Aventon Aventure.2 e-bike now $300 off, EcoFlow power station sale, electric tools, more
Headlining today’s top deals is the Aventon Aventure.2 Step-Over e-bike that has fallen to $1,700 over at Best Buy. It is joined by a nine-day Valentine’s sale on EcoFlow power stations, solar panels, expansion batteries, and bundles. There’s also the four-day promotional sale from Greenworks taking 25% off a selection of 60V lawn mowers and combo kits. Plus, all of today’s other best new 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.
Aventon Aventure.2 Step-Over e-bike now $1,700
Best Buy is offering the Aventon Aventure.2 Step-Over e-bike for $1,699.99 shipped. Down from a $2,000 price tag, we’ve seen this model go for far less during flash sales from the manufacturer, however, today’s deal comes in $100 under our previous mention and the current MSRP on Aventon’s website. This is a $300 markdown off Best Buy’s going rate, dropping costs among some of the lowest prices outside Aventon’s sales. You can learn more about this model by heading below the fold or checking out our in-depth review.
The Aventure.2 e-bike is designed for your all-terrain adventures, with a 750W rear-hub motor and a 15.0Ah integrated battery pushing you up to top speeds of 28 MPH for up to 60 miles on a single charge. You can choose between using just the power throttle to propel you or utilize its four levels of pedal assistance. It comes with a rear-mounted rack alongside front and rear fenders to protect the bike from any adverse elements during your journey. It also features integrated head and taillights, with the rear lights offering both a brake light as well as turn signal functionality, and a handy backlit LCD display attached to the handlebars that gives you real-time statuses of speed, travel distance, pedal assistance settings, and battery levels.
Save $2,399 on EcoFlow power stations, solar panels, extra batteries, and more
With EcoFlow’s 15-day home backup sale having officially ended, the company has extended savings by launching a 9-day Valentine’s sale taking up to $2,399 off various power stations, solar panels, expansion batteries, and even a new backup station – with some offers receiving free gear along with your purchase. There are also extra ways to save more, with the company offering an additional 10% off on orders over $2,000, and a extra 5% off when using the promo code ECOFLOWAFF at checkout. Whether it’s for camping, longer-term off-grid living, or for emergency use during natural disasters, power stations are always a handy device to have around to cover all your appliance and device-charging needs. Some of these models have seen regular discounts at higher rates, while others are returning to all-time lows.
EcoFlow power station discounts:
- DELTA 2, 1,024 capacity with 15 output ports: $699 (Reg. $999)
- DELTA Pro with Smart Extra Battery: $4,099 (Reg. $6,498)
- DELTA 2 Max, 2,048Wh capacity with 15 output ports: $1,499 (Reg. $1,899)
- DELTA Pro, 3,600Wh capacity with 14 output ports: $2,599 (Reg. $3,699)
- RIVER 2, 256Wh capacity with 6 output ports: $189 (Reg. $239)
- RIVER 2 Pro, 768Wh capacity with 9 output ports: $469 (Reg. $599)
- DELTA Pro with 400W Solar Panel: $3,299 (Reg. $4,898)
Save 25% on Greenworks 60V Lawn Mowers
Greenworks has launched a four-day promotional sale taking 25% off a selection of the company’s 60V lawn mowers and combo kits using the promo code MOW60V at checkout. You’ll find some of the lowest prices on these tools – some of which have gone untouched by major discounts for many months with others having been stuck at their MSRP for most of 2023. The biggest deal of the bunch is on the 60V 21-inch Cordless Electric Mower 5-piece Combo Kit with one 2.5Ah battery and one 5.0Ah battery for $794.96 shipped, after using the promo code. Already 16% down from its $1,260 price tag, this particular combo of items never saw any discounts over 2023, though there were a few similar combos with the same tools but with different battery sizes for up to $200 more in price. Today’s deal comes in as a combined 37% markdown off the going rate, giving you $465 in savings and marking a new all-time low.
Equipped with a 60V brushless motor alongside its 5.0Ah battery, this lawn mower is able to run for up to 60 minutes on a single charge. Its 21-inch steel deck provides stability and durability to handle large areas of grass, and its power-cutting system detects challenging conditions to deliver optimal power to the blade motors, ensuring consistent blade speeds of 2,800-3,200 RPM even through tall, thick, or wet grass. It offers a 7-position height-adjustment, with a 4-in-1 design allowing you to bag, mulch, or side discharge your grass clippings, while also having a turbo button for leaf pickup. Along with the mower, you’ll also receive a 16-inch string trimmer, a 610 CFM leaf blower, a 16-inch chainsaw, a 26-inch hedge trimmer, a 2.5Ah battery, a 5.0Ah battery and two chargers.
Greenworks mowers on sale:
Greenworks mower combo kits on sale:
- 60V 21-inch Cordless Push Mower and 610 CFM Blower with 5.0Ah battery: $442 (Reg. $650)
- 60V 21-inch Cordless Push Mower and 16-inch Trimmer with 5.0Ah battery: $442 (Reg. $650)
- 60V 21-inch Cordless Mower, 16-inch Trimmer and 450 CFM Blower with 5.0Ah battery and 2.0Ah battery: $592 (Reg. $850)
- 60V 21-inch Cordless Self-Propelled Mower, 16-inch Trimmer, and 610 CFM Blower with two 4.0Ah batteries: $675 (Reg. $900)
- 60V 25-inch Self-Propelled Mower 5-piece Kit with two 4.0Ah batteries and a 2.5Ah battery: $1,125 (Reg. $1,500)
- and more…
Winter e-bike deals!
- Super73 RX Electric Motorbike: $2,999 (Reg. $3695)
- Lynx All-Terrain e-bike: $2,999 (Reg. $3,999)
- Juiced’s HyperScrambler 2: $1,999 (Reg. $3,499)
- Electric Bike Co. Model A Chopper e-bike: $1,599 (Reg. $1,799)
- Juiced CrossCurrent X e-bike: $1,499 (Reg. $2,199)
- Aventon Pace 500.2 e-bike: $999 (Reg. $1,599)
- Heybike Ranger Foldable Cargo e-bike: $999 (Reg. $1,400)
- OKAI Stride Electric Bike: $930 (Reg. $1,600)
- Razor Rambler 20 e-bike: $800 (Reg. $1,000)
- Force eTrail HT350 e-bike: $400 (Reg. $1,070)
- Use exclusive code 9TO5EBIKE20 for Force eTrail
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. Winter means you can lock in even better off-season price cuts on electric tools for the lawn while saving on EVs and tons of other gear.
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In a joint statement, French and German economists have called on governments to adopt “a common approach” to decarbonize European trucking fleets – and they’re calling for a focus on fully electric trucks, not hydrogen.
France and Germany are the two largest economies in the EU, and they share similar challenges when it comes to freight decarbonization. The two countries also share a border, and the traffic between the two nations generates major cross-border flows that create common externalities between the two countries.
At the same time, the EU’s transport sector has struggled to reduce emissions at the same rate as other industries – and road freight in particular is a major contributor to harmful carbon emissions issue due to that industry’s heavy reliance on diesel-powered trucks.
And for once, it seems like rail isn’t a viable option:
While rail remains competitive mainly for heavy, homogeneous goods over long distances. Most freight in Europe is indeed transported over distances of less than 200 km and involves consignment weights of up to 30 tonnes (GCEE, 2024) In most such cases, transportation by rail instead of truck is not possible or not competitive. Moreover, taking into account the goods currently transported in intermodal transport units over distances of more than 300 km, the modal shift potential from road to rail would be only 6% in Germany and less than 2% in France.
That leaves trucks – and, while numerous government incentives currently exist to promote the parallel development of both hydrogen and battery electric vehicle infrastructures, the study is clear in picking a winner.
“Policies should focus on battery-electric trucks (BET) as these represent the most mature and market-ready technology for road freight transport,” reads the the FGCEE statement. “Hence, to ramp-up usage of BET public funding should be used to accelerate the roll-out of fast-charging networks along major corridors and in private depots.”
The appeal was signed by the co-chair of the advisory body on the German side is the chairwoman of the German Council of Economic Experts, Monika Schnitzer. Camille Landais co-chairs the French side. On the German side, the appeal was signed by four of the five experts; Nuremberg-based energy economist Veronika Grimm (who also sits on the National Hydrogen Council, which is committed to promoting H2 trucks and filling stations) did not sign.
You can read an English version of the CAE FGCEE joint statement here.
Electrek’s Take
MAN Trucks’ CEO famously said that it was “impossible” for hydrogen to compete with BEVs, and even committed to building 200 hydrogen-powered semi truck to prove out that hypothesis.
He’s not alone. MAN’s board member for research and development, Frederik Zohm, said that the company is the one saying hydrogen still has years to go. “(MAN) continues to research fuel cell technology based on battery electrics,” he said, in a statement quoted by Hydrogen Insight, before another board member added that, “we (MAN) expect that, in the future, we will be able to best serve the vast majority of our customers’ transport applications with battery-electric trucks.”
With companies like Volvo and Renault and now Mercedes racking up millions of miles on their respective battery electric semi truck fleets, it’s no longer even close. EV is the way.
SOURCE | IMAGES: CAE FGCEE; via Electrive.
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GE Vernova has produced over half the turbines needed for SunZia Wind, which will be the largest wind farm in the Western Hemisphere when it comes online in 2026.
GE Vernova has manufactured enough turbines at its Pensacola, Florida, factory to supply over 1.2 gigawatts (GW) of the turbines needed for the $5 billion, 2.4 GW SunZia Wind, a project milestone. The wind farm will be sited in Lincoln, Torrance, and San Miguel counties in New Mexico.
At a ribbon-cutting event for Pensacola’s new customer experience center, GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik noted that since 2023, the company has invested around $70 million in the Pensacola factory.
The Pensacola investments are part of the announcement GE Vernova made in January that it will invest nearly $600 million in its US factories and facilities over the next two years to help meet the surging electricity demands globally. GE Vernova says it’s expecting its investments to create more than 1,500 new US jobs.
Vic Abate, CEO of GE Vernova Wind, said, “Our dedicated employees in Pensacola are working to address increasing energy demands for the US. The workhorse turbines manufactured at this world-class factory are engineered for reliability and scalability, ensuring our customers can meet growing energy demand.”
SunZia Wind and Transmission will create US history’s largest clean energy infrastructure project.
Read more: The largest clean energy project in US history closes $11B, starts full construction
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