Tenways’ new 8-speed chain-drive CGO600 Pro e-bike launches at $1,399 low with bonus savings
Today, Tenways is launching its new chain version of the popular CGO600 Pro e-bike that is getting a $500 launch discount to $1,399 shipped, while its belt-drive model has risen to $1,699 shipped. It will hold the same $1,899 regular price tag as the belt-drive model, which often falls to $1,499 during sales, though we regularly see it down at $1,399 on occasion too. This makes this launch a great opportunity to grab a lightweight commuter at the best price that we can find since the brand hit our radar. You can learn about the changes this new model brings below, or you can learn more through our launch coverage.
The biggest update to Tenways’ new CGO600 Pro e-bike is the switch from the previous Gates carbon belt drive system to an 8-speed Shimano drivetrain, which offers the same rated performance specs as its counterpart. The other big switch up here is the addition of a new Tenways C9 350W rear hub motor over the belt-drive’s Mivice M080 350W motor, which again, claims the same general performance as before. All-in-all you’re still getting an extremely lightweight e-bike weighing between 37 to 41 pounds (depending on your accessory additions), with a 20 MPH top speed, four levels of pedal assistance supported by a torque sensor, and up to 53 miles of travel range on a single charge.
Aside from those big changes, Tenways’ new CGO600 Pro e-bike comes with the same Tektro dual-piston hydraulic disc brakes, puncture-proof tires, LED lighting, internally-routed cables, a compact OLED display, companion app integration – as well as four solid colorways on top of three different size options.
There’s also the added bonus deal that gets you a free mudguard set for the wheels alongside a kickstand (valued at $118) by simply subscribing to Tenways’ newsletter. If you happen to be a medical provider, military member, first responder, or teacher, you can follow the link on the page to get verified and receive an additional $150 off your purchase.
Alongside EcoFlow’s ongoing Halloween sale, the brand has launched the first of its scheduled 24-hour flash sales, with today’s offering the DELTA Pro Smart Extra Battery for $1,399 shipped. Normally priced at $2,799, it spent the first half of 2024 repeatedly falling to $1,599 with each discount, until July saw things fall a little lower to $1,499, followed the next month by a drop to $1,399. Since August we’ve seen it keep above $1,469, with today’s flash sale giving you another shot at the 50% markdown that not only returns costs to the all-time lowest price we have tracked but also lets you double up your existing DELTA Pro’s battery capacity for even longer-lasting backup power.
With EcoFlow’s DELTA Pro smart extra battery back at its lowest price, you’ll be getting the best deal to double your power station’s 3,600Wh LiFePO4 capacity to 7,200Wh, giving you longer-lasting backup power to cover off-grid camping needs, small business support (such as food truck appliances), and even powering your home necessities during sudden power outages. There’s a bright LCD screen for quick performance readouts at a glance or you can monitor and control everything from your personal devices through the EcoFlow app.
One thing to keep in mind here in terms of total home backup support – you’ll need to already have a few more DELTA Pro stations with their smart extra battery setups (up to the 25kWh maximum) alongside the transfer switch and power cord to carry your home’s entire breaker, or invest in a larger backup unit.
You’ll get the same recharging rates through this unit that you get with its power station counterpart, with the two sharing a 6,500W MultiCharge, letting them charge/discharge in unison once they’ve been connected together.
Hiboy’s 68-mile trekking 2024 P7 Commuter e-bike hits new $850 low in Halloween sale
Hiboy has launched a Halloween sale that is taking up to $850 off a lineup of e-bikes and e-scooters through the rest of the month. A standout this time around is the brand’s new 2024 P7 Commuter Electric Bike which is down at $849.99 shipped. Normally carrying a $1,700 price tag, we saw the very first discount on this new model drop costs back at the end of August, with the brand’s Labor Day sales skipping over it entirely and other minor sales only returning it to $900. Today, prices have finally shifted lower as it receives a 50% markdown that saves you $850, beating out its previous low rate by $50 and landing it at a new all-time low price.
It’s nice to see this entry-level e-bike finally gaining some attention, as it offers an affordable rate alongside a more simplified riding experience that doesn’t take any specialized insights to judge. It delivers a 28 MPH top speed (beating out many higher-end models that cut out at 20/25MPH) with three riding modes that produce some solid commuting power. There’s the standard bike mode letting you pedal yourself, a power-assist mode that supports you to its top speed for up to 68 miles, or you can use the throttle by itself for up to 37 miles of cruising.
The streamlined frame houses the 500W brushless motor and the removable IPX5-rated waterproof 14.5Ah battery and weighs in at 56 pounds, making it a much more manageable model for smaller and less physically-endowed riders (plus it can handle riders up to 265 pounds). There’s a Multifunction LCD Display that gives you the usual at-a-glance data you expect on top of acting as a personal coach for those of you interested in getting back in shape, pushing you to outdo your previous days’ best. Other features include front shocks, 2.2-inch mountain tires, power-off front/rear disc brakes, and an IPX4 water-resistant frame rating.
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Coming to us through its official Amazon storefront, Goal Zero is giving us another shot at the best rate on its Yeti 1500X Portable Power Station at $779.89 shipped. While usually wearing a $1,300 price tag after falling from its original $1,800 MSRP over the summer, it has more recently kept between $1,100 to $1,234 on Amazon, with its bundle options seeing more frequent discounts than the standalone unit that usually sits for long periods at continuous rates. Today, you can take advantage of this unexpected return of the new low price we first saw a few weeks ago during Prime Day that saves you $520 off its going rate, beating out both Goal Zero’s direct site where it’s sitting at full price, and its previous low price by almost $200. The power station can be bundled with a 100W solar panel for $867 at the moment, or there’s a 200W solar panel bundle option down at $1,290.
Goal Zero’s Yeti 1500X power station delivers a reliable 1,516Wh capacity and an impressive 2,000W of power output (surging up to 3,500W) that can handle devices, appliances, and job site tool needs. For output ports, you’re looking at a nice spread of connection options with two AC ports, two USB-A ports, two USB-C ports, two 6mm ports, a regulated 12V port, and one car port. Recharging the battery back to full takes about 14 hours when plugged into a wall outlet, which can be dropped down to three hours when pairing alongside a Goal Zero Yeti X 600W Power Supply. You can also get the battery refueled by connecting the station to your car, as well as utilizing solar charging with up to 600W max input.
Prep for winter with $100 off an EGO Power+ 56V 21-inch cordless electric snow blower at $549
Amazon is offering more savings towards your winter prep with the EGO Power+ 56V 21-Inch Cordless Electric Snow Blower at $549 shipped. Usually priced at $649 most days, this model has only seen a handful of discounts this year, mostly keeping costs above $551, though we did spot a fall to the $519 low back in May. Today’s deal gives you a solid $100 slashed off the tag and the third-lowest price we have tracked – just $30 above the all-time low.
Winter prep has begun and with the solid savings on this EGO Power+ 56V cordless electric snow blower, it’s a good time to expand your arsenal with quality support. The model’s brushless motor comes powered by two 4.0Ah batteries, giving you the power to clear a 21-inch wide path while chucking the unwanted snow up to 35 feet away. The batteries are rated to give you enough charge to clear out an 8-car driveway that is coated with up to 8 inches of snow on a single charge. It features a steel auger that breaks through thicker ice, with a variable speed control for comfortable handling – plus, there are two bright LED headlights for visibility during jobs in low-lighting hours.
If you want some solid snow-clearing equipment that is on the smaller (and cheaper) side, Amazon is also offering the EGO Power+ Multi-Head Shovel Snow Blower Kit for $349, down from $399. This tool provides a 12-inch wide clearing with the battery giving you enough life to clear out a 4-car driveway that is covered in up to 6 inches of snow – tossing it up to 25 feet out of the way. What’s best is that this package is an exclusive part of the Multi-Head system that allows for interchangeable attachments for various jobs, saving you time and space over having individual tools. If you already have the Power Head, you can find just the snow blower attachment discounted at $159. And for all the snow-clearing options that EGO Power+ provides, head to the landing page here to browse it all in full.
Save $280 on Greenworks’ Pro-tier 3,000 PSI electric pressure washer combo kit at $399 for today only
Through its Deals of the Day, Best Buy is offering the Greenworks 3,000 PSI Electric Pressure Washer Combo Kit for $399 shipped. Normally going for $679 at full price, it’s mostly kept to its MSRP throughout 2024, with savings occasionally coming in the form of longer-term discounts while mostly appearing as part of these one-day sales. It did drop to the $310 low back at the start of the year, but that discount hasn’t reappeared, with the months since seeing drops between $349 and $449. Today, you can score it for your arsenal at a solid 41% discount that saves you $280 off its going rate – $89 above the elusive all-time low. You won’t currently find this combo kit at Amazon either.
This pro-tier Greenworks electric pressure washer arrives with a 14A Trubrushless motor housed within a heavy-duty mobile frame and delivers up to 3,000 PSI of grime-clearing power at up to a 2.0 GPM flow rate. Alongside the onboard storage for the 25 feet of non-marring hose and five nozzle attachments, there’s also a one-gallon detergent tank for extra cleaning support too. As this is a combo kit, you’ll also be receiving an additional short gun kit, microfiber mitts, and a 15-inch surface cleaner to really maximize its potential. If you aren’t concerned with getting the additional gear, Best Buy also has the standard pressure washer package down from $450 to $300.
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.
With just a week left until its official debut, Volkswagen is giving us a sneak peek of its most affordable electric SUV, the ID.2. Here’s our closest look at the new entry-level EV.
The Volkswagen ID.2 is an affordable electric SUV
Volkswagen is revamping its electric car lineup with a new family of entry-level models, starting with the ID.2. The ID.2 is an electric hatch that VW promises is “spacious like a Golf,” yet still “affordable like a Polo.
With a starting price of around € 25,000 ($29,000), the ID.2 will be among the most affordable electric cars on the market.
Shortly after launching the electric hatch, Volkswagen is set to introduce an SUV version of the ID.2, which could be an even bigger hit. The ID.2 SUV will sit below the ID.3 and ID.4 in Volkswagen’s EV lineup as an even more affordable crossover SUV option.
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Although we’ve seen the hatch out testing a few times, the SUV version has been mostly kept under wraps outside of a blurry image from December 2023. That is, until now.
Volkswagen’s design boss, Andreas Mindt, offered a closer look at the ID.2 SUV on Monday, releasing a few new teasers. The images reveal a sleek new look from its current ID models, closer in style to the updated T-Roc, which was unveiled last week.
Mindt said the “design speaks for itself.” The ID.2 and SUV versions will be based on a new MEB+ platform, which will underpin Volkswagen’s upcoming lineup of entry-level EVs.
Volkswagen ID.2X electric SUV (Source: Volkswagen)
The hatch will be offered with two battery pack options: 38 kWh or 56 kWh, offering a WLTP range of up to 280 miles. Volkswagen has yet to reveal final prices and range for the SUV version.
According to VW’s tech development boss, Kai Grünitz, the brand’s EV lineup is in line for a major refresh. Grünitz told Autocar that “huge improvements” were coming, including updated styling inside and out.
Volkswagen’s ID 2all EV interior (Source: VW)
The interior will feature the new design, which includes a 12.9″ infotainment and 10.9″ driver display screens and plenty of physical controls. There will also be a few fun added features like the ability to switch between drive modes that resemble Volkswagen classics, like the Golf or Beetle.
Volkswagen ID 2all “Vintage” mode from the Golf era (Source: Andreas Mindt)
Since the ID.4 starts at around 35,000 euros ($41,000) to 40,000 euros ($47,000), depending on the market, you can expect prices to be slightly lower, likely at around 30,000 euros ($35,000).
Volkswagen will unveil the ID.2 SUV next week at the Munich Motor Show on September 7. The German auto giant claims the ID.2 SUV “is another important step towards bringing affordable electric mobility to the masses.” It’s expected to hit the market next year following the hatch version. We’ll learn more at the event.
Although the ID.2 is not expected to be sold in the US, Volkswagen’s current SUV, the ID.4, is actually already one of the most affordable electric SUVs. Volkswagen is currently offering ID.4 leases as low as $129 per month. That’s even cheaper than a Jetta.
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The Duane Arnold nuclear plant northwest of Cedar Rapids, Iowa is pressing ahead with plans to restart operations by the end of the decade after shutting down for economic reasons in 2020.
The plant is the third – and likely the last – mothballed reactor in the U.S. that is in shape to come back online to support growing electricity demand in the U.S.
Duane Arnold would follow similar restarts planned for the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan and Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, which plan to resume operations later this year and in 2027, respectively, subject to approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a request last week from NextEra Energy, Duane Arnold’s owner,to let the nuclear plant reconnect to the electric grid. NextEra sees Duane Arnold restarting operations by the fourth quarter of 2028 at the earliest, according to FERC filings.
“While a significant amount of work needs to be done before the facility could be restarted, FERC’s decision is another positive step in the process,” Neil Nissan, a NextEra spokesperson, said in a statement to CNBC.
Power purchase agreement
With big technology companies looking to feed more nuclear power on to the grid to fuel the electricity-hungry data centers they are building to train artificial intelligence, Florida-based NextEra is aiming to win a lucrative power purchase agreement to restart Duane Arnold. Three Mile Island, for example, is restarting with financial support from a power agreement with Microsoft.
“The recommissioning of Duane Arnold has received significant commercial interest from premier American companies,” Garrett Goldfinger, the NextEra executive in charge of the restart project, told FERC in a late July filing.
Duane Arnold would bring more than 600 megawatts of electricity back to the grid, equivalent to the electricity needs of more than 400,000 homes.
“If we’re successful in bringing Duane forward, that obviously creates a hot bed of data center activity around that facility,” NextEra CEO John Ketchum told investors on the company’s July earnings call.
‘Unicorn opportunities’
Duane Arnold, Palisades and Three Mile Island are three of the 10 U.S. reactors that closed over the past decade as nuclear power strained to compete against cheap natural gas and renewable energy.
Restarting these plants is the most concrete sign yet that the nuclear industry is coming back after years of financial struggles.
“These are unique opportunities because you don’t face the new build costs associated with nuclear,” Ketchum said on NextEra’s earnings call. “These are really unicorn-type opportunities.”
NextEra, the largest renewable power developer in the U.S., had previously divided up Duane Arnold’s grid connection among multiple solar farms that the company was developing in response to the demand in Iowa for lower cost electricity.
But the market last year started to shift back in favor of high-capacity nuclear power as the U.S. saw an unprecedented increase in electricity demand from industry and data centers, NextEra said in its filing to FERC.
NextEra is now consolidating those solar grid connections back into a single one for Duane Arnold after securing FERC approval. This will “provide commercial and financial certainty to support the recommissioning effort and expedite the resumption of clean, reliable operations at Duane Arnold,” Goldfinger told FERC.
Capital intensive
NextEra said the restart of Duane Arnold will be a “highly capital-intensive process.” It disclosed in its filing to FERC that it plans on spending as much as $100 million in 2025 alone on the project.
NextEra has placed orders for new transformers to replace the ones that were removed when the plant was shut down, although the transformers face significant supply chain constraints and will take about three years to deliver. The plant’s cooling towers, administration building and training center were also dismantled and need to be replaced.
The nuclear industry has a long history of projects delays, Goldfinger cautioned, and the Duane Arnold restart could take longer than expected if the transformers, for example, are delivered late.
While there are risks, Duane Arnold represents a financial opportunity for NextEra, the parent company of Florida Power & Light. The stock has barely moved this year despite growing power demand, a sharp reversal from 2024 when shares jumped 18% Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on renewable energy have shaken investor confidence in solar and wind power.
Solar and wind projects will no longer be eligible for two key tax credits after 2027, which is expected to crimp demand for renewables. Duane Arnold restarting in 2028 could help offset some of the lost earnings from the phase out of the tax credits, Ketchum said on the July earnings call.
“You add Duane Arnold to the mix and that’s one of many ways that we have to continue to grow the business in the future,” Ketchum said.
It’s officially Labor Day and we’ve had an exciting few weeks of solid Green Deals leading up to the holiday – and these sales aren’t over yet! Through the rest of the day and further into the week, you’ll find some amazing opportunities to get discounts on EVs, power stations, tools, appliances, and more – and we’ve rounded up all the deals that are still ongoing into this one-stop shopping hub for you. One thing to note, the power station sales may have been deemed as ending before today’s arrival; however, as is often the case, these sales have been extended and/or had their official names changed, so be sure to browse through those for hangover savings. Head below to browse and take advantage of all these ongoing Labor Day savings before they’re gone.