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Fall’s Prime Day pricing is dropping early folks, with today’s Green Deals spotlighting Segway’s Ninebot MAX G30LP KickScooter which is now down at a new $450 fall Prime Day low. Coming up right behind it is Lectric’s XPeak Off-Road e-bikes that have shaken off the recent price cut in favor of receiving $776 in free gear, including an extra battery for double travel distance – all for $1,399. Bluetti has also launched its fall Prime Day sale that has returned its AC200L Portable Power Station back to its $1,199 low. You can also prepare for the snow season at a great price with the EGO Power+ 56V 21-inch Cordless Electric Snow Blower, and EV drivers are getting another one-day sale for Rexing’s Tesla to J1772 EV Charger Adapter too. Plus, all the other hangover Green Deals in the links at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s ongoing discounts on Tesla’s Universal and Standard Wall Connector level 2 EV charging stations, and much more.

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.

Segway Ninebot MAX G30LP kickscooter with regenerative brakes at $450 fall Prime Day low

Segway has launched its Big Deal Sale that is running through October 9 and taking up to 60% off its lineup of e-mobility models, with the popular Ninebot MAX G30LP KickScooter getting one of the best deals in the bunch and starting at $529.99 shipped, with extra savings that take $80 more off its discounted price to land at $449.99 shipped, after joining the Segway Mileage Club by simply creating an account for free. Normally sitting at a $700 price tag, discounts usually bring costs down within a $615 to $600 range, with occasional drops lower to $550 and $500. Today though, after creating an account, you’re looking at a new all-time low price here that beats out its previous low for the first time by $50 – all you have to do is join, add the e-scooter to your cart, and get the extra savings automatically.

Whether you’re new to the world of e-scooters or an experienced rider, the Segway Ninebot MAX G30LP KickScooter continues to be one of the best budget-friendly models that can carry you a significant distance – and I frequently see them cruising the streets of NYC. There’s a 350W motor tucked inside along with a 36V 367Wh battery that delivers up to 25 miles of travel on a single charge, reaching top speeds of 18.6 MPH, and even tackling inclines up to 20% without a problem (double what many other models can handle).

The Ninebot MAX G30LP Kickscooter provides three different riding modes to balance out performance, depending on what kind of commuter you need in any given moment – with a speed limit mode, standard mode, and sport mode. The balance is even taken a step further with the addition of regenerative braking (which I truly love to see on e-scooters) that recycles energy when you activate the brakes to extend travel times (especially if you’re in its more economical riding modes). Aside from that, there’s also a secondary braking system, a foldable frame, a built-in LED headlight, smart controls via the companion app, and an LED digital dashboard.

  • E2 KickScooter: $300 (Reg. $370)
    • 12.4 MPH for up to 15.5 miles
    • Save additional $50 after signing up
  • S2 Self-Balancing Scooter: $570 (Reg. $600)
    • 11.2 MPH for up to 21.7 miles
    • Save additional $90 after signing up
  • F2 Pro KickScooter: $700 (Reg. $800)
    • 20 MPH for up to 34 miles
    • Save additional $100 after signing up

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Lectric’s fall sale has made some changes to its discounted e-bike bundles, with up to $776 in free gear being added to your purchase. Once again taking over the spotlight is the brand’s XPeak Off-Road e-bikes at $1,399 shipped, which get the biggest bundle of $776 in free add-on gear, including an extra battery for doubled mileage. Last week saw a rare price cut to the $1,299 low, but today, despite prices resuming their normal rates, you’re looking at one of the best (and most popular) deals on these models due to all the extra add-ons that you get. The massive package of gear includes the extra battery, a rear cargo rack, fenders, an Elite headlight, and the brand’s accordion bike lock.

The biggest drawing point of this bundle is the inclusion of the free extra battery that extends the XPeak e-bike’s travel distance from 55 miles to 110 miles, which only sweetens the pot further thanks to its already affordable lower price rate. The 750W rear hub motor (that peaks at 1,310W to tackle inclines) is also supported by five levels of pedal assistance that boost the rider’s efforts up to max speeds of 20 to 28 MPH, depending on your state’s laws.

There are a bunch of great features on these XPeak e-bikes that you’re getting alongside the praise we have for its performance and price, with Lectric adding 4-inch puncture-resistant fat tires for prolonged rides (even through rough or debris-ridden areas). You’ll also be getting hydraulic mineral oil brakes, a 7-gear Shimano derailleur, a thru-axle wheel attachment system for tool-free installations, a hidden cable routing system, an IP65 water-and-dust-resistant LCD display, and even removable pedals that are quite underestimated for folks, like me, who may need to make room to house/transport the bike when not in use. Plus, all the additional free gear you’re getting from the bundle too!

You can follow the link here to the sale’s landing page to browse through all the offers in their entirety, with the XPedition Dual-Battery Cargo e-bikes and XP 3.0 Long-Range e-bikes getting the next best bundle deals.

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Bluetti’s AC200L 2,048Wh LiFePO4 power station returns to $1,199 low in early fall Prime Day sale

After last week’s launches of early fall Prime Day sales from EcoFlow, Jackery, and now Anker, we’re seeing a similar shorter-term sale from Bluetti through October 7 that is taking up to 57% off its offerings and even including some exclusive savings for members. One standout this go around is the brand’s AC200L Portable Power Station which is down at $1,199 shipped. It would normally cost you $1,999 outside of sales, with frequent short-term discounts as well that have been steadily increasing the savings as the months go on, starting the year with falls to $1,399, while more recently price cuts in August and September have seen it go $200 lower. Today’s sale is bringing us another chance at the lowest rate we have tracked, with a 40% markdown dropping costs by $800 and landing it back at its all-time low – which even beats out July’s Prime Day pricing by $100.

While smaller power stations are handy for a few days worth of traveling around, if you tend to go camping with bigger groups using more appliances or want more home support during emergencies, the AC200L’s 2,048Wh LiFePO4 battery capacity has your back. You can even build on your investment over time here, as it can be bumped up to a 4,096Wh capacity with a B230 expansion battery, or go further to 6,348Wh with two B210 batteries, with a third option to max it out at 8,192Wh with two B300 batteries. It features 11 output ports to connect to your devices/appliances (four ACs, two USB-As, two USB-Cs, one car port, one RV port, and even a NEMA TT-30 port) and provides up to 2,400W speeds (surging to 3,600W).

Recharging speeds have been increased with this model, as you can now hit 80% battery in just 45 minutes when plugged into a wall outlet, or you can take advantage of its solar charging capabilities with a maximum 1,200W input that will refuel the battery in 1.7 to 2.2 hours on average. Plus, there’s the usual smart controls you’ll be getting too, allowing you to monitor and control the unit’s settings through your tablet or smartphone via the BLUETTI app.

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You can follow this link here to the main landing page and browse everything in full, and do consider joining Bluetti’s membership program (free to sign up), which you can learn more about here. 

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Prepare for winter’s arrival with the EGO Power+ 56V 21-inch cordless electric snow blower at $549

Winter is coming, are you prepared? Well, Amazon is helping you stock up on winter equipment today with the EGO Power+ 56V 21-Inch Cordless Electric Snow Blower that is down at $549 shipped. Normally fetching $649 since we entered warmer months, it has only seen six previous discounts so far in 2024, with May having seen a brief drop to the $519 low and the others mainly keeping above $551. Today though, prices have been cut back down to the second-lowest price we have tracked, sitting just $30 above the all-time low.

As fast as the months have seemed to move, before we all know it we’ll have rushed through fall and found ourselves back in the season of snow – and what better way to prepare for those rougher days than with this 21-inch cordless electric snow blower. Sporting a brushless motor and powered by two 4.0Ah batteries, you’ll be able to effortlessly clear a 21-inch wide path while tossing all that snow up to 35 feet out of the way. Ice won’t be much concern thanks to the steel auger that can break through it at faster rates than other models on the market, especially with its durable weather-resistant steel body. There’s a variable speed control for the auger that allows for more comfortable handling, while the two bright LED headlights give you improved visibility when committing to those nighttime and early-morning clearings.

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Coming to us via its Deals of the Day, Best Buy is offering the Rexing Tesla to J1772 EV Charger Adapter for $109.99 shipped for the rest of the day. Usually priced at $160 in full, we’ve watched it steadily increase savings over 2024 with discounts starting to $130 in February and more recently dropping costs between $100 and $110 – most of which have come from these one-day sales. We did see it dip under $100 for a brief timeframe back at the start of summer, but today’s deal still gives you a solid $50 markdown that lands it among the lowest rates we have tracked.

Having this attachment in your glove compartment will give you more wide-ranging access to recharging your EV, as any J1772-compatible model will be able to connect to any Tesla level 1 or level 2 stations, minus the company’s supercharger stations. It also makes for a convenient addition if you’re a Tesla driver as non-Tesla-owning friends, family, or guests will likely appreciate the versatility of the otherwise limited setups at your home. You’ll receive the support of charging speeds up to 20kW, dishing out up to 80A to get plenty of mileage in a few hours.

Speaking of Tesla charging stations, we spotted a rare discount on both its Universal and Standard Wall Connector level 2 stations yesterday over at Amazon for folks who are looking to upgrade or start their home EV setup. The Universal model, down at $550 from $580, has a customizable output of up to 48A, giving you upward of 44 miles per hour of charging, and utilizes an integrated J1772 adapter for compatibility with non-Tesla EVs. The standard model offers the same performance specs, just without the adapter, and is currently down at $420 from $450.

Fall e-bike deals!

Best 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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EVs and batteries power China’s $20B clean tech export surge

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China set a new record for clean tech exports in August 2025, hitting $20 billion, according to new data analyzed using Ember’s China Cleantech Exports Data Explorer. The country remains the world’s largest exporter of electrotech, with surging demand for EVs and batteries leading the charge.

EV exports jumped 26% from January through August compared to the same period in 2024, while battery exports rose 23%. Other sectors saw more modest growth – grid technology up 22%, wind up 16%, and heating and cooling systems up 4% – but those gains were offset by a 19% drop in solar PV export value. EVs and batteries are now worth more than double the value of China’s solar PV exports.

This milestone is remarkable because it comes even as technology prices have fallen sharply. Solar panel prices, for example, have plunged more than 80% over the past decade, making them more affordable and driving up global demand. In August alone, China exported 46 gigawatts (GW) of solar PV – more than Australia’s entire installed solar capacity – setting a record in capacity terms. However, their dollar value remains 47% below their March 2023 peak.

Falling prices have fueled growth in new regions. Over half of the increase in China’s EV exports this year came from outside the OECD, with the ASEAN region emerging as a major growth engine. EV exports to ASEAN surged 75% in the first eight months of 2025, mainly driven by Indonesia. The country saw the biggest rise in Chinese EV imports globally this year, becoming the world’s ninth-largest EV market. Battery electric vehicles made up 14% of new car sales in Indonesia in August 2025, up from 9% a year earlier.

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Africa is also rapidly adopting Chinese clean tech. From January to August, EV exports to the continent nearly tripled year-over-year (+287%), albeit from a very low base, with Morocco leading growth and Nigeria’s imports soaring sixfold. Latin America and the Caribbean saw an 11% rise, while the Middle East climbed 72%.

Domestically, China’s own adoption of clean tech is accelerating even faster. EVs accounted for 52% of new car sales in August, and in the first half of 2025, China installed more than twice as many solar panels as the rest of the world combined. Ember’s recent China Energy Transition Review attributes this momentum to consistent policy support that’s reshaping the country’s economy and energy system around electrified technologies.

“Demand for clean technologies continues to skyrocket as more and more countries seek their benefits, from low-cost power to cheaper vehicles,” said Ember analyst Euan Graham. “China’s electrotech is becoming the basis of the new energy system, with continued cost reductions driving faster growth than ever, especially in emerging economies.”

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This Meta alum has spent 10 months leading OpenAI’s nationwide hunt for its Stargate data centers

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This Meta alum has spent 10 months leading OpenAI's nationwide hunt for its Stargate data centers

Keith Heyde stands on site in Abilene, Texas, where OpenAI’s Stargate infrastructure buildout is underway. Heyde, a former head of AI compute at Meta, is now leading OpenAI’s physical expansion push.

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It wasn’t how Keith Heyde envisioned celebrating the holidays. Rather than hanging out with his wife back home in Oregon, Heyde spent late December visiting potential data center sites across the U.S.

Two months earlier, Heyde left Meta to join OpenAI as the head of infrastructure. His job was to turn CEO Sam Altman’s ambitious compute dreams into reality, seeking out vast swaths of land suitable for expansive facilities that will eventually be packed with powerful graphics processing units for building large language models.

“My in-between Christmas and New Year’s last year was actually mostly spent looking at sites,” Heyde, 36, told CNBC in an interview. “So my family loved that, trust me.”

His life in 2025 has only gotten more intense.

Since January, OpenAI has been quietly soliciting and reviewing proposals from around 800 applicants hoping to host the next wave of its Stargate data centers, AI supercomputing hubs designed to train increasingly powerful models.

Roughly 20 sites are now in advanced stages of diligence, with massive tracts of land under review across the Southwest, Midwest and Southeast. Heyde said tax incentives are “a relatively small part of the decision matrix.”

The most important factors are access to power, ability to scale, and buy-in from local communities.

“Can we build quickly, is the power ramp there fast, and is this something where it makes sense from a community perspective?” he said.

Heyde leads site development within OpenAI’s industrial compute team, a division that’s swiftly become one of the most important groups inside the company. Infrastructure, once a supporting function, has now been elevated to a strategic pillar on par with product and model development.

With traditional data centers nearly at max capacity, OpenAI is betting that owning the next generation of physical infrastructure is central to controlling the future of AI.

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The energy needs are hard to fathom. A gigawatt data center requires the amount of power needed for some entire cities. Late last month, OpenAI announced plans for a 17-gigawatt buildout in partnership with Oracle, Nvidia, and SoftBank.

New sites will have to include all sorts of energy options, including battery-backed solar installations, legacy gas turbine refurbishments and even small modular nuclear reactors, Heyde said. Each site looks different, but together they form the industrial backbone OpenAI needs to scale.

“We’ve done this wonderful piece of bottleneck analysis to see what types of energy sources actually allow us to unlock the journey that we want to be on,” Heyde said.

A good chunk of the capital is coming from Nvidia. The chipmaker agreed to invest up to $100 billion to fuel OpenAI’s expansion, which will involve purchasing millions of Nvidia’s GPUs.

‘Perfect wasn’t the goal’

Heyde, a former head of AI compute at Meta, helped oversee the buildout of Meta’s first 100,000 GPU cluster.

In addition to power, OpenAI is assessing how quickly it can build on a site, the availability of labor and proximity to supportive local governments, according to Stargate’s request for proposal.

Heyde said the team has made around 100 site visits and has a short list of sites in late-stage review. Some will be brand new builds, and others will require conversions and refurbishments of existing facilities. Flexibility will be key.

“The perfect parcels are largely taken,” Heyde said. “But we knew that perfect wasn’t the goal — the goal for us was, number one, a compelling power ramp.”

Competition is fierce.

Meta is building what may be the largest data center in the Western Hemisphere — a $10 billion project in Northeast Louisiana, fueled by billions in state incentives. CEO Mark Zuckerberg raised the top end of the company’s annual capital expenditure spending range to $72 billion in July.

The steel frame of data centers under construction during a tour of the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, U.S., Sept. 23, 2025.

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Amazon and Anthropic are teaming up on a 1,200-acre AI campus in Indiana. And across the country, states are rolling out tax breaks, power guarantees, and expedited zoning approvals to attract the next big AI cluster.

OpenAI is a relative upstart, having been around for just a decade and only known to the mainstream since launching ChatGPT less than three years ago. But it’s raised mounds of cash from the likes of Microsoft and SoftBank, in addition to Nvidia, on its way to a $500 billion valuation.

And OpenAI is showing it’s not afraid to lead the way in AI. A self-built solar campus in Abiliene, Texas, is already live.

While OpenAI still leans on partners like Oracle, OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar told CNBC last week in Abilene that owning first-party infrastructure provides a differentiated approach. It curbs vendor markups, safeguards key intellectual property, and follows the same strategic logic that once drove Amazon to build Amazon Web Services rather than rely on existing infrastructure.

However, Heyde indicated that there’s no real playbook when it comes to AI, particularly as companies pursue artificial general intelligence (AGI), or AI that can potentially meet or exceed human capabilities.

OpenAI's stealth site search drew more than 800 bids since January 2025

“It’s a very different order of magnitude when we think about the type of delivery that has to happen at those locations,” he said.

Some applicants, including former bitcoin mining operators, offered existing power infrastructure, like substations and modular buildouts, but Heyde said those don’t always fit.

“Sometimes we found that it’s almost nice to be the first interaction in a community,” he said. “It’s a very nice narrative that we’re bringing the data center and the infrastructure there on behalf of OpenAI.”

The 20 finalist sites represent phase one of a much larger buildout. OpenAI ultimately plans to scale from single-gigawatt projects to massive campuses.

“Any place or any site we’re moving forward with, we’ve really considered the viability and our own belief that we can deliver the power story and the infrastructure story associated with those sites,” Heyde said.

He understands why many people are skeptical.

“It’s hard. There’s no doubt about it,” Heyde said. “The numbers we’re talking about are very challenging, but it’s certainly possible.”

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Cadillac’s quiet coup: nearly HALF of all Caddies sold in Q3 were electric

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Two in five Cadillacs sold since July were electric, propelling the brand to its best third quarter in over a decade.

There’s a quiet revolution underway in Cadillac showrooms across America. The brand’s renewed “Standard of the World” ambitions are now matched by sleek, statement-making electric vehicles. And, thanks to a little help from Federal tax credit FOMO, more than 40% of new Cadillacs sold in Q3 were 100% electric.

GM’s overall EV sales numbers were up 110% last quarter, climbing to 66,501 units in the US alone on the back of the affordable, 300+ mile Chevy Equinox and 1,000-mile capable (sort of) Silverado EV – but it was Cadillac dealers that saw the biggest growth in EV sales.

As buyers poured into Cadillac dealerships in the last days of the $7,500 Federal EV tax credit, GM’s luxury arm was ready with stylish, new-for-2025 electric vehicles like the Optiq, Vistiq, and Escalade IQ* waiting for them alongside the Lyriq. The result wasn’t just Cadillac’s best third quarter in more than a decade – Cadillac (and GM) is having one of its best sales year, period.

Here’s what the quarter looked like, by the recently-released GM sales numbers.

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EV MODEL   Q3 25/Q3 24   Q3 25 Q3 24  YTD 25/YTD 24   YTD 25 YTD 24
Chevrolet Equinox EV +156.70% 25,085 9,772 +389.88% 52,834 10,785
Chevrolet Blazer EV +1.14% 8,089 7,998 +36.72% 20,825 15,232
Chevrolet Silverado EV +97.49% 3,940 1,995 +78.58% 9,379 5,252
Chevrolet BrightDrop * 2,384 * * 3,976 0
GMC Hummer EV Pickup +21.86% 5,246 4,305 +48.65% 13,233 8,902
GMC Sierra EV +771.84% 3,374 387 +1,488.37% 6,147 387
Cadillac Optiq * 4,886 * * 9,826 0
Cadillac Lyriq +1.18% 7,309 7,224 -18.17% 16,626 20,318
Cadillac Vistiq * 3,924 * * 5,669 0
Cadillac Escalade IQ * 2,264 * * 6,030 0
Total +109.91% 66,501 31,681 +137.44% 144,545 60,876

Source: GM Authority / GM Q3 2025 sales report.

That asterisk up there next to the high-rolling Escalade IQ that sold more than 3,900 examples is because, at well over $80,000 even for the most basic model it never qualified for the $7,500 Federal EV tax credit to begin with (nor did the people destined to buy it, who almost certainly make too much to qualify).

It’ll be interesting to see if the loss of that tax credit will do much to negatively impact EV sales in Q4. And that’ll get doubly interesting thanks to the creative accounting team at GM that figured out how to extend that $7,500 tax credit for existing dealer inventory (for a few more months) and that its biggest EV rivals at Hyundai are slashing prices on popular IONIQ models.

You can check out our EIC Fred Lambert’s full review of the new electric Cadillac Escalade in the video, below, and use the following links to find great Cadillac deals near you while that cleverly extended tax credit is still a thing.

Cadillac Escalade IQ review

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