Mack Hogan
Mack Hogan is editor in chief of InsideEVs and an automotive journalist who covers the shift to electric vehicles with a mix of technical reporting, road-test experience, and blunt analysis of automaker strategy. He comes out of the world of performance and luxury car reviews and now applies that background to an EV-focused newsroom, shaping coverage that moves easily between specs, driving impressions, and the business stakes of the transition. His work stands out for treating electric cars as products to be measured and lived with, not just symbols of a policy debate.
Full Tesla Cybercab Specs
Hogan’s EV reporting leans on primary documents and hard numbers, as seen in his coverage of the Tesla Cybercab’s technical details. In his piece on the Cybercab, he uses Environmental Protection Agency filings to confirm the car’s battery size, weight, power output, and preliminary range, turning a dry regulatory document into a clear picture of how the dedicated robotaxi is configured in the real world. He organizes the story around those core figures and what they reveal about the car’s likely performance envelope, efficiency, and role in Tesla’s lineup, rather than around hype or rumor.
That approach reflects how he often tackles new EVs: start with the data, then explain what it means for buyers and the wider market. The emphasis on battery capacity, curb weight, and power shows a reviewer’s instinct for the numbers that actually change how a car drives and what it can do. It also shows how he treats EVs as engineering objects first, and only then as brand statements or tech curiosities.
I've Watched Honda Fail At EVs For Five Years
Hogan also writes forceful, first-person columns that track how legacy automakers handle the EV transition over time. In a widely discussed piece titled “I've Watched Honda Fail At EVs For Five Years. After Today, I'm Out,” he lays out a sustained critique of Honda’s electric strategy and product execution, framed by his own experience watching the company’s moves over multiple years. The headline signals that he is willing to attach his name and personal judgment to a verdict on an automaker’s trajectory, not just summarize a press release.
That kind of column shows how he uses his long exposure to the car industry to mark when a company has run out of slack. Instead of treating each new model or announcement in isolation, he stacks them into a pattern and then calls out where the pattern leads. The tone is direct and unvarnished, aimed at readers who already follow the space closely and want to know when an automaker has, in his view, fallen too far behind to keep experimenting on their time.
Rivian's CEO Doesn't Think Americans Are Anti-EV
Hogan frequently moves from product reporting into executive-level perspective pieces that probe the stories automakers tell about the market. In his article on Rivian, headlined “Rivian's CEO Doesn't Think Americans Are Anti-EV,” he builds around the chief executive’s argument that the future of the car market is “nearly 100% electric,” with timing as the main open question. By centering the CEO’s own words, he uses the interview to test the idea of an “anti-EV” public against the confidence of a company betting its future on battery-powered trucks and SUVs.
Pieces like this show him working at the intersection of technology, consumer sentiment, and corporate strategy. He is less interested in relaying talking points and more interested in what they imply: whether an executive’s optimism matches current demand, how product plans line up with charging realities, and how any gap between narrative and facts might close. The result is coverage that gives readers both the quote and the context around it.
InsideEVs Plugged-In Podcast
Beyond written work, Hogan is a regular voice on the InsideEVs Plugged-In Podcast, a weekly show where he and colleagues talk through the biggest EV and autonomous-vehicle stories of the moment. Episodes featuring him range from discussions of global EV battery manufacturing capacity and the risk of overbuilding to debates about how quickly mainstream buyers will follow early adopters into electric trucks and crossovers. The format lets him test ideas in real time, push back on arguments from co-hosts, and translate numbers-heavy stories into conversational language.
His podcast role complements his editorial one. Topics that surface in print—battery supply, automaker strategy, regulatory shifts—often reappear in audio form, where he can expand on the constraints and tradeoffs behind a headline. Taken together, the podcast and his articles present a picture of a journalist who treats the EV beat as an ongoing, multi-medium conversation rather than a series of one-off scoops.
From Car Reviews To EV Leadership
Hogan’s current work at InsideEVs sits on top of years spent reviewing and covering cars at other major outlets. He starts out reviewing cars while still in college and goes on to write and test vehicles for CNBC, including high-end models like the BMW M850i, before taking on larger roles in automotive coverage. He then interns at Jalopnik and spends several years at Road & Track, where he advances from writing about performance cars to steering review coverage more broadly.
He later joins InsideEVs in a leadership role and now serves as editor in chief, overseeing news, reviews, and analysis for the EV-focused publication. That path—from hands-on reviews at general-interest and enthusiast outlets to running an electric-vehicle newsroom—helps explain his mix of rigor and impatience. He writes like someone who has driven a wide range of cars, has watched automakers promise change for years, and expects the EV world to be judged by the same standards of competence, clarity, and value as any other part of the car market.
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