Aventon Aventure e-bike clearance hits $700, Greenworks electric tools, more
End-of-the-year clearance has arrived on Aventon e-bikes starting from $600. The deals offer the best prices yet on some older models before new stock hits for 2024 and come joined by price cuts on Greenworks electric tool bundles, as well as portable power stations and tons of other Green Deals.
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.
Best Buy clears out Aventon e-bikes from $600
Best Buy is clearing out some previous generation Aventon e-bikes today, really leaning into the end-of-the-year savings with $1,300 off the original Aventure EV. It’s still quite the compelling electric ride, and we previously found it worthy of carrying you around for adventures in our original hands-on review back when it launched. The new all-time low offer drops it down to $699.99 shipped, delivering the best discount we’ve seen from its usual $2,000 going rate. The Aventure may be the company’s previous-generation release at this point, but it still delivers a pretty compelling EV experience with a pair of 4-inch fat tires and a Class 2 design that can hit upward of 28 MPH. There’s a 45-mile range attached to go alongside front suspension, fenders, and even integrated lights. We found it worthy of carrying you around for adventures in our original hands-on review from back when it launched.
Best Buy is also offering one of the best deals we’ve seen all holiday season today on an e-bike, with the Aventon Pace 500.2. It would normally set you back $1,700, but it is now seeing a whopping $1,100 price cut down to$599.99 shipped. This is the best price we have ever seen and is an extra $400 under previous discounts. It may be on the previous generation version now that the Pace 500.3 exists, but anyone who doesn’t need the upgrades can save on a compelling electric ride. We previously walked away with quite the fond impression in previous hands-on reviews of the Pace lineup.
Save on Greenworks’ 40V electric mower, blower, and trimmer combo
Amazon is offering the Greenworks 40V 20-inch Cordless Electric Lawn Mower, Leaf Blower, and 13-inch String Trimmer Combo Kit for $539.99 shipped after clipping the on-page $140 off coupon. Down from a $680 price tag, this is the first chance to save on this package, coming in as a 21% discount off the going rate. This is likely the only place to find this particular combo, as Greenworks’ website doesn’t list any of these tools together, nor do they include the extra spools of cutting line or the same battery/charger combinations.
The lawn mower comes equipped with a 40V brushless motor alongside 5.0Ah and 2.0Ah batteries that offer up to 60 minutes of continuous runtime on a single charge and are able to recharge fully in up to two hours. It features a seven-position height adjustment for whatever environment may need a trim and starts up with the simple push of a button. The leaf blower sports a variable speed trigger with cruise control, has a vacuum bag attachment, and is able to produce 340 CFM of airflow reaching up to 185 MPH. The string trimmer offers a 13-inch cutting path for up to 30 minutes of continuous runtime and features a pivoting head that sports 2-in-1 functionality for trimming and edging. Included are three replacement spools of cutting line as well as two 2A chargers.
ALLPOWERS R600 portable power station is $289
Amazon is offering the ALLPOWERS R600 Portable Power Station with a 100W solar panel for $289 shipped after clipping the on-page $50 off coupon. Down from its usual $339, it has seen only a handful of discounts over the year, with the lowest among them dropping costs to $329 during Black Friday sales. Today’s deal comes in to beat out its previous markdowns for 15% off the going rate, marking a new all-time low. Buying these two devices separately would cost $368, meaning this bundle saves you $79. The R600 offers a personal 299Wh capacity with a 600W output and is able to power up to eight essential devices simultaneously with a stable 110V. It fully charges within one hour via a wall outlet or can be charged with up to 400W of solar input or by means of your car’s cigarette lighter, which takes several hours longer. You’ll get eight output options for your devices: two AC ports, two USB-A ports, two USB-C ports, one car port, and one wireless charger.
Fall e-bike discounts
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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Paris’ bike-share system, Vélib has long been considered one of the shining success stories of urban micromobility. With a massive fleet of over 20,000 pedal and electric-assist bicycles around Paris, the service has helped millions of residents and tourists get around the City of Light without needing a car or scooter. But lately, a growing problem is threatening to knock the wheels off this urban mobility marvel: theft and joyriding.
According to city officials and the service operator, more than 600 Vélib bikes are now going missing every single week. That’s over 30 bikes a day simply vanishing from the system – some stolen outright, others taken on “joy rides” and never returned.
“At the moment we’re missing 3,000 bikes,” explained Sylvain Raifaud, head of the Agemob company that currently operates the Velib system. That’s nearly 15% of over 20,000 Vélib bikes across Paris.
The sticky-fingered culprits aren’t necessarily professional thieves or organized crime rings. Instead, they’re often regular users who treat the shared bikes like disposable toys.
The city estimates that many people have figured out how to pry the bikes out of the system’s parking docks, unlocking one for a casual cruise and then ditching it somewhere far from a docking station.
Once pried free, the bikes are technically usable for the next 24 hours until their automatic locking feature kicks in. At that point, the bikes are often simply abandoned. Some end up in alleyways. Others get tossed in rivers. A few just disappear completely.
And since the bikes are intended to be parked at their many docking stations around the city, they don’t have GPS chips, further complicating recovery of “liberated” bikes.
The issue started small but has grown into more than an inconvenience – it’s beginning to undermine the entire purpose of the service. With bikes going missing at such a high rate, many Vélib docking stations are left empty, especially during rush hours.
Riders looking for a quick commute or a convenient hop across town are increasingly finding themselves without available bikes, or having to walk long distances to find a functioning one.
That kind of unreliability chips away at user confidence and threatens to drive potential riders back into cars, cabs, or other less sustainable forms of transport at a time when Paris has already made great strides to dramatically reduce car usage in the city.
The losses are financially painful, too. Replacing stolen or vandalized bikes isn’t cheap, and the resources spent on tracking down missing equipment or reinforcing anti-theft measures are stretching thin. Vélib has faced theft and vandalism issues before, especially during its early years, but this latest surge has officials sounding the alarm with renewed urgency.
Officials acknowledge that there’s no easy fix. Paris, like many cities with bike-share systems, walks a fine line between accessibility and accountability. Part of what makes Vélib so successful is its ease of use and widespread availability. But those same features make it vulnerable to misuse – especially when enforcement is limited and the consequences for abuse are minimal.
The timing of the problem is especially unfortunate. In recent years, Paris has seen impressive results in reducing car traffic, expanding bike lanes, and promoting cycling as a key part of its sustainable transport strategy. Vélib is a cornerstone of that plan. But if the system becomes too unreliable, it risks losing the very people it was designed to serve.
Meanwhile, as Parisians increasingly find themselves staring at empty docks, the challenge for the city and Vélib will be to restore confidence in the system without making it harder to use. That means striking the right balance between freedom and responsibility, between open access and protection against abuse.
In a city where cycling is supposed to be the future of mobility, losing thousands of bikes to joyriders and sticky fingers isn’t just frustrating; it’s unsustainable.
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