Elena Gorgan
7,928 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.
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 ...
65-Year-Old Florida Woman Whacks Car Thief With Baseball Bat: “Pi-yah!”
19 Apr 2019, 11:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Here’s one grandma you don’t want to mess with: a 65-year-old woman from Gainesville, Florida, heard a noise outside her apartment and saw a man trying to break into her car. So she took matters into her own hands. Before that, she ...
3 Passengers Open Emergency Exit, Climb on Boeing 737 Wing as Engine Spits Fire
18 Apr 2019, 15:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Two Boeing 737 Max 8 planes were involved in deadly crashes in the last 5 months. Even if they hadn’t, looking out the window and seeing flames coming out of the plane’s engine would still be reason enough to panic. It happened on a...
Texas Cops Issue Coloring Citation to Driver Parked in Handicapped Spot
18 Apr 2019, 14:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Sometimes, the best way to get somebody to pay attention to whatever you have to say is through humor, as officers from the Southlake Police Department in Texas have learned. When their officers noticed a truck parked slightly into a handicappe...
Bystander Jumps Into Stolen Pontiac, Brings it Back to The Owner
18 Apr 2019, 13:54 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A man from Kansas City, Missouri, proud to call himself the owner of a Pontiac, came very close to losing it for good when a thief jumped inside and tried to drive it away, right from under his nose. Mikey Hill tells Fox4 that he has taken a br...
Detroit Tow Truck Hits 7 Parked Cars, Driver Doesn’t Even Get a Ticket
18 Apr 2019, 13:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Detroit tow truck caused mayhem outside a local bar, hitting no less than 7 parked cars. The driver tried to leave the scene of the accident when angry car owners formed a furious mob around the truck. The strangest part of the incident is th...
Alleged Car Thief Beaten Into a Coma by Car’s Rightful Owner in NYC
18 Apr 2019, 12:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One car owner from the Bronx, New York City, totally lost his cool when he noticed a man trying to break into his car. He became so enraged that he beat the alleged thief into a coma. The initial victim is now a suspect, as he fled the scene ri...
Mercedes Parks on Top of Toyota at New Jersey Mall
18 Apr 2019, 12:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Next time you feel bad about your parking skills, think of this: it could always be worse. This incident from New Jersey takes the crown this week, in terms of bad parking. It happened earlier this week, at The Outlets at Bergen Town Center in ...
Unlicensed Brat Steals Dad’s Rented Aston Martin Rapide, Crashes it, Flees
18 Apr 2019, 11:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Can you spell entitlement? A 20-year-old student from from Gloucestershire, U.K., got a mere slap on the wrist after he totaled a rental car and fled the scene of the accident, causing damages in excess of £35,000. Last November, George J...
White Supremacist Gets Life in Prison For Running Down Black Teen With His Jeep
18 Apr 2019, 11:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / White supremacist Russell Orlando Courtier from Portland, Oregon, has been sentenced to life behind bars and a minimum of 28 years before he’s eligible for parole, in the murder of 19-year-old Larnell Bruce Jr. Courtier belongs to the Eur...
Drunk Man Tries to Ram Car Into Ex’s Home, Set Her on Fire
17 Apr 2019, 13:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A man from Norman, Oklahoma is being held in police custody on a string of felony charges, after a violent attack on his ex-girlfriend, which saw him attempt to murder her through any means possible. They included ramming his car into the build...
Man’s Ford Edge Stolen Twice in The Same day
17 Apr 2019, 13:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Brian Starks from Dunwoody, Georgia, says he loved his new car: it had a leather interior and a sunroof and, for the first time in his life, he felt “fancy.” Then, the car was stolen. This was no regular carjacking, though, because S...
Woman Jumps on The Hood of Moving Car in Houston Road Rage Altercation
17 Apr 2019, 12:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A video that recently went viral shows a driver in Houston, Texas, getting into an altercation with a couple from another car, and the woman in that car jumping on the hood of the other vehicle. The incident actually took place last summer, ABC...
Devil in Fancy Dress is Pouring Acid on Cars in Tiny British Village
17 Apr 2019, 12:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A tiny community in Gloucestershire, U.K., is being terrorized by a “devil” in fancy dress, visiting their homes at night and either leaving dirty magazines on their porches or, even worse, pouring acid on their cars. Police say tha...
Distracted Driver Kills Retired Teacher, is Forced by Judge to Visit Her Grave
17 Apr 2019, 11:53 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In 2016, a Minnesota woman failed to heed a stop sign because she was distracted and crashed her SUV into the passenger side of another car, killing one and injuring the driver. Lori Hoefs, 57, admitted to the police that, at the time of the cr...
Mysterious “Flying Object” Crashes Through Woman’s Lexus Sunroof
17 Apr 2019, 11:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A female driver from Westminster, Colorado, is telling FOX31 that an UFO crashed through the sunroof of her Lexus SUV, while she was driving down US 36. However, it wasn’t the kind of UFO you’re probably thinking of: there was no gr...
Couple’s Car Becomes Stuck in Bog in Crocodile Territory, They Make it Out Alive
17 Apr 2019, 11:01 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A couple went out on a fishing trip to the Keep River National Park in the Northern Territory, close to the border with Western Australia, and ended up stuck in a bog in crocodile-infested territory. They were rescued some 26 hours later, but only ...
Biker Hits 2 Cars And Flees, is Then Run Over by One of The Drivers
16 Apr 2019, 13:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / What could have been a minor traffic accident turned tragic when one of the parties involved took matters into their own hands and engaged in an illegal pursuit. It happened in Houston, Texas, when a female biker hit 2 cars while lane-splitting...
Drunken Grandma Parks on Top of 2 Cars at Walmart Parking Lot
16 Apr 2019, 12:20 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You know you’re drunk when it’s still morning and you’ve somehow managed to park your car on top of 2 other parked vehicles. In this case, it might be time to cut the party and head back to bed. An elderly woman from Halifax, ...
Justin Bieber Sued For Hitting Paparazzo With His Lifted Dodge Ram
16 Apr 2019, 11:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Because of how famous and controversial he was at one point, Justin Bieber has more run-ins with the paparazzi than any other celebrity out there. That also includes the number of times he’s hit them with any of his many cars. The latest ...