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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Take Up to 70% Off CRKT Knives, From Folding to Fixed Blade

What’s in your EDC?

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What, Exactly, Is the Electric Hummer’s “Crab Mode” Setting?

GMC also set a date for the Hummer EV debut in a new teaser

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Hublot Throws Ferrari Fans a Bone With Its 1,000th Grand Prix Watch

The limited-edition Big Bang celebrates the history of Scuderia Ferrari’s F1 team

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Blundstone Gets the Details Right for Its 150th Anniversary Boots

They could have gone big for the sesquicentennial. We’re glad they didn’t.

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All-Clad's Largest Factory Seconds Sale Is Upon Us

Make all your cookware dreams come true

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on a recent visit to Germany

Elon Musk: Bill Gates “Has No Clue” About Electric Trucks

A week before Tesla's Batter Day, Musk is pulling no punches

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Including our favorite: the Mountain 600 Enduroweave

A juvenile osprey at The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota

America’s Leading Raptor Experts Tell Us What It’s Like to Save a Bird of Prey

Dr. Julia Ponder and Lori Arent discuss their careers rehabilitating eagles, owls and other avian predators

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Flannel Shirts, Flannel Boots, Flannel Everything Is on Sale at L.L.Bean

Flannel sheets, flannel robes, flannel sleeping bags …

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Review: The Helinox Ground Chair Is a Cult Favorite, and We Sat in It to See Why

The impossibly light, impossibly small camp chair is worthy of your weekends

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Meet the Lucid Air, the Next EV From the Engineer Behind Tesla’s Model S

The electric car maxes out at 517 miles and 1,080 HP, and will be available this spring

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Stock Up on Enameled Cast Iron During This Milo Sale

Mix and match skillets and Dutch ovens

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Timothée Chalamet Is Here to Save Us From Bad Space Epics in the First “Dune” Trailer

Featuring colossal sandworms, Zendaya and Pink Floyd

Tom Cruise comes off a motobike during the filming of the next Mission Impossible film in Hellesylt, Norway on September 6, 2020

Yes, That's Tom Cruise Riding a Motorcycle Full Speed Off a Cliff

Mr. “I do my own stunts” is back at it again in new footage

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Taylor Stitch Named This Shirt After Hemingway, and It's on Sale

Grab a discount on the adventure-ready chore shirt at Huckberry

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Hagerty’s DriveShare Is the Easiest Way to Rent Your Dream Car

From famous movie rides to collectible classics, this is the COVID-era lifeline you need