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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.
Jeff Bezos' Megayacht Koru Is Getting Ready for Summer Cruising
Jeff Bezos' Megayacht Koru Is Getting Ready for Summer Cruising

13 Mar 2024, 12:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Normies still have to wait at least until May to start thinking or daydreaming about the summer vacation, but the one-percenters of the world are already prepping for it. That includes centibillionaire Jeff Bezos. The summer migration has alread...

 
Remembering Taku-Tanku, the Lightweight Tiny House You Can Tow by Bicycle
Remembering Taku-Tanku, the Lightweight Tiny House You Can Tow by Bicycle

13 Mar 2024, 06:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / How much downsizing can you do before your tiny home loses all justification of being called a "home"? If today's proposal for a Blast from the Past story is any indication, the answer to that question is: a lot of it. Designed fo...

 
The Pedal Nomad Camper Is a Mini RV "With All the Comforts of Home"
The Pedal Nomad Camper Is a Mini RV "With All the Comforts of Home"

12 Mar 2024, 16:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Consumerism has taught us to always strive for the biggest, flashiest, and most importantly, newest thing money can buy. Paul Elkins is here to show that you can have it all with something you build yourself from cheap materials and on a teeny-tiny...

 
The Viewfinder Tiny House Puts a Soaking Tub on the Deck for Maximum Pampering
The Viewfinder Tiny House Puts a Soaking Tub on the Deck for Maximum Pampering

12 Mar 2024, 07:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Tiny houses and other types of mobile homes that emphasize downsizing often sacrifice comfort and features for a reduced footprint and increased mobility. The Viewfinder would have none of that. Then again, The Viewfinder is not your typical tin...

 
$4.5 Million Yacht 'Chanson' Burns Down to a Crisp, EV Battery Might Be to Blame
$4.5 Million Yacht 'Chanson' Burns Down to a Crisp, EV Battery Might Be to Blame

11 Mar 2024, 10:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / With the rise in popularity of electric vehicles of all types comes heightened awareness of the need for better fire prevention measures and new technology that would help put out these fires before they do too much damage. For now, though, said aw...

 
Iconic, Record-Breaking Bluebird K7 Hydroplane Is Back Home, Roaring to Run Again
Iconic, Record-Breaking Bluebird K7 Hydroplane Is Back Home, Roaring to Run Again

11 Mar 2024, 08:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Bluebird K7, the world's first successful jet-engined hydroplane and a multiple-record holder for speed on water, is back at home in Coniston, Cumbria, in the UK. Its road back home was long, perilous, and filled with obstacles, but things...

 
Chris Brown Banged Up His All-White Lambo and Got Pretty Angry About It
Chris Brown Banged Up His All-White Lambo and Got Pretty Angry About It

11 Mar 2024, 06:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Several things are true about Chris Brown at the same time: he's a great artist and performer, he is a passionate car guy with a soft spot for Lamborghinis, and he has anger control issues. Two of these things came to light last weekend. Th...

 
This Is Wotapod, the Most Optionable Teardrop in the World
This Is Wotapod, the Most Optionable Teardrop in the World

11 Mar 2024, 04:55 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Bigger isn't always better, especially when it comes to towables – and not when you can have customization. That's the argument Wotpods is trying to make, and their Wotapod teardrop trailer is an excellent way of backing it up. T...

 
World's Only Converted London Underground Carriage Is One Way to Experience Tiny Living
World's Only Converted London Underground Carriage Is One Way to Experience Tiny Living

10 Mar 2024, 01:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / With all this talk about downsizing to reduce our carbon footprint and lead more affordable (and happier) lives and about upcycling to cut down on waste, it'd be easy to get lost in fancy words. But at the end of the day, either can be a form ...

 
This Is Vashon: A Tiny House That Goes Very Big on Family Living, With Sleeping for 8
This Is Vashon: A Tiny House That Goes Very Big on Family Living, With Sleeping for 8

9 Mar 2024, 08:32 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Downsizing is about cutting down, whether on livable footprint or general expenses, in order to live a more affordable, better-quality life. But that's not to say it's exclusive to singles or young couples, retirees or teens; large famili...

 
This Firefly Titanium Bike Fits Inside a Rimowa Luggage Case, Is the Epitome of Luxury
This Firefly Titanium Bike Fits Inside a Rimowa Luggage Case, Is the Epitome of Luxury

9 Mar 2024, 02:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A bicycle is perhaps the simplest, most convenient, easiest-to-use wheeled means of moving about town and exploring the great outdoors. But any cyclist can tell you that a bicycle is never "just" a bike. There is a special bond that cy...

 
The Honeylion Is a Colorful, Luxurious, Huge Mobile Home for the Entire Fam
The Honeylion Is a Colorful, Luxurious, Huge Mobile Home for the Entire Fam

9 Mar 2024, 01:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Just because a family home is a tiny house doesn't mean that it's literally "tiny." You don't have to take our word for it, either because we have the perfect example to back it up: the Honeylion. Honeylion is the latest...

 
This Lotus Elan Is Actually a Hot Tub With Incredible Views
This Lotus Elan Is Actually a Hot Tub With Incredible Views

8 Mar 2024, 07:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It's not that uncommon for auto enthusiasts to splurge on items that match their passion for automobiles. Coffee tables made out of car parts, barbecue stations hidden under car boots, car photography books or art, or even entire vehicles turn...

 
Barefoot Caravan: The Retro Cutie That Packs Every Creature Comfort Inside
Barefoot Caravan: The Retro Cutie That Packs Every Creature Comfort Inside

8 Mar 2024, 06:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / No one buys a camper or a travel trailer or any other type of mobile habitat on considerations of looks alone, but if they did, the Barefoot would probably find itself at the top of the list. And there's more to Barefoot than just good looks: ...

 
This Is Libon, an e-Bike That Aims to Obliterate Range Anxiety With 162-Mile Estimate
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
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
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
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
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
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...

 

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