The newsroom
Who covers the road at LeftLaneNews
Trucks and SUVs, electric vehicles and the chargers they depend on, supercars and engines, launches, recalls, pricing and regulation: the LeftLaneNews team follows the car business from the showroom to the policy debate.
Trucks and SUVs reporter
Renée Castellano
Renée Castellano spent fifteen years as a fleet manager for a utility company in Arizona, buying and maintaining pickups and service vans. She covers news, trucks and SUVs and the future of mobility for LeftLaneNews. Her reviews always consider running costs over several years, not just the sticker price. She restores mid-century furniture in her spare time.
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Electric vehicle reporter
Ethan Kowalczyk
Ethan Kowalczyk worked as a battery test technician at a supplier near Detroit, cycling cells through heat and cold chambers. He covers electric vehicles for LeftLaneNews: batteries, charging, range and the policies behind them. He treats official range figures as a starting point and looks for real-world data. He is rebuilding an old sailboat with his father.
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Supercars and engines writer
Graham Pettigrew
Graham Pettigrew grew up in the English Midlands and spent thirty years as a race mechanic before settling in Ohio. He writes about supercars and engines for LeftLaneNews, with an eye for how things are built and how long they last. He is skeptical of horsepower numbers that have not been measured on a dyno. He grows tomatoes and argues about them with his neighbors.
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Auto industry reporter
Avi Cohen
Avi Cohen sold cars at a dealership in New Jersey for six years before moving into automotive reporting. He covers industry news and supercars for LeftLaneNews, from launches and recalls to pricing. He always notes whether a spec comes from the maker or from an independent test. He spends most Saturdays at local cars and coffee meetups.
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Daily news desk editor
Owen Fairbrother
Owen Fairbrother started as a copy editor at a small daily in Oregon and later covered local business and transportation. At LeftLaneNews he handles the daily news desk: launches, recalls, sales figures and regulation. He links to the original filing or statement whenever one exists. He fishes the lakes around Portland when the weather allows.
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Electric cars and infrastructure writer
Keisha Holloway
Keisha Holloway studied urban planning and worked on public charging projects for a city transportation department in Georgia. She writes about electric cars and the infrastructure around them for LeftLaneNews, from charger networks to incentives. She checks whether a new station is actually open before reporting on it. She runs with a local club on weekday mornings.
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