Elena Gorgan
7,956 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.
Floyd Mayweather Buys $18 Million “Billionaire Watch”
28 Jun 2018, 12:20 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather has a known passion for shiny, super expensive, fabulous things, be they cars, private jets, diamond jewelry or watches. That said, if you thought he couldn’t get any flashier, wait till you hear this: he is ...
Mercedes Driver in Viral Video of Man Hanging on the Hood Speaks
28 Jun 2018, 12:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The driver of the black Mercedes in the latest viral video, showing a man clinging on the hood as it’s speeding down I-95, wants the world to know her side of the story. The incident was captured on camera by fellow motorists and it went ...
Musician Boarded Off Plane for “Unbearable” Stench Dies in Portugal
28 Jun 2018, 11:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Russian musician hailed as a guitar pioneer in Russia died in hospital in Portugal from tissue necrosis. His death comes after an incident last month where he was boarded off the plane because he smelled bad. It wasn’t just that he hadn...
Mortal Kombat Road Rage: Lexus LC Driver Punches, Kicks Ford SUV in Florida
28 Jun 2018, 11:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Road rage can make drivers do the craziest and potentially dangerous things. This Lexus LC driver from South Florida, whose identity remains unknown at the time, adds “hilarious” to that list. The incident was captured on camera by ...
Teen Rolls Out of Fiery Detroit Plane Crash that Killed His Parents
27 Jun 2018, 13:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A single-engine plane crashed in a Detroit neighborhood the other day, after the pilot reported that his landing gear couldn’t deploy and that he was low on fuel. The pilot was Greg Boaz, a Houston businessman, and he was accompanied by h...
Builders Chase Moped Thieves Away, After Attack on Mother and Toddler
27 Jun 2018, 13:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In lawless Britain, it seems that more victims of moped gang attacks are better off relying on the kindness of strangers than on police intervention. Another incident is making headlines worldwide, after a group of 4 moped thieves attacked a mo...
TV Chef James Martin Proves You Really Can Fry Eggs on the Hood of Your Car
27 Jun 2018, 13:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Brits are not used to hot weather, so headlines about heatwaves and “soaring temperatures” pop up the minute it gets hotter than 77F (25 degrees Celsius). Imagine how their anxiety levels are peaking, now that the UK is really under...
Like a Boss: Man Hangs on Hood of Speeding Mercedes, Talks on the Phone
27 Jun 2018, 12:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This is when you know you’ve crossed her so badly that she might never forgive you: when she’s driving with you on the hood of her speeding car, on Florida’s busiest highway, while you cling on for dear life. It happened in re...
Female Drivers Stop Traffic to Help Gator Cross the Street
27 Jun 2018, 11:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / With everybody always in a hurry to be somewhere else, it’s refreshing to see people in general (and drivers, in particular) can still find a few minutes of spare time to help wildlife navigate the concrete jungle. The latest happened in...
Tank Crushes VW Polo at Intersection in Belarus
27 Jun 2018, 11:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Of all the ways to total a car, this must be the most effortless - and yet the most spectacular, too. One pensioner and his grandson from Belarus are lucky to be alive and unharmed, after a tank smashed into their car. The worst part is they we...
Car Thief Flees Cops Because Parole Agent Told Him Not to Have Police Contact
27 Jun 2018, 09:58 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One car thief has come up with what is probably the best excuse for running away from the cops: he fled because his parole agent had told him not to have police contact. It didn’t help him much, but at least he tried. Antonio D. Rowe, fro...
Police Break Into Hot Car to Rescue Labradors Locked Inside
27 Jun 2018, 09:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The North Yorkshire Police had to act when they noticed 2 Labradors locked inside a hot car, in the parking lot of York Hospital in the city center, the BBC confirms. They posted images from the rescue on Twitter, along with a message to all do...
Uber Scores Small Victory in London, is Granted Temporary License
27 Jun 2018, 08:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Transport for London suspended Uber’s license in the British capital, after ruling it wasn’t a “fit and proper” operator and that it conducted business at the expense of riders and drivers’ safety. At the time it w...
Gang Steals GBP 20,000 Worth of Scrambler Bikes in Under 2 Minutes
26 Jun 2018, 15:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Gone in 60 seconds. Well, close enough: CCTV footage captured inside a local business in Runcorn, Cheshire, shows a group of 4 men stealing £20,000 worth of scrambler bikes and bicycles in under 2 minutes. These bikes will then be used in...
Brexit Halves Manufacturer Investments in the UK Automotive Industry
26 Jun 2018, 13:57 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / With only months to go until Brexit, the UK automotive industry is already feeling the negative impact of the decision to leave the European Union. Specifically, manufacturer investments in the once-thriving industry have decreased by a half, wh...
Mother is Charged with Murder as Toddler Dies in Hot Car
26 Jun 2018, 13:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Another day, another tragic story of a child being left behind in a hot car to disastrous consequences. The child’s mother is being charged with murder. Elizabeth Marie Barhonovich from Mississippi is currently in police custody, after re...
Plain-Clothes Cops on Scrambler Bikes Spectacularly Intercept Moped Thieves
26 Jun 2018, 13:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / As the Met Police in London more or less publicly admits defeat in the wave of moped crime sweeping the city, 2 plain-clothes police officers from Manchester are being hailed as heroes for the way they intercepted 3 such criminals. If it can ha...
Irate Woman Has Massive Meltdown on Plane Because of Emergency Landing
26 Jun 2018, 12:24 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A flight from Hudson to Minneapolis turned into a huge spectacle when a female passenger flew into hysterics because the plane had to make an unscheduled stop. Video of the incident was posted to Facebook, but of the 1 minute and 20 second foot...
Prankster Falls Out the Window of Moving Car as Hand Grip Breaks Off
26 Jun 2018, 12:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Car safety 101: when inside a moving vehicle, don’t hang out of the open window. One 20-year-old man from Pennsylvania did it recently and is lucky to have survived the fall, after the hand grip broke off. Noah Kin was an idiot to try suc...
Carjackers Pick the Wrong Guy, Armed Off-Duty Cop Opens Fire
26 Jun 2018, 11:49 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Hardened criminals would say that the key to not being caught is to always know your target. This is a lesson that these 2 wannabe carjackers skipped, and they nearly paid with their life for it. The incident happened in April this year in Chic...