Aventon Pace 500.2 e-bike now $999, RadExpand 5 $350 off, Greenworks electric tools, more
Through the end of the day, Aventon’s Pace 500.2 e-bike is just $999. It comes joined by the best price of the year on Rad Power’s RadExpand 5, which takes $350 off. Plus, Anker’s PowerCore 24K power bank hits $92 alongside some Greenworks cordless electric tools.
Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.
Aventon’s Pace 500.2 e-bike is just $999
Aventon Bikes has announced a one-day-only flash sale for its Pace 500.2 e-bike for $999 shipped. Down from $1,599, and not to be confused with the flash sale from two weeks ago on the Pace 500.3 e-bike, today’s deal gives you $600 in savings. This is the lowest price we have tracked for this e-bike, only matched by Best Buy, with other retailers offering it at higher rates. At the time of writing this, there are just over 14 hours left, so you’ll want to act fast if you hope to add this cruiser bike to your commuter or joy-riding options.
Equipped with a 500W Brushless Rear Hub Motor in tandem with a removable 48V lithium-ion battery, this e-bike is able to reach top speeds of 20 MPH using only its throttle and up to 28 MPH using the pedal assist while also offering a range of 30-47 miles, depending on which mode you choose. It features five levels of pedal assist, ranging from 10 MPH for up to 47 miles, to 28 MPH for up to 24 miles. It also sports an upright cruiser frame with integrated lights that offer turn signal functionality, puncture-resistant tires, as well as a backlit LCD full-color display that keeps you informed of your speed, battery life, and pedal assist level. You can even charge your smartphone with its concealed USB port and sync to the Aventon app during your ride.
Best price of the year takes $350 off Rad Power’s RadExpand 5
Rad Power Bikes’ Black Friday Mega Sale has now been live for just under two weeks, dropping every one of its e-bikes to their absolute lowest prices of the season. Today, the popular e-bike company is stepping up the savings on its RadExpand 5 Folding model, increasing sales from $100 off to $350 off for $1,299 shipped, down from $1,649.
The RadExpand 5 Folding e-bike comes equipped with a 750W brushless geared hub motor and a 672Wh battery that tops out at 20 MPH, and it can travel up to 45+ miles on a single charge, depending on conditions. It features four levels of low-profile cadence sensing pedal assist, as well as a water-resistant wiring harness, a standard LED headlight, an integrated taillight with a brake light indicator functionality, an integrated rear storage rack, fenders for both tires, and a simple LED display that provides pedal assist controls and battery charge levels. Its main claim to fame among Rad Power’s e-bikes is its space-saving folding frame, with the mechanism located at its center for fast and easy storage or transport when it’s not in use.
As part of the sale, Rad-branded accessories are also now 10% off across the board. Like the other deals, this comes with Rad Power’s low price promise – “when we put an e-bike on sale any time before 12/31/23, you’ll be getting it at the season’s lowest price — guaranteed.”
Anker’s PowerCore 24K power bank hits $92
Anker’s PowerCore 24K Power Bank is still one of my favorite pieces of tech in my everyday carry, and now, it’s at the best price ever. Amazon is carrying over the Black Friday savings with a new all-time low at $92 shipped. The power bank normally sells for $150 and is now $58 off. It’s an extra $8 under previous mentions and the first time it has ever dipped below $100. Dive into our Tested with 9to5Toys review for some additional info, and then head below to see how it stacks up to some of Anker’s newer releases.
Anker’s portable battery quickly won over our hearts at 9to5Toys, as well as our readers, too, after launching last year. It arrives as the brand’s most capable solution yet with a 140W USB-C PD output, which lets it effortlessly refuel an M1 Pro MacBook, as well as iPhones, iPads, and more, without breaking a sweat. There’s also a built-in display for monitoring charging stats in real time. Once again, be sure to get the full story in our Tested with 9to5Toys review.
Greenworks Black Friday deals are in full swing, taking up to 40% off its line of 80V power washers, chain saws, pole saws, mowers, blowers, trimmers, and accessories. A favorite brand of ours here at 9to5Toys, we’ve already covered the 40V tools in our early Black Friday posts, which you can browse through here. Some of these models have seen regular discounts at higher rates, while others are returning to long-awaited all-time lows, like the 80V 20-inch Cordless Electric Snow Blower with a 5.0Ah battery for $449.89 shipped, down from its $580 price tag. This is only the second discount that we have tracked for this particular package, marking a new Amazon all-time low and matching the lowest prices we’ve seen elsewhere over the last few months.
Early Black Friday e-bike discounts
- REI Co-op Cycles e1.2 e-bike: $1,500 (Reg. $1,899)
- Schwinn Mendocino Cruiser e-bike: $900 (Reg. $1,248)
- NIU BQi-C3 Pro: $1,300 (Reg. $2,200)
- Aventon Sinch Step-Through: $1,499 (Reg. $1,799)
- GoTrax Z4 Pro: $1,000 (Reg. $1,100)
- Aventon Soltera 7-Speed: $1,200 (Reg. $1,400)
Other new Green Deals landing this week
The savings this week are also continuing to a collection of other markdowns. To the same tune as the offers above, these all help you take a more energy-conscious approach to your routine.
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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.
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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Podcast: Trump/GOP go after EV/solar, Tesla, Ford, GM EV sales, Electrek Formula Sun, and more
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
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The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel.
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Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast:
- Electrek FSGP 2025: New teams, new cars, same solar spirit
- Congress votes to send 2 million US jobs to China, increase deficit, energy costs
- Tesla (TSLA) confirms 384,000 deliveries in Q2 2025, right on expectations
- Tesla prototype sparks speculation: a Model Y, maybe slightly smaller
- Tesla launches Oasis Supercharger with solar farm and off-grid batteries
- Tesla unveils its LFP battery factory, claims it’s almost ready
- Here’s why Ford’s electric vehicle sales crashed by nearly a third in Q2
- The Chevy Equinox EV is GM’s breakout star, but that’s not the only surprise
- Xpeng launches G7, a new Tesla Model Y competitor for just $27,000
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