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Headlining today’s Green Deals and leading the group into the weekend for Father’s Day, is a summer sale from Trek Bikes taking up to $550 off a large lineup of e-bikes, lead by the Electra Cruiser Go! Step-Over e-bike for $1,200. It is joined by the Bluetti AC180 Portable Power Station with a 200W Solar Panel at a new $849 low, along with several other units that are hitting new low prices as well. Closing out this week is VEVOR’s 16A to 40A Level 1 and 2 EV Chargers that are starting from a new $93 all-time low. Plus, all the other hangover Green Deals that are still alive and well.

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.

Trek’s Electra Cruiser Go! e-bikes now $1,200

Trek Bikes has launched a summer sale that is taking up to $550 off a large lineup of the company’s popular e-bikes, like the Electra Cruiser Go! Step-Over e-bike for $1,199.99 shipped, or its counterpart step-thru model that is also going for $1,199.99 shipped – plus other e-bikes that are seeing general price cuts. Normally fetching $1,600, we have seen this particular model go for $200 less before, back during Black Friday sales, which hasn’t reoccurred since. In 2024 we’ve seen one previous discount that dropped costs to $1,200 in February, with today’s deal coming in to repeat the savings as a 25% markdown that saves you $400 and returns it to the second-lowest price we have tracked. For years we’ve been covering Trek Bikes’ many models, all of which you can browse, read through, and learn about here.

The Cruiser Go! e-bike is an homage to the American beach-cruising classics of years past, equipped with a 250W rear-hub motor and a fully-integrated 250Wh battery that reach a max speed of 20 MPH for up to 40 miles on a single charge. It features mechanical disc brakes, fatter 27.5-inch tires for a smoother ride, and an LED controller that lets you monitor and change the e-bikes functions and settings. It also comes supported by the Trek Central app which lets you get pre-ride information such as battery levels before even heading out the door, as well as live performance levels, GPS mapping, and it even saves the information from your previous rides for future reviews.

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Bluetti AC180 Portable Power Station bundle within post for Trek Electra Cruiser Go! e-bikes

Bluetti AC180 Portable Power Station with 200W Solar Panel hits new $849 low

The official Bluetti Amazon storefront is offering up to 50% off discounts on its line of power stations, solar generator bundles, and accessories. A notable standout amongst the crowd is the AC180 Portable Power Station with 200W Solar Panel for $849 shipped. Usually going for $1,598, its been dropping to the same two rates since the start of 2024, first to $899 for the first few months and now more recently to the former $879 low, which today’s deal outshines as a massive 47% markdown that gives you a total $749 in savings and lands it at a new all-time low. You can grab the power station alone for $579, or add a B80 extra battery with it for $1,148, or get the power station with a 350W solar panel for $1,149.

With the AC180 power station, you can rest assured your charging and power needs are met on your next trip out of town or just the house thanks to its 1,152Wh capacity and 11 output ports: four ACs, four USB-As, one USB-C, one DC, and one wireless charging pad for your personal devices. It can be recharged up to 80% in just 45 minutes via a standard wall outlet or with a 500W solar input that takes just 2.8 to 3.3 hours (so with the included 200W panel, you’re looking at a recharge in around 7-ish hours, give or take). You’ll also be able to control the power station’s settings and keep track of charging levels on your tablet or smartphone via the BLUETTI app.

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VEVOR 16A to 40A Level 1 and 2 EV charger within post for Trek Electra Cruiser Go! e-bike

VEVOR’s 16A to 40A Level 1 and 2 EV Chargers start from new $93 low

Amazon is offering the VEVOR 16A Level 1+2 Portable EV Charger for $92.69 shipped. Down from its usual $130 price tag, since the new year began we haven’t seen much diversity in its discounts, often falling to the same $105 rate on average, which does beat out the $125+ rates from 2023, though the price hasn’t fallen lower past $100. Today’s deal, however, finally breaks the slow and steady progression for a sharp and sudden spike downwards as a 29% markdown that lands at a new all-time low.

Compatible with both NEMA 6-20R and NEMA 5-15P plugs, this 16A (maximum) portable EV charger is suitable for EVs that adhere to the J1772 standard and could use a handy backup charger when out on the road far from home. Its controller automatically adjusts the current according to the charging status to avoid overcharging, while also providing lightening, leakage, grounding, over-voltage, under-voltage, overcharge, over-current, and overheat protection. You can control and monitor the charging status remotely through the Smart App, as well as schedule charging time for 1-12 hours, letting you take advantage of off-peak charging and reduce your vehicle usage costs. Package also includes a hard-shell storage bag, a base, a charging cable hook, and an adapter.

Of course, I’m sure most of you, like me, saw the 16A maximum output of the above charger and immediately thought “I’ll be waiting so much longer for a full charge.” Well, Amazon has also cut prices on the VEVOR 40A Level 2 Portable EV Charger that is now at $133, down from $200. This upgraded model features a similar LED display, as well as the smart chip that provides the same list of protections as the above model. You’ll also get the same smart controls – especially for off-peak hour scheduling – and it arrives compatible with vehicles and plug-in hybrids that comply with the J1772 standard, requiring only a NEMA 14-50 outlet to plug the charger into. The main difference here is the obvious increase in amperage limit, with this model able to reach 40A while charging over the previous model’s 16A.

Summer e-bike deals!

father's day electric tool guide promo pic within post for Rad power flash sale

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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Cheap new Hyundai, Tesla sales crater, Ford levels up, and China doesn’t like spies

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On this episode of Quick Charge, Hyundai continues to invest in new electric vehicles, this time teasing a $25,000 (ish) compact EV set to debut later this month, along with a new IONIQ model. On the domestic front, Tesla sales are cratering so hard that they’re making everyone else’s great numbers look bad, Ford is leveling up its self driving software, and China thinks the Europeans are spying on them.

We’ve got everything from controversial Masts (what do you call “tweets” on Mastodon?), wild claims from Chinese and European carmakers, and even a callback to a classic episode of John Boy and Billy radio – let us know what you think!

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Arizona’s largest battery storage project clinches $513M in financing

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Arizona's largest battery storage project clinches 3M in financing

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Recurrent Energy has secured $513 million in financing for Arizona’s largest standalone battery storage project.

Solar and battery storage developer, owner, and operator Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar (Nasdaq: CSIQ), secured financing for its Papago Storage project in Maricopa County, Arizona.

The financing includes a $249 million construction and term loan, a $163 million tax equity bridge loan, and a $101 million letter of credit facility.

Construction of the 1,200 MWh Papago Storage is expected to start in Q3 2024 and come online in Q2 2025. The project holds a 20-year tolling agreement with electric utility Arizona Public Service Company and is expected to create 200 construction jobs. 

Recurrent will own and operate Papago Storage once it’s complete. The project will dispatch enough power for around 244,000 homes for four hours a day in support of renewable energy.

Ismael Guerrero, CEO of Recurrent Energy, said, “When we began developing Papago Storage in 2016, the Arizona storage market was in its infancy. Today, Arizona is one of the fastest-growing markets for energy storage in the United States, bolstered by the state’s expanding economy and cost-effective renewable energy resources.

“Today, we are thrilled to see nearly a decade of planning culminate in financing what will be the largest energy storage project in Arizona. We appreciate the continued support from our partners Nord/LB and MUFG in our shared mission to advance the clean energy transition.”

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Elon Musk claims Tesla’s new AI supercluster will grow to over 500 MW, record AI chip

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Elon Musk claims Tesla's new AI supercluster will grow to over 500 MW, record AI chip

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Elon Musk claims Tesla’s new AI supercluster will grow to over 500 MW, making it one of, if not the biggest in the world. At the same time, the CEO claims Tesla is achieving some record-breaking performance with its next-en AI chip.

A few months ago, we reported that Tesla was having issues building a new expansion at Gigafactory Texas to house a new giant supercomputer to train Tesla’s AI.

At the time, we heard that Tesla was aiming for a 100 MW cluster to be ready by August. Musk canceled other projects at Tesla to focus construction resources on the expansion.

Commenting on drone videos of the expansion, Musk said that it will grow to over 500 MW over the next 18 months:

Sizing for ~130MW of power & cooling this year, but will increase to >500MW over next 18 months or so. Aiming for about half Tesla AI hardware, half Nvidia/other. Play to win or don’t play at all.

We previously noted that it was strange that Tesla was internally referring to the project as a Dojo project, which refers to Tesla’s own supercomputing hardware, but sources were also told that the cluster would use Nvidia compute power.

Now, Musk confirmed that Tesla plans to use both its own hardware and Nvidia’s, as well as other suppliers.

However, things are getting a little unclear as Musk seems to also imply that Tesla will use some of its HW4 computers for the training clusters:

HW4 generally refers to Tesla’s in-car computer with an in-house designed chip, while Dojo is used for training, like this new cluster.

It’s unclear here if Musk is talking about using inference computing for training or just talking about Tesla’s overall planned computing power.

Electrek’s Take

Elon had mentioned at Tesla’s shareholders meeting that the company now had Nvidia-level AI chips, but the stock didn’t even move from that announcement as Nvidia became the most valuable company in the world.

I think Tesla’s AI effort is still not super credible for the market. That happens when you claim that you are about to achieve self-driving by the end of the year every year for the past 5 years.

At this point, we need to see Tesla make significant improvements to FSD with each new update. It sounded like this new cluster would help achieve that but Elon also recently said that Tesla was not compute-constrained for training right now, so it’s hard to really understand what is holding up improvements at this point.

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