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Today’s Green Deals feature an unexpected highlight on Anker SOLIX devices, with our headliner being the newly released SOLIX C300 90,000mAh DC and AC Power Stations that are receiving launch discounts starting from $150. They are joined by the final day of MOD Bikes’ latest sale, which is currently seeing $500 taken off the unique MOD Easy 3 Cruiser e-bike at $2,999, with up to $1,000 being taken off the other e-bikes among the lineup. There’s also the massive discounts that are totaling up to $2,228 in savings on a pair of SOLIX F3800 Power Station home backup bundles that give you 7,680Wh battery capacity, which can be further expanded up to 53,800Wh with more equipment. We’ve also got a discount on Segway’s Ninebot F35 e-scooter that has returned to its lowest price, as well as the second-lowest price on a notable EGO Power+ hedge trimmer – plus, all the other hangover Green Deals that are still alive and well, like yesterday’s NIU KQi-C3 Pro e-bike and Segway’s Cube 2000 Portable Power Station discounts.

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.

Anker launches new SOLIX C300 90,000mAh DC and AC Power Stations starting from $150

Today Anker is giving folks the first official chances to save on its new SOLIX C300 DC and AC 90,000mAh power stations that launched this morning starting from $149.99 shipped for the DC model. Down from its $200 price tag, you’re looking at a $50 markdown here, while the AC model is receiving a $60 markdown from its $250 price tag, landing at $189.99 shipped. These discounts are automatically applied and will continue through to September 3, giving folks a solid opportunity to add this new backup solution to their bag just as it hits the market. We give you the full rundown in our initial launch coverage from two weeks ago, or you can learn more by heading below.

The SOLIX C300 DC power station comes in a totable, compact unit housing a 90,000mAh 288Wh LiFePO4 battery capacity, providing up to 300W in power output to tackle personal device charging needs. For the first time Anker has added in boosted recharging speeds that are utilized by using its two bidirectional 140W USB-C ports together for speeds up to 280W. You can also recharge the battery via solar charging, which will take 3.2 hours when connected to a 100W solar panel. It also boasts seven output ports to cover your devices: four USB-C ports (a 15W port, a 100W port, and the two 140W ports), two 12W USB-A ports, and a 120W auxiliary/car port compatible with the DC plugs on battery-powered appliances like electric coolers, for example.

Like its predecessor, the PowerCore Reserve, this new model also delivers an integrated pop-up LED light with three different brightness levels to double as a casual camping lantern or an emergency light source. There’s a built-in display that gives you readouts of the power levels being drawn out by your connected devices, as well as remaining battery levels – which you can also monitor through Anker’s companion app via your smartphone when connected over Bluetooth. It also comes with an optional strap to hang it off your shoulder.

The sibling SOLIX C300 (with AC outlets) power station has a few key differences, starting with a weight of nine pounds over the above model’s six pounds along with the doubled power output of 600W. It’s traded in space on its front panel in order to add three AC output ports, on top of the three USB-C ports (two of them being 140W ports), only one USB-A port, and a 120W auxiliary/car port. It doesn’t have the same dual-USB recharging capabilities as the above model, but can reach similar speeds when connected to a standard wall outlet. The pop-up light has also been removed in order to give it an integrated carrying handle, with a light bar that is instead position horizontally above its display. It also comes with a shoulder strap for carrying needs.

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MOD Bikes Easy 3 Cruiser e-bike $500 off for the rest of the day – sale ends tonight

MOD Bikes has an ongoing Back to School sale that is ending tomorrow night, August 28, and is still taking up to $1,000 off a lineup of uniquely designed e-bikes for the time being, including the brand’s new Berlin Step-Thru 3 e-bike. Among the discounted models, you’ll also find my personal favorite – the Easy 3 Cruiser e-bike down at $2,999 shipped. Normally fetching $3,499 most of the time, it comes in today with a $500 markdown and returns to the lowest price we have seen since the brand came to our attention. You can learn some more about this e-bike (and its additional sidecar attachment) by reading through our hands-on review of its earlier design.

Quality parts combine with undeniable style to produce the MOD Easy 3 Cruiser e-bike, which has a frame that resembles the iconic Indian 741 Scout motorcycles – especially in the army green colorway. It arrives stocked with a 750W rear brushless geared hub motor (1,000W peak), a removable 720Wh MOD Samsung Powerpack battery, and five levels of pedal assistance supported by a new torque sensor (upgraded from previous version’s cadence sensor).

You’ll be cruising around town at top speeds of 28 MPH for up to 50 miles as is, or up to 100 miles when you purchase an extra battery for it. You’ll also find other features like a 7-speed Shimano drivetrain, an integrated LED headlight and taillight with brake light functionality, a thumb throttle for pure electric action, fenders for both wheels, a rear cargo rack, hydraulic disc brakes, a bell, and an S3 smart color display with a USB port for charging your devices (another upgrade from the Easy 2’s simple LCD display) and password security for locking the e-bike.

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Anker offers up to $2,228 in savings on SOLIX F3800 Power Station backup bundles

Heading over to Anker’s official Amazon storefront, you’ll notice the brand is currently offering a great home backup power bundle in the form of the SOLIX F3800 Portable Power Station that comes with a BP3800 Expansion Battery and a 400W Solar Panel for a total of $5,199 shipped, after clipping the on-page $2,198 off coupon. Normally fetching $7,397 most days, we haven’t seen much by way of discounts on this particular bundle, with this being only the second we’ve spotted on Amazon, and the others often coming direct from Anker at higher rates. Today, you’re looking at the second-lowest price we have tracked in all – $800 above the all-time low that was live for July’s Prime Day event. Head below to learn more about this bundle, as well as an even bigger whole-home bundle too.

Anker’s SOLIX F3800 delivers a 3,840Wh LiFePO4 capacity, which has been doubled to 7,680Wh thanks to the expansion battery, as well as a massive 6,000W of AC power output. There’s a multitude of ports here to cover the vast range of devices and appliances – with eight ACs, three USB-Cs, two USB-As, one DC, and one car port, as well as connections for plugging into your RV, an electric car, and even your home’s circuit breaker (but you will need to get the appropriate gear to do so with either a Home Backup Kit for sections to be supported or learn about the Home Power Panel that covers the entire household here).

There are a few different ways to recharge the F3800’s battery, but the two main ways will give you a full battery in only 2.7 hours with a standard outlet, or up to 2 hours when utilizing its maximum 2,400W solar input. Everything is housed within a rollable design, with an LCD display to monitor real-time levels as well as adjust settings – or you can do all this on your phone via the companion app.

If you’re planning to invest in the switch or panel needed to link power stations into your circuit breaker, Amazon is also currently offering an alternate bundle with two SOLIX F3800 Portable Power Stations and a Double Power Hub that allows them to support one another, giving you another way to reach a 7,680Wh capacity with a dramatically increased 12,000W of dual power output, enough to run anything in the house – all for $5,999, after clipping the on-page $2,228 off coupon. What’s even more impressive here is that you could add up to 12 BP3800 expansion batteries to increase its capacity to a gargantuan 53,800Wh size – enough to ensure you’re home keeps running for weeks without power – once you’ve invested in all the proper equipment, of course.

Summer e-bike deals!

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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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Tesla pulls all the demand levers with discounts and incentives as sales crash

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Tesla is now pulling on all the demand levers in the US with new discounts and incentives as sales are crashing due to brand damage.

Over the last few days, Tesla has introduced a series of new discounts and incentives in the US.

Previously, Tesla had a program to offer a $1,000 discount for US military personnel, but the automaker has now extended it to “students, teachers, first-responders, military veterans, retirees, active-duty members, their spouses, and surviving spouses.”

The update incentive applies to Tesla’s entire lineup of new vehicles.

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Tesla also introduced a new incentive for Lyft drivers. They are eligible to $1,000 in Tesla credits when taking delivery and $1,000 from Lyft if they complete 100 deliveries by July 13.

The automaker wrote on its website:

Eligible Lyft drivers who purchase a new Tesla vehicle can receive $1,0001 in Tesla Credits upon taking delivery and a $1,000 incentive from Lyft after completing 100 trips on or before July 13, 2025. Tesla Credits can be used toward Supercharging, a new Tesla vehicle, service appointments or select Tesla Shop or upgrade purchases. Offer available to active Lyft drivers in good standing.

Tesla also started reaching out to Cybertruck reservation holders to let them know that they only have a month before they can’t take advantage of lower FSD prices.

The automaker wrote in the email:

As an early reservation holder, you have access to a reserved Full Self-Driving (Supervised) price of $7,000. To keep this price, you’ll need to take delivery by June 15, 2025. After June 15, 2025, FSD (Supervised) will be available at the latest price, which is currently $8,000.

When Tesla started taking Cybertruck reservations in 2019, Tesla said that by reserving the truck, reservation holders were locking in the then $7,000 price for its ‘Full Self-Driving’ package.

It looks like Tesla is now putting a deadline to take advantage of this deal to boost orders of the Cybertruck, which has proven to be a commercial flop.

On top of all these incentives, Tesla is also subsidizing interest rates to offer 0% financing on Model 3, and 1.99% financing on Model Y.

All those incentives in place point to Tesla having significant demand issues in the US.

Tesla’s global sales came about 50,000 units below expectations, which the company blamed on the production changeover of Model Y, its most popular model by far.

However, production is now back up to normal in Q2, and Tesla is clearly having issues selling the updated Model Y.

The automaker has no backlog of orders for the new Model Y and vehicles are already piling up in inventory:

We reported last week that Tesla employees wrote an open letter calling for Elon Musk’s removal as CEO due to the damage he has caused to the brand.

In the letter, the employees confirmed Tesla’s demand issues, saying that thousands of new Model Ys are now sitting unsold on lots in the US.

Electrek’s Take

This is not a great sign for Tesla. These are end-of-quarter level incentives when we are just about halfway through the quarter.

And that’s just in the US, where Tesla’s sale performance is more opaque.

In Europe and China, where we know for a fact that Tesla is struggling with sales, the automaker is virtually offering 0% financing on its entire lineup.

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Game changer: Harbinger launches a medium-duty EREV with 500 mile range

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Game changer: Harbinger launches a medium-duty EREV with 500 mile range

Harbinger's new MD plug-in hybrid boasts a 500-mile range

The electric box van experts at Harbinger announced a new, EREV version of their medium-duty van that pairs a big battery with a small, gas-powered ICE engine to offer fleets that are hesitant to electrify a massive 500 miles of autonomy on a single charge + tank.

The American truck brand is putting its latest $100 million raise to good use, developing a cost-competitive EREV chassis that marries a low-emissions 1.4L inline four-cylinder gas engine with a close coupled 800V generator sending power to a 140 or 175 kW battery for up to 500 miles of fully loaded range. More than enough, in other words, to meet the needs of just about any fleet you can think of.

That’s a good thing, too, because medium-duty trucks are put to work in just about any circumstance you can think of, as well – a fact that’s not lost on Harbinger.

“Medium-duty vehicles serve an incredibly diverse range of applications, just like the fleets and operators that rely on them, ” explains John Harris, Co-founder and CEO, Harbinger. “There are some fleets whose needs simply can’t be met with a purely electric vehicle—and we recognize that. Our hybrid is designed for use cases and routes that go beyond what an all-electric system typically supports. The series hybrid delivers the benefits of an electric drivetrain, along with the added confidence of a range extender when needed.”

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In addition an up-front cost that should make it an attractive prospect for fleet buyers, the new Harbinger EREV pack performance that should made it attractive for its drivers, too. The new chassis’ electric powertrain delivers 440 hp and 1,140 lb-ft of tq for quick acceleration into traffic and smooth running, even under load. Charging performance is also quick, with the ability to get the big battery from 10-80% charge in just under an hour on a 150 kW port.

You’ve heard all this before

THOR Industries and Harbinger Collaborate to Deliver the World's First Hybrid Class A Motorhome
Thor hybrid RV concept; via Thor.

If that sounds familiar, that’s because it is. This medium-duty chassis was first shown last year, making its debut under a Thor Class A motorhome concept that we covered in September. That vehicle promised the same great EREV range and capability to a market that values independence and spontaneity more than most, and bringing those values to a medium-duty commercial market that’s lapping up “messy middle” propaganda from Shell NACFE is just smart business.

The new Harbinger chassis’ batteries are manufactured by Panasonic. No word on who is making the 1.4L ICE generator, but my money’s on the GM SGE four-cylinder last seen in the gas-powered Chevy Spark. You guys are smart, though – if you have a better guess who the supplier might be, let us know in the comments.

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Trump wants coal to power AI data centers. The tech industry may need to make peace with that for now

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Trump wants coal to power AI data centers. The tech industry may need to make peace with that for now

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President Donald Trump wants to revive the struggling coal industry in the U.S. by deploying plants to power the data centers that the Big Tech companies are building to train artificial intelligence.

Trump issued an executive order in April that directed his Cabinet to find areas of the U.S. where coal-powered infrastructure is available to support AI data centers and determine whether the infrastructure can be expanded to meet the growing electricity demand from the nation’s tech sector.

Trump has repeatedly promoted coal as power source for data centers. The president told the World Economic Forum in January that he would approve power plants for AI through emergency declaration, calling on the tech companies to use coal as a backup power source.

“They can fuel it with anything they want, and they may have coal as a backup — good, clean coal,” the president said.

Trump’s push to deploy coal runs afoul of the tech companies’ environmental goals. In the short-term, the industry’s power needs may inadvertently be extending the life of existing coal plants.

Coal produces more carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt hour of power than any other energy source in the U.S. with the exception of oil, according to the Energy Information Administration. The tech industry has invested billions of dollars to expand renewable energy and is increasingly turning to nuclear power as a way to meet its growing electricity demand while trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions that fuel climate change.

For coal miners, Trump’s push is a potential lifeline. The industry has been in decline as coal plants are being retired in the U.S. About 16% of U.S. electricity generation came from burning coal in 2023, down from 51% in 2001, according to EIA data.

Peabody Energy CEO James Grech, who attended Trump’s executive order ceremony at the White House, said “coal plants can shoulder a heavier load of meeting U.S. generation demands, including multiple years of data center growth.” Peabody is one of the largest coal producers in the U.S.

Grech said coal plants should ramp up how much power they dispatch. The nation’s coal fleet is dispatching about 42% of its maximum capacity right now, compared to a historical average of 72%, the CEO told analysts on the company’s May 6 earnings call.

“We believe that all coal-powered generators need to defer U.S. coal plant retirements as the situation on the ground has clearly changed,” Grech said. “We believe generators should un-retire coal plants that have recently been mothballed.”

Tech sector reaction

There is a growing acknowledgment within the tech industry that fossil fuel generation will be needed to help meet the electricity demand from AI. But the focus is on natural gas, which emits less half the CO2 of coal per kilowatt hour of power, according the the EIA.

“To have the energy we need for the grid, it’s going to take an all of the above approach for a period of time,” Kevin Miller, Amazon’s vice president of global data centers, said during a panel discussion at conference of tech and oil and gas executives in Oklahoma City last month.

“We’re not surprised by the fact that we’re going to need to add some thermal generation to meet the needs in the short term,” Miller said.

Thermal generation is a code word for gas, said Nat Sahlstrom, chief energy officer at Tract, a Denver-based company that secures land, infrastructure and power resources for data centers. Sahlstrom previously led Amazon’s energy, water and sustainability teams.

Executives at Amazon, Nvidia and Anthropic would not commit to using coal, mostly dodging the question when asked during the panel at the Oklahoma City conference.

“It’s never a simple answer,” Amazon’s Miller said. “It is a combination of where’s the energy available, what are other alternatives.”

Nvidia is able to be agnostic about what type of power is used because of the position the chipmaker occupies on the AI value chain, said Josh Parker, the company’s senior director of corporate sustainability. “Thankfully, we leave most of those decisions up to our customers.”

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark said there are a broader set of options available than just coal. “We would certainly consider it but I don’t know if I’d say it’s at the top of our list.”

Sahlstrom said Trump’s executive order seems like a “dog whistle” to coal mining constituents. There is a big difference between looking at existing infrastructure and “actually building new power plants that are cost competitive and are going to be existing 30 to 40 years from now,” the Tract executive said.

Coal is being displaced by renewables, natural gas and existing nuclear as coal plants face increasingly difficult economics, Sahlstrom said. “Coal has kind of found itself without a job,” he said.

“I do not see the hyperscale community going out and signing long term commitments for new coal plants,” the former Amazon executive said. (The tech companies ramping up AI are frequently referred to as “hyperscalers.”)

“I would be shocked if I saw something like that happen,” Sahlstrom said.

Coal retirements strain grid

But coal plant retirements are creating a real challenge for the grid as electricity demand is increasing due to data centers, re-industrialization and the broader electrification of the economy.

The largest grid in the nation, the PJM Interconnection, has forecast electricity demand could surge 40% by 2039. PJM warned in 2023 that 40 gigawatts of existing power generation, mostly coal, is at risk of retirement by 2030, which represents about 21% of PJM’s installed capacity.

Data centers will temporarily prolong coal demand as utilities scramble to maintain grid reliability, delaying their decarbonization goals, according to a Moody’s report from last October. Utilities have already postponed the retirement of coal plants totaling about 39 gigawatts of power, according to data from the National Mining Association.

“If we want to grow America’s electricity production meaningfully over the next five or ten years, we [have] got to stop closing coal plants,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC’s “Money Movers” last month.

But natural gas and renewables are the future, Sahlstrom said. Some 60% of the power sector’s emissions reductions over the past 20 years are due to gas displacing coal, with the remainder coming from renewables, Sahlstrom said.

“That’s a pretty powerful combination, and it’s hard for me to see people going backwards by putting more coal into the mix, particularly if you’re a hyperscale customer who has net-zero carbon goals,” he said.

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