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.

All Articles From Alex Lauer

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So You Want to Own the Same Multi-Million-Dollar Yacht as Tom Brady?

The quarterback’s new Wajer is ideal for boat parades and tossing trophies overboard

Playboy Is Officially Back on the Stock Market

It’s not the same company Hugh Hefner took public in the ‘70s. Should you buy in?

The Auto Industry Is Recruiting Video-Game Designers to Usher in Its Next Wave of Innovations

GMC and Cadillac are now putting gaming tech into their vehicles. It won't stop there.

Why Audi Is Basically Remaking the Porsche Taycan

There’s a good reason the new E-Tron GT is so similar to the electric Porsche

J.Crew Didn’t Mess Around With Its New R.M. Williams Collab

These limited-edition Chelseas are the best new boots we’ve seen in a while

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A quarter-zip you’ll reach for again and again

Justin Bieber Let the “Pimp My Ride” Shop Ruin a Perfectly Good Rolls-Royce

Here’s what happens when West Coast Customs transforms a six-figure car

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Remembering Dale, The “Car of the Future” That Suddenly Disappeared

Liz Carmichael and the three-wheeled '70s sci-fi car she built are the subjects of a new docuseries on HBO

After 17 Years, Nissan Finally Gave in and Redesigned Its Frontier Pickup

The paragon of affordability is bulking up to fit the times

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Jacques Cousteau’s Grandson Plans to Build an “International Space Station Underwater”

Fabien Cousteau envisions living in his Proteus research station for months at a time

Take $100 Off the Best Winter Parka You've Never Heard Of

Askov Finlayson makes a stylish, super warm and “climate positive” coat

How “All Creatures Great and Small” Broke Me Out of My Sweatpants Funk

The latest show from "Masterpiece" on PBS is much more than a bucolic binge