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6 days ago | 
insidehook.com | Alex Lauer
The auto show is far from dead. On Friday, the New York Auto Show opens to the public for a 10-day extravaganza of exhibits, test drives, panels and even commemorative coins to mark its 125th anniversary.
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2 weeks ago | 
insidehook.com | Alex Lauer
Before the pandemic struck, American buyers had dozens of options if they wanted to buy a new car for under $20,000. Heck, you could even buy a shiny Nissan Versa sedan for under $14,000. Today? The Versa, the most affordable new car in the U.S., is the only one you can buy for less than $20,000, and it might not stay that way for long.
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4 weeks ago | 
insidehook.com | Alex Lauer
On the surface, Holly Brickley’s “Deep Cuts” is an ode to indie sleaze. Underneath is a nostalgia bomb that spares no one. Nota bene: All products in this article are independently selected and vetted by InsideHook editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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1 month ago | 
racketmn.com | Alex Lauer
Michael Brindisi had a problem. The year was 1996, and the artistic director of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres had to replace an injured actress in his show Crazy for You. Was there anyone in the country who knew the exact role in that Gershwin musical? More to the point, would any of the professional thespians in that small group be willing to move to the suburbs of Minnesota to play it?
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1 month ago | 
insidehook.com | Alex Lauer
Leisure > Autos > Electric Charging as fast as a gas fill-up is a critical breakthrough that once again proves American companies are falling behind We’ve hit another major tipping point in the development of electric vehicles. On Monday, an automaker announced a new EV platform that would allow for fast-charging that’s comparable to filling up a car with gas, adding 249 miles of range in just five minutes. No more 30-minute pit stops. No more range anxiety. What automaker? What EV?...
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1 month ago | 
insidehook.com | Alex Lauer
Nota bene: All products in this article are independently selected and vetted by InsideHook editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. We all have that sweatshirt we reach for first. You know the one. It’s the hoodie you grab when it’s 6 a.m. and you take your dog out to pee. Or maybe it’s a fleece, which you toss on when you run out to get a cold brew on Sunday. It’s the layer you wear to your kid’s soccer game or your own weekly night of pick-up basketball.
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1 month ago | 
sfgate.com | Alex Lauer
We all have that sweatshirt we reach for first. You know the one. It’s the hoodie you grab when it’s 6 a.m. and you take your dog out to pee. Or maybe it’s a fleece, which you toss on when you run out to get a cold brew on Sunday. It’s the layer you wear to your kid’s soccer game or your own weekly night of pick-up basketball. You maybe even forgot what brand it is, because the brand isn’t the point.
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1 month ago | 
insidehook.com | Alex Lauer
When President Donald Trump held a Tesla booster event at the White House on Tuesday, standing alongside the automaker’s CEO Elon Musk and a row of the company’s EVs, he called Musk one of “our high IQ people.” In the aftermath of the combination press conference, car commercial and auto show, Musk, who spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars to elect Trump and other Republicans in the last election, proved the president wrong.
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1 month ago | 
insidehook.com | Alex Lauer
It’s a tough time to be in the electric vehicle business. After years of bipartisan support under President Joe Biden for bolstering EV manufacturing in the U.S., including the batteries that power them, the current administration is attempting to reverse course on electrification (“attempting” being the key word there).
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1 month ago | 
insidehook.com | Alex Lauer
Want to know what the future holds? You need to meet the people building it. In our series Who’s Next, we profile rising stars of culture, tech, style, wellness and beyond. Cruise. Crush. Concert. Childhood. What do these four words have in common? They all start with the letter C? That’s a pretty weak categorization. Words associated with “wave”? No, not that either. Give up?
