Elena Gorgan
7,968 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.
Out of Control Crane Slams Into 31-Car Line at Toll Station in China
5 Nov 2018, 14:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A crane-like truck crashed into cars waiting in line outside the toll station on the Lanzhou-Haikou Expressway in China, the Gansu province. The driver of the crane lost control of the vehicle as he was going down the 17km downhill stretch and s...
Hooligans Throw Lighted Firework Inside Stationary SUV in London
5 Nov 2018, 13:24 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The British tabs like the phrase “lawless London” a lot – so much so that they use it almost on a daily basis. A new video, shot in traffic in the British capital, shows that there’s a good chance it’s not an exaggerat...
Security Guard Finds Ghost on Board Deserted Plane, Has Video to Prove It
5 Nov 2018, 13:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Forget about snakes on a plane (sorry, Mr. Samuel L. Jackson), because this is definitely more terrifying than that: a security guard at the International Airport in Mexico City found a ghost on board one of the deserted planes. He has video to...
White Woman Harasses Black Sisters Stranded in Parking Lot, Turns Herself In
5 Nov 2018, 12:48 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The last thing you need when stranded in a parking lot at night, while waiting for AAA roadside assistance, is someone to harass and threaten you, while also spewing racist stuff. It happened to 2 sisters last month, in Charlotte, N.C., outside...
Alec Baldwin Arrested For Punching a Dude Over an NYC Parking Spot
5 Nov 2018, 12:08 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Finding a good parking spot can be tricky in a smaller city, so imagine how actor Alec Baldwin felt when someone stole his in New York City. His rage monster came out and he punched the guy – that’s how he felt. Baldwin has a reputa...
Frontier Airlines Has The World’s Funniest Flight Attendant, Daniel Sandberg
5 Nov 2018, 10:43 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Let’s be honest for a second: almost no one pays attention to the standard safety announcement flight attendants make at the beginning of each flight. We all assume it must be interesting stuff, yet we can’t get ourselves to actually li...
Fight Between Passenger And Bus Driver Leads to Crash, 15 Die
2 Nov 2018, 12:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A fight between a female passenger and a bus driver in the city of Chongqing, southwestern China, made the driver lose control of the vehicle and plunge into a river. The accident was fatal: EuroNews reports that all 15 people on board the bus w...
Drunk Baggage Handler Crawls Into, Falls Asleep in Plane Cargo Hold
2 Nov 2018, 11:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This gives new meaning to the phrase “falling asleep on the job.” One employee for operator Piedmont Airlines fell asleep in the empty cargo hold of an American Airlines plane and woke up one hour later, in a different city. As you ...
Aladdin Takes Flying Carpet For a Ride on The Streets of New Jersey
1 Nov 2018, 17:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In case you wanted to feel bad about not making an honest effort for this year’s Halloween costume, you’re in the right place, because 2 students from the Rutgers University managed to create the perfect modern-day Aladdin. That inc...
Fail of The Year: Dad Takes His Daughter to The Skatepark on a Bike
1 Nov 2018, 16:59 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This one isn’t for faint-of-heart parents: a video showing a dad going through a skatepark with his daughter in a kids’ seat on his bike has gone viral. For all the wrong reasons. You can see the footage at the bottom of the page. Vi...
Hundreds of Maseratis Destroyed in Italian Port Fire After Flood
1 Nov 2018, 15:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / For the second time this week, the port of Savona, Liguria, south of Milan, Italy, has been engulfed by flames. This time, the damage was considerably higher, but at least no one was injured or killed. Silver linings. Hundreds of luxury Maserat...
Watch a Giant Pumpkin Being Dropped on a Geo Metro, Destroy It
1 Nov 2018, 14:10 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Though there are far better things you can do with a run-down Geo Metro and a giant pumpkin, not a single one of them is as fun as dropping the latter on the former. It happened the other day during the annual Halloween harvest celebration Utah ...
Couple’s Car Gets Broken Into, Neighbor Scolds Them in Passive-Aggressive Note
1 Nov 2018, 13:16 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This brings new meaning to the saying “add insult to injury:” a couple’s Ford Fiesta was broken into right in their driveway, and the next day, they woke to a passive-aggressive note from a neighbor stuck in the windshield, too. ...
Oregon Police Catch Teens Smashing Stolen Pumpkins Through Car Windows
1 Nov 2018, 12:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Oregon police have finally put an end to a pumpkin-smashing spree that lasted two weeks and resulted in considerable damage to the cars of the good people of Grants Pass. Two teens, Jacob Stephen Solomon and Adrian Andres Ochoa, both aged 19, u...
Google Street View Car Drives Into Flooded Texas Road, Becomes Submerged
31 Oct 2018, 15:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Google Street View cars are supposed to map everything for the rest of us mortals, but every once in a while, they could use some directions, too. Take, for example, this Google-owned vehicle equipped with a mapping system that became stranded ...
Tesla Model S on Autopilot Crashes Into Parked Car, Driver Sues Tesla
31 Oct 2018, 15:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Another driver is taking Tesla to court over its Autopilot mode and what the company says – or doesn’t say – about what it can do. Shawn Hudson crashed his 2017 Tesla Model S into a parked car earlier this month, with Autopilot on...
Driver Leads Police on Wild Chase Because He Was Out Egging
31 Oct 2018, 14:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In what can only be dubbed a very bad case of bad luck, one man from Yeadon, Pennsylvania is now facing serious charges after fleeing the cops and leading them on a high-speed chase because he assumed they wanted to arrest him for egging. ABC6 r...
Biker Films Moment He’s Shot During Road Rage Incident in Brazil
31 Oct 2018, 13:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A few words thrown around in the heat of the moment can have near-fatal consequences, and this seems to happen quite a lot on the road, in altercations generally referred to as road rage incidents. Earlier this month, a biker was shot in the ba...
Baby-Faced Car Thief, 18, With 77 Crimes And 47 Convictions, Finally Gets Jail
31 Oct 2018, 12:46 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You wouldn’t be able to tell just by looking at him that Kash Parkinson, from Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, UK, is a career criminal: he’s just turned 18 and he’s small in stature and baby-faced. But he’s been steal...
Cyclist Run Off The Road by Nissan Patrol 4WD in Australian Road Rage Incident
31 Oct 2018, 12:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Road rage doesn’t know any geographical boundaries, so yes, Australians tend to get into this type of altercations on the road as well. The latest involves a cyclist and the driver of a Nissan Patrol 4WD. Though video of the incident emerg...