Mike Geylin

Mike Geylin

Mike Geylin is the Editor-in-Chief at Hagman Media. Geylin has been in automotive communications for five decades working in all aspects of the industry from OEM to supplier to motorsports as well as reporting for both newspapers and magazines on the industry.

Test Drive: 2025 IONIQ 5 Limited

Test Drive: 2025 IONIQ 5 Limited

YARMOUTH PORT, Mass. – Already arguably one of the best battery-electric vehicles sold in the American market, Hyundai made small, subtle improvements to the Ioniq 5 range to solidify this position in the refreshed 2025 iteration. A rugged-looking XRT version…

Test Drive: 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5 N

Test Drive: 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5 N

YARMOUTH PORT, Mass. – The new 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N shattered everything I had experienced when it came to a battery-electric vehicle, including the virtually silent EV sound barrier. In addition to the thorough dynamic reengineering Hyundai’s development engineers…

Test Drive: 2024 Toyota bZ4x

Test Drive: 2024 Toyota bZ4x

YARMOUTH PORT, Mass. – I recently spent a week in the 2024 Toyota bZ4X AWD Limited, one of the most value-priced entrants in the growing battery-electric (BEV or EV) compact- SUV segment.  Developed in conjunction with Subaru (which sells the…

Test Drive: 2024 F-150 Lightning Lariat

Test Drive: 2024 F-150 Lightning Lariat

YARMOUTH PORT, Mass. – Ford offers more variants of its best-selling F-Series trucks than can be detailed here, but for those wanting to get the most fuel-efficient, environmentally sound version, the battery-electric F-150 Lightning introduced in 2022 remains the one to choose. Quicker…

Test Drive: 2024 Solterra Touring

Test Drive: 2024 Solterra Touring

YARMOUTH PORT, Mass. – Silky, smooth and quick – not the normal terms to describe a Subaru sport-utility vehicle (SUV), but when it comes to the battery-electric (EV) 2024 Solterra Touring, they fit perfectly. And, in the case of the…

Test Drive: 2025 Mazda CX-70 PHEV

CX-70 PHEV

CHATHAM, Mass. – Two or three, that is the question a mid-size plug-in-hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) sport-utility (SUV) buyer has to decide when choosing between the Mazda CX-70 and CX-90. The CX-90 PHEV comes with three rows of seating while the newer 2025 Mazda CX-70 PHEV…

Test Drive: 2024 Honda Prologue

Test Drive: 2024 Honda Prologue

CHATHAM, Mass. – Introduced earlier this year, the 2024 Honda Prologue quickly asserted its position as a strong member of not just the EV segment of the mid-size SUV world but a worthy competitor to those versions propelled by internal…

Test Drive: 2024 Nissan Ariya Platinum+ e-4orce

Test Drive: 2024 Ariya Platinum+ e-4orce

CHATHAM, Mass. – Nissan took the cliché “less is more” to heart when it priced the 2024 model-year Ariya, making this second-year battery-electric vehicle (BEV) a better value by pricing it below last year’s. The entry-level Ariya Engage single-motor front-wheel-drive…

Test Drive: 2024 Nissan LEAF SV Plus

Test Drive: 2024 Nissan LEAF SV Plus

CHATHAM, Mass. – Nissan turned over a new LEAF with the second generation of the world’s first mass-produced electric vehicle (EV), turning it into a much more legitimate everyday vehicle. Range more than anything else limited the usability of the…

Test Drive: 2024 Genesis GV60 Performance

Test Drive: 2024 Genesis GV60 Performance

CHATHAM, Mass. – Smooth operations, quiet comfort and supercar performance – in a five-passenger, all-electric subcompact sport-utility (SUV) package – characterize the 2024 Genesis GV60 Performance. The all-wheel drive (AWD) GV60 represents the peak of the brand’s electric vehicle (EV) range…

Test Drive: 2024 Kia EV9

Test Drive: 2024 Kia EV9

CHATHAM, Mass. – Big, powerful, silent, and comfortable all describe the new three-row, large mid-size battery-electric (BEV) sport-utility vehicle (SUV) Kia EV9 recently introduced to the American consumer. My initial impressions during a brief 20-minute drive at the recent #IMPASpringBrake2024…

Test Drive: BEV Trio Electrifies PA

Test Drive: BEV Trio Electrifies PA

TANNERSVILLE, Penn. – There are not many days better than the one I recently spent driving a unique variety of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) up, down and around the Pennsylvania Pocono Mountains during the annual International Motor Press Association Spring Brake…

Test Drive: 2024 Kia EV6 GT

Test Drive: 2024 Kia EV6 GT

PALO ALTO, Calif. – For the second consecutive year, I secured a Kia EV6 subcompact sport-utility vehicle (SUV) during a trip to California, rediscovering how inconspicuously – and enjoyably — this electric vehicle (EV) blended into the Bay Area automotive lifestyle. This…

Test Drive: 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6 Limited

Test Drive: 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6 Limited

CHATHAM, Mass. – Hyundai decided to leave a good thing as is by carrying over unchanged the 2024 Ioniq 6 electric vehicle (EV) sedan from its multi-award-winning – including World Car of the Year, World Design of the Year and World Electric…