Alex Lauer

Alex Lauer is the features editor at InsideHook. Since joining the company in 2016, he’s covered a wide range of topics, including cars, the environment, books and business. His reporting broke stories on the rise of Bookshop (the anti-Amazon online bookseller), the fall of Best Made Company (and sale to Duluth Trading) and the false promises of a supposedly “environmentally-friendly” NFT initiative. His hands-on methods — driving in a Sherp (of Kanye West fame) in northern Minnesota and idling in the electric Ford Mustang Mach-E for 12 hours in the middle of winter — offer a reliable and unique perspective on popular issues. Previously, he wrote for City Pages in the Twin Cities after graduating from the University of Minnesota. After starting at IH in New York City, he now lives in Minneapolis, MN. Follow him on Instagram: @alexlauer.

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A 1985 Toyota Xtra Cab SR-5 Pickup Truck, Otherwise Known as the Hilux, made to look like Marty McFly's truck from "Back to the Future." It's headed to auction in December 2021 courtesy of Mecum Auctions.

Here’s Your Chance to Own the Best Vehicle From “Back to the Future”

Wait, did you think we were talking about the DeLorean?

A Stagg electric kettle from Fellow, a Dutch oven from Staub and an espresso machine from Breville, all on sale for Cyber Monday 2021

The 8 Best Kitchen Deals From Sur La Table's Cyber Monday Sale

Score discounts up to 60% off on Staub, Breville, Philips and other top brands

The new Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS racing down a track

Why Porsche’s Powerful New Cayman Is a Bona Fide Rival to the 911

"We want to party with this car ... before some distant day where it goes electric,” said Porsche GT head Andreas Preuninger

The Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT shot from the front while the luxury SUV is speeding down the road

Porsche Is Reportedly Working on a Three-Row, “Very Un-Porsche-Like” SUV

This shouldn’t surprise anyone

The Buick Envision SUV driving down the road. The compact SUV leads its class in reliability according to Consumer Reports.

Only One US Auto Brand Made the Top 10 of Consumer Reports’ Reliability List

Asian automakers almost claimed the top five slots, but one domestic brand snuck in

An All-Clad Copper Core saucepan on a blue background, on sale during the VIP Factory Seconds Sale from Home & Cook

Shop This Huge Factory Seconds Sale on All-Clad Cookware

Including stainless steel and nonstick pans, and some nice bakeware to boot

The Sofa from direct to consumer furniture brand Floyd in a living room with their Coffee Table

The Five Best Furniture Deals During Floyd’s Early Cyber Monday Sale

Take up to $750 off versatile couches, beds, tables and more

The Italian-made Rancilio Silvia espresso machine, the perfect holiday gift for 2021, on a grey background with gold glitter

Give the Gift of Sublime, Simple Espresso With the Rancilio Silvia

It’s the best espresso machine to gift this holiday season, or really whenever you want to impress

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the company’s Gigafactory in Berlin on September 3, 2020

Meet the First Winners of Elon Musk’s $100M Carbon Removal Prize

The XPrize competition hopes to invigorate an important sector of climate change mitigation

The Lucid Air, a luxury electric sedan from Lucid Motors, sitting in the driveway of a modern house. The EV won MotorTrend's 2022 Car of the Year award.

Here’s Why MotorTrend Chose a $169K EV as Car of the Year

The Lucid Air is a new luxury sedan from former Tesla exec and engineer Peter Rawlinson

The GMC Hummer EV driving through mud in the woods as part of an engineering test for the electric supertruck

As the Military Eyes Electrification, GM Sees Potential in the Hummer EV

GM Defense is working on a prototype of a military vehicle based on the electric Hummer

The front end of Scott Tucker's 2001 Porsche 996 Turbo SCCA "Hurricane" race car, which will head to auction in November 2021

Here’s Your Chance to Buy the Million-Dollar Porsche “Hurricane” for a Steep Discount

Built as a one-off race car for a billionaire, this 2001 Porsche 996 Turbo is a rare find with a seedy backstory

A vintage Omega Seamaster Chronograph sitting on a red tablecloth on a dining table next to a fork, knife and plate. The vintage watch is currently on sale through J.Crew.

J.Crew Wants to Sell You a Rolex, And Hopefully Other Vintage Watches Too

Who wants to buy a $6,000 vintage watch from a menswear brand? Apparently a lot of people.

The new 2022 Range Rover, the fifth-generation of the luxury SUV, sitting still on a street

When Buying a Range Rover, Should You Go New 2022 or Old 2022?

Two generations of the flagship SUV will be sold under the same model year

A driver in a car at night whose eyes can be seen in the rearview mirror

In the Near Future, Your Car Will Stop You From Driving Drunk

Congress mandated anti-drunk driving tech as part of the massive infrastructure bill

A leather armchair, ottoman and couch from Burrow, all of which are on sale during the furniture brand's early Black Friday sale in November 2021

Why Burrow's Early Black Friday Sale Is the Best Time to Buy Furniture

Plus, our five favorite deals, from modular sofas to leather club chairs