responsible for it. On the evening of March 12,...
This DIY Camper Is Actually a Tiny House That Moves Under Its Own Power. Cheap, Too
7 Mar 2024, 08:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you take what downsizers and vanlifers are saying at face value, nothing beats the way of life of the modern nomad, especially if you also get to make a living off it by monetizing it on social media. That might be true, but what about the prohi...
Specialized Introduces Turbo Porto, the Most Powerful, Beautiful and Capable Cargo e-Bike
6 Mar 2024, 11:48 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As more people are turning to e-bikes as a means to move about our congested, overcrowded, and polluted cities, Specialized has decided to take a huge leap onto the market of cargo bikes – effectively gunning to replace personal cars in the p...
Sailing Yacht Criterion Runs Aground, Breaks Apart and Sinks Within Hours
6 Mar 2024, 06:59 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This was definitely not the kind of outing tourists onboard the Criterion expected: the sailing yacht carrying 30 people in total hit the reef and became stuck, breaking apart and sinking in the following hours. File this under "the worst s...
The Fiat 500 Offshore Is an Adorable, Limited-Edition Car-Boat Hybrid
6 Mar 2024, 04:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Why choose between two perfectly fine things in order to live the proverbial dolce vita? You don't have to if you can afford it, so you get to have an iconic, absolutely adorable Fiat 500 and take it out to water as well. This is neither a ...
Simon Cowell Shows Off His All-Electric Fleet, and It Includes an e-Bike
5 Mar 2024, 08:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Some of life's biggest changes start with just a small step. In Simon Cowell's case, a very passionate car collector who wouldn't even look twice at an electric vehicle, that small step was his son's scolding him on the topic of...
"Barbie" License Plate Is Selling for $1.3 Million and It's Not Even Pink
5 Mar 2024, 07:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Barbie-mania has died down a bit following the release of the eponymous movie, which turned out to be the biggest box-office draw of the year 2023. But that's not to say it has gone away for good – it couldn't have because this ...
Here's Mark Zuckerberg Geeking Out Over a Billionaire's Richard Mille Watch
5 Mar 2024, 05:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Mark Zuckerberg is one of the world's richest and arguably most influential men, but you wouldn't have been able to tell until not long ago, if you saw him in the street and didn't know who he was. Things are changing, though, and he...
Travis Barker Takes His Custom '63 Impala Out, and It's a Stunner
4 Mar 2024, 10:26 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Though most celebrities would consider themselves trendsetters or, as regards their automotive purchases, car collectors, the truth is that many are just hoarders of nice, new, shiny things. Travis Barker is a notable exception. Amassing new car...
This Is Malbuck, a Houseboat That Puts a Fancy Spin on Living on the Water
4 Mar 2024, 08:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Admittedly, downsizing is all about restricting the entire footprint of your home down to the bare minimum without losing all convenience and comfort. But downsizing can also be luxurious, and that's precisely what we're looking at here. ...
Rapper Meek Mill Crashed His Hummer EV on His First Drive
3 Mar 2024, 10:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Talk about bad luck! In what could be the equivalent of the real-life representation of walking under a ladder, rapper Meek Mill took his newest ride out for a drive and crashed. Badly. At least, that's the hint he's been dropping on s...
The ADO Air 20 Pro Aims for the Perfect City e-Bike, and It Might Be Just That
3 Mar 2024, 09:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The last time we spoke of e-bike maker ADO, we said that they had just delivered a very strong contender for the title of the perfect city bike. Perfection, it seems, can be improved, as strange as that might sound. ADO, which stands for A Dece ...
Remembering the 1962 Kershaw Executive Cruiser, the Luxury RV That Never Was
3 Mar 2024, 08:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Before the concept of "motorhome" existed, one man dreamed of the perfect vehicle for a variety of purposes: a housecar that would still be a people mover but didn't lack luxury features, with a powerful engine and solid performance,...
This Beautiful Superyacht Has Not One But Three Spas, Lives Up to the 'Reverie' Name
3 Mar 2024, 01:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / There is no clear definition of luxury, but if there were, it would probably look a lot like Reverie. Inspired by nature and featuring environmentally friendly features, this superyacht is the latest concept in Oceanco's Simply Custom Collecti...
The Colossea Proposes a Megayacht that Doubles as a Floating Dock for an Airship
2 Mar 2024, 08:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / No self-respecting multi-millionaire would buy a superyacht or a megayacht with a helipad and not see to it that he also gets access to an aircraft, whether by direct purchase or a rental scheme. But why stop here?, designer Pierpaolo Lazzarini ask...
The City Transformer CT-2 Is the World's First Car to Change Dimensions While Driving
2 Mar 2024, 01:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / How can established carmakers meet the growing demand for premium features, enhanced safety, and solid performance with the pressure for greener, more sustainable products, preferably with all-electric powertrains? We don't have an answer to t...
Singer Pink Chills on Paradise Yacht, Proves That Bigger Isn't Always the Best Choice
1 Mar 2024, 13:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Singer Pink is one of the richest pop stars in the world, but you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at her choice in vacation yachts. That same choice, by the way, confirms that bigger isn't always the best choice. Pink is now in Aus...
Justin Bieber Officially Joins the Celebrity Cybertruck Owners Club
1 Mar 2024, 11:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It takes guts to choose not to use traditional marketing to advertise a product, especially when that product is deemed a "risk" for challenging the status quo. With Tesla, though, it turns out that they really don't need ads –...