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It’s time for another edition of our daily Green Deals roundup, but don’t spend too much time reading this if you’re looking to score today’s offer on the RadRover 6 Plus Electric Fat Tire Bike. It’s now $200 off with a FREE $499 extra battery thrown-in for today only, and it’s already starting to sell out. We also spotted the best price of the year on Segway Ninebot F35 Electric Scooter joined by some solid price drops on Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 Portable Power Station and this Greenworks 48V Brushless Leaf Blower Kit to make sure you’re fall ready at a discount, and gas-free.

Head below for more 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.

Today only: RadRover 6 Plus Fat Tire e-Bike now $200 off + FREE $499 battery add-on

While stock is beginning to dwindle from the Rad Power Labor Day event, there’s still time to score the step-thru RadRover 6 Plus Electric Fat Tire Bike at $1,399 shipped, down from the regular $1,599 price tag. This $200 deal is live through today only and it is already starting to sell out. Rad is also throwing in a FREE semi-integrated battery, just make sure you add both it and the e-bike to your cart separately – this battery fetches a regular price tag at $499. With today’s deal you’re looking at a total savings of $699. 

This is the latest sixth-generation model of the RadRover, complete with a 750W geared hub motor that “delivers enhanced hill-climbing capabilities” alongside Kenda Juggernaut “puncture-resistant, durable 26×4″ fat tires for off-road adventures and the ability to drive a 275-pound payload. 

It will keep you cruising for 45 miles ore more at top speeds up to 20MPH alongside the a 7-speed Shimano derailleur. The half-twist throttle action joins the onboard LCD screen for real-time battery and performance data. 

Again, you basically have half a day left to take advantage of the $200 price drop alongside the free $499 battery add-on here. Some colorways are already selling out and there’s no telling when or if this deal will return any time soon. 

Our hands-on review will deliver a detailed breakdown of the riding experience and what you’re getting into here. 

Segway’s 25-mile Ninebot F35 Electric Scooter hits best price of the year at $425 (Reg. $680+)

As part of its new 48-hour flash sale, Best Buy is now offering the Segway Ninebot F35 Electric Scooter down at $424.99 shipped. Regularly $700 at Best Buy and $680 directly from Segway, this is up to $275 off and at least $255 in savings. Today’s deal lands at $25 under our previous mention from last month to deliver the lowest price we can find and to deliver the deepest deal we have tracked on this model. It also among the lowest prices we can find for any relatively comparable Segway model at Amazon right now.

The Segway Ninebot F35 Electric Scooter will have you cruising around town at up to 18.6MPH on its 10-inch pneumatic tires for up to 24.9 miles at a time. 

It features a 350W (max 700W) motor with a 36V battery that recharges to 100% in 5 hours with three riding modes: eco mode, standard, and sport mode that favor range over speed, or vice versa. 

This joins a regenerative braking system that also helps to recharge the battery alongside front LED lighting, a quick-fold system for easy storage and portability, and Bluetooth connectivity:

Connect the F35 with the Segway-Ninebot app via Bluetooth to monitor your riding status and data, lock your scooter and upgrade the firmware and enhance the overall riding experience.

Amazon beats Jackery’s official website with Explorer 1000 v2 1kWh power station at $529 (Reg. $799)

It doesn’t matter if you’re planning a camping trip this fall or just want some backup power at home, a new deal is here to help you get the job done at a more affordable price. Over at Amazon you can now find the Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 Portable Power Station at $529 shipped once the on-page $30 off coupon has been clipped. Typically sold for $799, you’re now looking at 34% off which leads to a total savings of $270. Even the price on Jackery’s own website can’t touch this, where it is currently on sale for $599. Historically speaking, we’ve only seen the price fall lower than this one time before, and that was when it hit $499 for just a couple of hours back in July. Learn more about this power station down below.

Unlike many solutions out there, the Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 swaps out typical lithium for LiFePO4 batteries to greatly bolster the longevity of this power station. When compared to lithium, you’re looking at around four times as many charge cycles. The capacity of this unit clocks in at 1,070Wh, and the output reaches up to 1,500W. When plugged into a wall outlet, it takes as little as one hour to replenish the battery. Power sources include three AC outlets, dual USB-C (100W/30W) ports, 18W USB-A, as well as a DC car output.

This one may hit the sweet spot for being something that’s neither too small or too large, but in case you feel differently, we’ve also spotted $1,250 off BLUETTI’s 2.7kWh AC300 power station with B300K battery. And on the smaller side of things, we’ve found this Baseus’ 10,000mAh power bank with MagSafe and 30W USB-C charging at $27.50.

Skip raking this year with Greenworks’ 140 MPH 48V brushless leaf blower kit at $120 (Reg. $200)

We’re closing in on the fall season, which means the leaves are likely to start dropping depending on where you live. Now’s your chance to cash in on some savings and get ahead of all that with Amazon now offering the Greenworks 48V Brushless Leaf Blower Kit for $119.99 shipped. This bundle generally fetches $200, so you’re looking at an $80 price drop that takes 40% off the amount you’d generally have to spend. You’re also looking at a price that comes within $8 of the all-time low, making this price just about as good as it gets. Learn more about what you can expect from this bundle down below.

Yard work will be much easier this fall when you add this leaf blower bundle to your tool collection. Powered by not one, but two 24V batteries, Greenworks touts this leaf blower as offering “gas-like power with the convenience of the 24V battery platform.” Once up and running, it boasts an airflow of 585 CFM and 140 MPH airspeed. This will make leaves and other types of debris move, even the stuff that can generally prove to be quite stubborn. The kit includes the blower, two 4Ah batteries, and a charger.

If you can live with a less powerful leaf blower, be sure to check out yesterday’s coverage of a Greenworks cordless mower, blower, and trimmer combo at $373. Yes, it costs more than the blower itself, but you’re getting just about everything you need to take care of your yard in one fell swoop.

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Score $255 in FREE gear with Lectric’s impressive 2024 long-range ONE e-bike

Sitting alongside its still live Labor Day offers which include hundreds in free add-on gear, we are pulling out the offer on the impressive 2024 Lectric ONE e-bike today. The brand is offering it for $2,199 shipped with $255 in FREE add-on gear to deliver one of the best offers we have tracked outside of the launch deal months ago, coming within $14 in terms of value of the back to school offer. You’re looking at a total value of $2,454 here with extras we will detail below. 

To put it lightly, we came away very impressed after taking a good look at launch back in March on this model. Despite the sticker north of $2,000, this is a more than value-packed price for an e-bike this premium. 

This long-range e-bike takes things up a notch with high-grade European transmissions and carbon fiber-reinforced drive belts, including an auto-shifting weather-sealed electricgearbox from Pinion.

It runs on a 750W rear hub-motor with a 48V battery that will have you cruising for 50 miles at up to 28MPH, and that’s just with the standard battery. There’s 5 levels of PWR pedal assistance, a thumb throttle, 20-inch city tires, hydraulic mineral oil disc brakes, and a new color LCD display.

Today’s package bundle deal nets you $255 worth of add-ons including an aluminum rear rack, a set of wheel fenders, and a 1.5-liter Top Tube Bag to stow smaller EDC items with a dedicated smartphone compartment. 

MOD Black 3, the baddest-looking mountain e-bike now $500 off with FREE $599 SUP ($1,099 in savings)

We feature a ton of amazing e-bike and EV deals around here, but one of my favorite, at least in terms of looks, is seeing a major price drop with some bonus goodies right now. You can now land the MOD Black 3 down at $2,999 shipped and score a FREE $599 MOD Board Inflatable SUP. Simply add both to your cart to redeem the discount. With recent price hikes this bike now carries a regular price tag at $3,499, which means you’re saving $500 and scoring a free $599 SUP for a total of $1,099 in savings…nice. 

Aside from delivering one of the baddest-looking mountain e-bikes on the market, in my opinion, there’s some notable specs to power you through your adventures here too. 
It comes with a 750W rear brushless geared hub motor (1,000W peak) alongside a 720Wh MOD Samsung Powerpack battery – this allows you to cruise for up to 50 miles at max speeds of 28 MPH. Other highlights of the build here include the five levels of pedal assistance, 7-speed Shimano drivetrain, thumb throttle, and hydraulic disc brakes alongside the rear cargo rack. 

Hit up our our hands-on review for a closer look.

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NIO (NIO) eyes buying Volkswagen plant in historic market shake up

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China’s NIO (NIO) is considering buying Volkswagen’s Audi plant in Brussels. Volkswagen’s plant is at risk of being shut down, and NIO wants to take advantage as the market shifts to EVs.

NIO in talks to buy Volkswagen Brussels plant

Volkswagen may close its first plant in Germany ever. Its Audi Brussels factory is also at risk. The last time the company closed a facility was back in 1988 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.

However, VW is facing an overcapacity crisis amid sluggish EV sales and a slew of new competitively priced electric cars from China.

CEO Oliver Blume warned that Germany’s competitive advantage is at risk as the industry shifts to electric vehicles. Volkswagen has already canceled plans for a new EV facility and delayed key model launches as it falls further behind Chinese automakers.

According to a Belgian media report, China’s NIO is in talks to buy Volkswagen’s plant in Brussels.

The report from De Tijd claims NIO representatives recently visited the plant and are already working on a bid. NIO needs to submit its offer to VW by next Monday at the latest.

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NIO Onvo L60 launch event (Source: NIO

Volkswagen plans to stop building cars at the facility after the last Audi Q8 e-tron rolls off the production line next year. If the plant closes, the nearly 3,000 workers will lose their jobs.

NIO already sells vehicles in Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark. Although it doesn’t sell cars in Belgium yet, NIO plans to launch there soon.

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NIO ET5 at new Emsbüren, Germany Power Swap Station (Source: NIO)

Although NIO faces an additional 20.8% tariff on imports to the EU, the Chinese EV maker is committed to expanding in the region.

Electrek’s Take

NIO buying out Volkswagen’s Brussels plant would be symbolic of the market’s shift to EVs. European automakers, including VW, are facing stiff competition from China.

Even with tariffs, several Chinese EVs are expected to still be cheaper than their European rivals.

Although NIO is known for its “smart electric vehicles,” it’s launching new lower-cost models. Its new electric SUV, the Onvo L60, is widely viewed as a true Tesla Model Y Challenger. Starting at around $30,000 in China, NIO’s new electric SUV undercuts the Model Y by about $4,000 (30,000 yuan).

NIO plans to launch the competitively priced electric SUV globally later this year. Next year, the company will follow up with its new Firefly EV, which will launch in Europe for under $32,000 (30,000 Euro).

Meanwhile, Volkswagen’s struggles are not limited to Europe. The company is also facing a plant closure in China with its joint venture partner, SAIC.

Source: CnEVPost

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Tesla (TSLA) rises on deliveries in China, but can it save its Q3?

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Tesla’s stock (TSLA) is up this morning on delivery data from China showing a strong end-of-quarter performance, but is this enough to save its Q3?

Insurance registration data in China shows that Tesla delivered 15,600 vehicles in the country last week, down 3.7% from the prior week, which had a strong performance with 16,200 registrations.

This is a strong start for September, with 31,800 registrations. That only accounts for Tesla’s vehicles built at Gigafactory Shanghai and sold domestically—though that’s generally most of its Shanghai production at the end of quarters to limit vehicles in transit.

Tesla tends to end quarters strong with a push in deliveries over the last few weeks.

According to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), Tesla China delivered 86,697 electric vehicles made in China in August and just over 74,000 vehicles in July.

Tesla is on pace to deliver over 230,000 electric vehicles in and from China in Q3.

Is China going to save Tesla’s Q3?

Tesla introduced 0% financing in China this year in order to boost demand in its most important market and it is clearly working.

However, other markets are not doing as well.

According to registration data, Tesla’s deliveries in Europe are way down this year:

Tesla is down more than 70,000 vehicles in its biggest EU markets compared to last year. The difference is more significant by 10,000 units since we last checked in August.

Electrek’s Take

It looks like China is going to be able to compensate for some of Tesla’s troubles in the EU, but not all of it.

The difference maker in Q3 could end up being the US market, where Tesla has been having its own issues, but it recently introduced strong incentives to try to boost sales.

The new referral program basically results in a $1,000 discounts on all cars except Cybertruck. Speaking of Cybertruck, it’s not a high volume program, but the recent ramp-up in production does point to it contributing a few tens of thousands of units to Tesla’s total deliveries in Q3.

Finally, Tesla recently introduced new financing incentives in the US that are likely going to be impactful at the end of the quarter.

At this point, I think Tesla is likely going to beat deliveries from last quarter, 443,956 units, which would actually mean a return to year-over-year growth for Tesla since it delivered 435,000 units during the same period in 2023.

However, I believe that Tesla will be far short of the 585,000 vehicles it needs to be deliver in order to be on pace for its original goal of 2 million deliveries in 2024. It might even be short of the 485,000 vehicles it needs to be on pace so as not to be down year-over-year in deliveries for the whole year.

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BioLite launches home backup battery you can install yourself

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BioLite launches home backup battery you can install yourself

Depending on where you live in the US, electrical outages can be anything from a rare occurrence to near certainty. While some only last a few minutes or hours, longer ones can end up spoiling everything in your fridge and lead to an uncomfortable day or two with no air-conditioning or fans. Backup by BioLite is a new home backup battery launched by electronics company BioLite that makes it easy to install your own redundancy before the next storm or power outage.

The solution provides up to a claimed 60 hours of backup and is meant to power a homeowner’s most important devices (like a refrigerator, fans, computers, etc.) instead of backing up the entire house.

The concept works like a modern take on a UPS, or uninterrupted power supply. To put it simply, it’s a big LiFePO4 battery in a sleek-looking shell that charges itself from the grid in your home and then feeds that power back out to your most important devices when it senses that the power has gone out.

There are multiple versions of the product that offer different capacities. The 3 kWh Backup Complete is the full monty, and it includes both the main 1.5 kWh Core unit and a 1.5 kWh Extend panel to add even more energy storage. Alternatively, a 1.5 kWh Core unit can be run independently or connected to up to five more Extend panels for the largest energy storage capacity.

The system can output 1,800W continuously and surges up to 3,000W peak.

You can get a better idea of how it works in the overview video below.

One of the main advantages of the system isn’t just its lower cost, but also the ability to be installed by the homeowner instead of needing an electrician to wire it into the house. The device simply plugs into a wall outlet and runs independently of the house, meaning it doesn’t need to be tied into the home’s grid.

“Traditional home backup power typically costs upwards of $15,000 and can take months of coordination with contractors and electricians to install,” shares CEO and Co-Founder, Jonathan Cedar. He continues, “Backup by BioLite offers homeowners and renters alike a more affordable alternative that they can install themselves in under an hour and build resiliency back into their home.”

Compared to more expensive systems, the promotional pre-order prices for BioLite’s 1.5 kWh and 3 kWh systems start at US $1,299 and $1,999, respectively.

The backup system has now launched for pre-order on Kickstarter. Yep, Kickstarter.

Electrek’s Take

First, to address the Kickstarter-shaped elephant in the room. My regular readers will know that I rarely cover Kickstarters or other crowdfunding campaigns, and only make an exception under one of two cases. Either I’ve been able to test the product myself in advance, or it’s coming from a well-established company with a good standing record for delivering products. In this case, it’s the second. I’ve tested several products from BioLite before, and the company has a long reputation in the energy storage and electronics industry. This is also the company’s fifth Kickstarter campaign, with the last four all going quite well.

This isn’t some fly-by-night startup trying to raise the cash to make their oddball idea a reality; this is a company that knows how to build electronics and has been doing it for a while.

That being said, crowdfunding inherently always comes with risks (even when it’s being leveraged largely for marketing purposes), and there’s no guarantee these things will ever get delivered, so proceed accordingly.

Even so, I can absolutely see the need for a product like this. Whole-home backup systems are great, but most people don’t need everything in their home to be powered. In the case of a sudden storm or other outages that last for a day or two, just being able to prevent all the things in your fridge from spoiling is a nice benefit, as well as being able to charge up your phones or run some cooling fans. So I can definitely see the benefit of a simple, easy-to-install system like this.

Sure, it’s largely a modern repacking of a conventional UPS, but it’s a pretty slickly done repackaging that looks like it benefits from BioLite’s experience and brand reputation.

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