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EcoFlow’s Black Friday Sale is here, so it’s the perfect time to score a deal on an EcoFlow portable power and solar panel solution. From weekend camping trips to powering a whole household in a blackout, EcoFlow offers a portable power + solar combination for everyone. Check out the great deals below.

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RIVER mini – Power at hand

Throw 210Wh of portable power in your backpack and be at ease knowing you’ve got power anywhere. RIVER mini weighs only 6.3 pounds, so it’s built for portability. It can power eight devices at once, and it only takes an hour to recharge to 80%.

Normally the EcoFlow RIVER mini is $349, but at 46% off, it’s now $189 for Black Friday. You can buy it at the EcoFlow webstore or on Amazon.

RIVER 2 – The best entry-level portable power station

RIVER 2 can be fully charged in 60 minutes so you’re ready for the next getaway or last-minute trip. Weighing only 7.7 pounds, RIVER 2 provides grab-and-go power for camping, hiking, or any adventure. LFP battery cells allow you to use and recharge RIVER 2 more than 3,000 times before hitting 80%. That’s almost 10 years of regular use. With a 300W output, RIVER 2 is able to power 99% of consumer electronics and can power six devices simultaneously.

Normally the EcoFlow RIVER 2 retails for $299, but it’s now on sale for $219. You can buy it at the EcoFlow webstore or on Amazon.

DELTA 2 – An essential home portable power station

DELTA 2 is a household must-have that provides power – and peace of mind – during outages. With a base capacity of 1kWh that’s expandable to 3kWh, DELTA 2 can keep your essential devices running during a blackout. Its huge 1800W output is enough to power 90% of appliances including refrigerators, hair dryers, and water heaters. It also charges seven times faster than the competition, taking just 50 minutes to recharge from 0 to 80%, and 80 minutes to 100%. To combat rising utility bills, users can fully recharge DELTA 2 via solar in as little as three hours. Weighing only 27 pounds, it’s also perfect for everyday needs or for backyard parties.

The EcoFlow DELTA 2 normally retails for $999, but it’s now 10% off, at $899. You can buy it at the EcoFlow webstore or on Amazon.

DELTA Max – A home backup power master

A single DELTA Max unit packs a 2kWh capacity that is expandable up to 6kWh with DELTA Max smart extra batteries. This means when a blackout hits, you can continue to power important home needs such as your fridge and lights for hours on end. With EcoFlow’s X-Boost technology, DELTA Max can power heavy-duty devices up to 3400W. Plus, DELTA Max charges up safely and rapidly from 0-80% in just 65 minutes.

The EcoFlow DELTA Max’s regular price is normally $2,099, and at 24% off, it’s now on sale for $1,599. You can buy it at the EcoFlow webstore or on Amazon.

DELTA Pro – A portable and powerful home battery

With a 3.6KWh capacity, DELTA Pro is able to support an average family’s power needs for an entire day, making it ideal for emergency use. With an industry-leading output of 3,600W, DELTA Pro can power more than 99% of appliances including air conditioners and space heaters. It supports six different charging methods (the grid, solar, gas, wind, etc.) and it’s the world’s first portable power station that can be charged by EV charging stations. It can be fully recharged in 1.8 hours by any of the 35,000 Level 2 AC EV charging stations across the US. It can also be fully recharged by a wall socket in 2.7 hours, enabling users to store enough energy before an emergency outage.

Normally the EcoFlow DELTA Pro is $3,699, but with 18% off, it’s now $3,199 for Black Friday. You can buy it at the EcoFlow webstore or on Amazon.

DELTA Pro + Dual Fuel Generator – The ultimate home backup solution

Even DELTA Pro’s capacity may not be enough during extended blackouts. The Dual Fuel Generator uses both standard gas and propane (LPG) to provide as much as 20kWh of extra power. Charging DELTA Pro in just 2.7 hours and with up to 12.5 hours of runtime with LPG alone, families can rest easy knowing that they always have a reliable energy source. Together, the Delta Pro + Dual Fuel Generator can power homes for six days, delivering peace of mind in emergencies as well as off-grid living possibilities.

The EcoFlow DELTA Pro + Dual Fuel Generator’s MSRP is $3,699, and can be had in this Black Friday sale for 19% off, at $4,299. You can buy them at the EcoFlow webstore or on Amazon.

110W Solar Panel

EcoFlow’s 110W Solar Panel can recharge RIVER mini in two hours and RIVER 2 in three hours. For larger-capacity solar generators like the DELTA 2 and DELTA Pro, users can chain multiple 110W Solar Panels together to reach a higher input. For example, four sets of 110W Solar Panels can fully recharge DELTA 2 in three hours. Designed with a rubber handle and flexible bracket stand, the solar panel’s angle can be adjusted by up to 45 degrees. It’s also waterproof, so no need to worry if it gets wet.

Normally $399, the 110W Solar Panel is 50% off so can be bought for $199. You can find it at the EcoFlow webstore or on Amazon.

Special bonus deals

  • Every order over $5,000 will include a free DELTA mini that usually retails for $999.
  • Every order over $3,000 will include a free RIVER mini that usually retails for $349.
  • EcoFlow’s Black Friday Sale will also feature further discounts on a wide variety of other bundles and star products, so to check those out by clicking here.
  • For an extra 8% off on top of EcoFlow’s great Black Friday discounts, use the promo code EFBF8OFF at checkout at both the EcoFlow webstore and on Amazon.

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I found this cheap Chinese e-cargo trike that hauls more than your car!

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I found this cheap Chinese e-cargo trike that hauls more than your car!

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when you combine a fruit cart, a cargo bike, and a Piaggio Ape all in one vehicle, now you’ve got your answer. I submit, for your approval, this week’s feature for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column – and it’s a beautiful doozie.

Feast your eyes on this salad slinging, coleslaw cruising, tuber taxiing produce chariot!

I think this electric vegetable trike might finally scratch the itch long felt by many of my readers. It seems every time I cover an electric trike, even the really cool ones, I always get commenters poo-poo-ing it for having two wheels in the rear instead of two wheels in the front. Well, here you go, folks!

Designed with two front wheels for maximum stability, this trike keeps your cucumbers in check through every corner. Because trust me, you don’t want to hit a pothole and suddenly be juggling peaches like you’re in Cirque du Soleil: Farmers Market Edition.

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To avoid the extra cost of designing a linked steering system for a pair of front wheels, the engineers who brought this salad shuttle to life simply side-stepped that complexity altogether by steering the entire fixed front end. I’ve got articulating electric tractors that steer like this, and so if it works for a several-ton work machine, it should work for a couple hundred pounds of cargo bike.

Featuring a giant cargo bed up front with four cascading fruit baskets set up for roadside sales, this cargo bike is something of a blank slate. Sure, you could monetize grandma’s vegetable garden, or you could fill it with your own ideas and concoctions. Our exceedingly talented graphics wizard sees it as the perfect coffee and pastry e-bike for my new startup, The Handlebarista, and I’m not one to argue. Basically, the sky is the limit with a blank slate bike like this!

Sure, the quality doesn’t quite match something like a fancy Tern cargo bike. The rim brakes aren’t exactly confidence-inspiring, but at least there are three of them. And if they should all give out, or just not quite slow you down enough to avoid that quickly approaching brick wall, then at least you’ve got a couple hundred pounds of tomatoes as a tasty crumple zone.

The electrical system does seem a bit underpowered. With a 36V battery and a 250W motor, I don’t know if one-third of a horsepower is enough to haul a full load to the local farmer’s market. But I guess if the weight is a bit much for the little motor, you could always do some snacking along the way. On the other hand, all the pictures seem to show a non-electric version. So if this cart is presumably mobile on pedal power alone, then that extra motor assist, however small, is going to feel like a very welcome guest.

The $950 price is presumably for the electric version, since that’s what’s in the title of the listing, though I wouldn’t get too excited just yet. I’ve bought a LOT of stuff on Alibaba, including many electric vehicles, and the too-good-to-be-true price is always exactly that. In my experience, you can multiply the Alibaba price by 3-4x to get the actual landed price for things like these. Even so, $3,000-$4,000 wouldn’t be a terrible price, considering a lot of electric trikes stateside already cost that much and don’t even come with a quad-set of vegetable baskets on board!

I should also put my normal caveat in here about not actually buying one of these. Please, please don’t try to buy one of these awesome cargo e-trikes. This is a silly, tongue-in-cheek weekend column where I scour the ever-entertaining underbelly of China’s massive e-commerce site Alibaba in search of fun, quirky, and just plain awesomely weird electric vehicles. While I’ve successfully bought several fun things on the platform, I’ve also gotten scammed more than once, so this is not for the timid or the tight-budgeted among us.

That isn’t to say that some of my more stubborn readers haven’t followed in my footsteps before, ignoring my advice and setting out on their own wild journey. But please don’t be the one who risks it all and gets nothing in return. Don’t say I didn’t warn you; this is the warning.

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OPEC+ members agree to larger-than-expected oil production hike in August

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OPEC+ members agree to larger-than-expected oil production hike in August

The OPEC logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen in front of a computer screen displaying OPEC icons in Ankara, Turkey, on June 25, 2024.

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Eight oil-producing nations of the OPEC+ alliance agreed on Saturday to increase their collective crude production by 548,000 barrels per day, as they continue to unwind a set of voluntary supply cuts.

This subset of the alliance — comprising heavyweight producers Russia and Saudi Arabia, alongside Algeria, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Oman and the United Arab Emirates — met digitally earlier in the day. They had been expected to increase their output by a smaller 411,000 barrels per day.

In a statement, the OPEC Secretariat attributed the countries’ decision to raise August daily output by 548,000 barrels to “a steady global economic outlook and current healthy market fundamentals, as reflected in the low oil inventories.”

The eight producers have been implementing two sets of voluntary production cuts outside of the broader OPEC+ coalition’s formal policy.

One, totaling 1.66 million barrels per day, stays in effect until the end of next year.

Under the second strategy, the countries reduced their production by an additional 2.2 million barrels per day until the end of the first quarter.

They initially set out to boost their production by 137,000 barrels per day every month until September 2026, but only sustained that pace in April. The group then tripled the hike to 411,000 barrels per day in each of May, June, and July — and is further accelerating the pace of their increases in August.

Oil prices were briefly boosted in recent weeks by the seasonal summer spike in demand and the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, which threatened both Tehran’s supplies and raised concerns over potential disruptions of supplies transported through the key Strait of Hormuz.

At the end of the Friday session, oil futures settled at $68.30 per barrel for the September-expiration Ice Brent contract and at $66.50 per barrel for front month-August Nymex U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude.

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Podcast: Trump/GOP go after EV/solar, Tesla, Ford, GM EV sales, Electrek Formula Sun, and more

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In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Trump’s Big Beautiful bill becoming law and going after EVs and solar, Tesla, Ford, and GM EV sales, Electrek Formula Sun, and more

Today’s episode is brought to you by Bosch Mobility Aftermarket—A global leader and trusted provider of automotive aftermarket parts. To celebrate Amazon Prime Day July 8th through 11th, Bosch Mobility is offering exclusive savings on must-have auto parts and tools. Learn more here.

The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel.

As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. Head to the YouTube channel to get your questions and comments in.

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After the show ends at around 5 p.m. ET, the video will be archived on YouTube and the audio on all your favorite podcast apps:

We now have a Patreon if you want to help us avoid more ads and invest more in our content. We have some awesome gifts for our Patreons and more coming.

Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast:

Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET:

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