Elena Gorgan
7,927 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.
United Airlines Employee Calls Black Passenger a “Monkey,” Faces Charge
24 Apr 2019, 12:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In February this year, Cacilie Hughes was returning home to Houston from Michigan, with a United Airlines flight. That’s when she was insulted by an employee of the airline company because she’s black. At the George Bush Intercontin...
Woman Drives to Postal Office, Ends up Stuck in Ditch For 5 Days
24 Apr 2019, 11:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Robin Fancher from Dothan, Alabama, is probably counting her lucky stars because she was rescued after spending 5 days trapped inside her wrecked car, which she drove into a ditch, well out of sight. Fancher’s family reported her missing ...
“Ultimate” Car Prank Is Seatbelt PSA
23 Apr 2019, 15:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / People tend to do the stupidest stuff for a few likes, in the name of keeping up with the latest trends and challenges making the rounds on social media. This also falls in this category. It’s labeled “the ultimate prank to play in ...
Man Steals Car With Owner Sleeping Inside, Owner Never Wakes Up
23 Apr 2019, 13:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / How’s that for a deep sleep? One car owner from Columbia County, Georgia, will make all you light-sleepers green with envy, after he somehow managed to snooze through the entire act of having his car stolen – with him right there inside...
Firefighters Help Disabled Man, Push Him Home After Wheelchair Battery Dies
23 Apr 2019, 13:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Talk about going beyond the call of duty: a crew of firefighters from the Raytown Fire Protection District in Missouri helped a disabled man after he became stranded in his electric wheelchair. Video of the rescue mission has gone viral on social m...
Drunk Woman Gives Uber Driver The Wrong Address, Has to Pay £275 For Ride
23 Apr 2019, 12:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You know you’re too drunk when you can’t even tell the driver of the Uber you summoned where you want him to take you, and just fall asleep the second you get into the car. This might sound like the premise of one of those “Ha...
Flight Attendants Have Been Stealing Cathay Pacific Blind, Won’t do it Anymore
23 Apr 2019, 11:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If it’s not yours, don’t touch it. Cathay Pacific continues its crackdown on petty theft from its own flight attendants, after announcing in January this year that it has cost it “untold hundreds of millions” over the years....
Man Parks Ford Transit on the Beach, the Sea Swallows It Whole
22 Apr 2019, 15:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’re going to park your car on a beach, make sure it won’t be taken out to sea by the incoming tide. That’s the lesson one Ford Transit owner found out this weekend, the hard way. A Ford Transit was parked on a beach...
Thieves Smash Stolen Car Into Gun Store, Take Armfuls of Weapons
22 Apr 2019, 15:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Thieves hit a small gun store in Loganville, Georgia, smashing a stolen car into the store and then carrying out weapons by the armful to the getaway vehicle. Surveillance footage released to the public in a bid to identify the driver shows a M...
Utah Man Steals Car, Poops in and Abandons it But Leaves His Cellphone Inside
22 Apr 2019, 14:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As car thieves go, perhaps this one isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed. A 21-year-old man from Murray, Utah, stole a woman’s car while she was inside a store, only to abandon it some hours later with crucial evidence still inside. ...
New Haven Police Shoot Unarmed Couple Sitting in Car, Protests Ensue
22 Apr 2019, 13:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Protesters took to the streets in Connecticut at the end of last week, asking for the immediate dismissal of 2 police officers who shot at an unarmed couple sitting in a car in New Haven. The incident occurred earlier last week, reigniting the ...
Car Owner Arrested For Murder After Alleged Car Thief Dies
22 Apr 2019, 13:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A violent incident in Denver, Colorado, has police trying to tie up loose ends in a bid to find the real story behind it. An alleged car thief was found dead in a car in Aurora, after being shot at by the victim whose car he tried to steal. Br...
Drunk Driver Crashes, Chews Wiring in Patrol Car After Arrest
22 Apr 2019, 13:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One drunk driver from South Carolina refused to go down without a fight when police officers showed up at the scene of the crash he caused and proceeded to take him away in handcuffs. It happened last week, in Spartanburg County, S.C. and it sa...
Speeding Corvette Leads Police on Cross-County Chase, Ends up in a Cemetery
22 Apr 2019, 12:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One speedster behind the wheel of a tan Chevrolet Corvette gave Indiana State Police officers quite a run for their money, managing to evade them twice while leading them on a multi-county chase. He is now in custody, but not for lack of trying...
Woman Sees Dealership Employee Drive Her Dodge, so She Steals it Back
22 Apr 2019, 11:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Mississippi woman found herself in quite a predicament last week, when she saw someone else drive the car she’d left at a local dealership to have it serviced. She came out of it by teaching that guy a hard lesson – and not by calling...
Turkey Breaks Into Truck And Escapes, to be Run Over by Incoming Ford Fusion
19 Apr 2019, 14:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’ve ever wondered how a Looney Tune cartoon would look like in real life, look no further: a video captured by a trucker is the closest thing to it. First off, the good thing about this video is that no one was seriously hurt in the...
Tesla Model X Spontaneously Catches Fire, 2 Months After it Burned Down
19 Apr 2019, 14:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Tesla that spontaneously caught fire and nearly burned down in its owner’s garage way back in February this year, burned down again after it was moved to another location. The original fire took place on February 8. Firefighters were ca...
Speeding Cyclist Misses a Turn, Hits a Wall And Does a Complete Flip Over It
19 Apr 2019, 13:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One cyclist from a small village in the U.K. had the worst luck at navigating a turn while speeding, so he hit a wall instead, did a complete flip over it and faceplanted in someone’s front yard. It happened in Barnsley, U.K., and there i...
Dude Tries Sneak Gun Past TSA by Wrapping it in Foil, Fails
19 Apr 2019, 12:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Have gun, will travel. Have illegal gun hidden inside your checked luggage, will travel no more and will be stopped by the TSA. One man from Queens tried to fly out of the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, with an illegally con...
Domino’s Sign Holder is Here to Entertain Drivers With an Awesome Dance Routine
19 Apr 2019, 12:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’re going to spend your entire working day holding a sign meant to advertise cheap pizza, you might as well make the most of it – and put a smile on people’s face in the process. On that same note, if you’re going ...