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Starting off this week’s Green Deals is Lectric’s newly launched Presidents’ Day sale with up to $650 in free gear coming with its e-bike offers. Among the many package sizes we’re seeing this time around, the new XPeak 2.0 Long-Range Off-Road e-bikes are getting their largest bundles to date ($562 in free gear) at $1,699. We also have Anker’s SOLIX C1000 Portable Power Station down at $479 while the brand’s Valentine’s Day sale continues, as well as up to 22% discounts hitting the popular EGO Power+ 56V single-stage and double-stage snow blowers, starting from $549. Lastly, Aventon’s Soltera.2 Urban Commuter e-bike can still be scored at $999 while the brand continues with New Year savings. Plus, all the other hangover Green Deals from last week are in the links at the bottom of the page, collected together in our Electrified Weekly coverage from over the weekend.

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.

Lectric’s Presidents’ Day sale offers largest bundle yet on new XPeak 2.0 long-range e-bikes ($562 in free gear) at $1,699

Lectric has launched its Presidents’ Day sale with up to $650 in free gear accompanying your e-bike purchase while the savings last – with many beating out their previous Valentine’s bundle sizes. Amongst the offers, we spotted the brand’s new XPeak 2.0 Long-Range Off-Road e-bikes getting the biggest bundle packages to date ($562 worth of gear) at $1,699 shipped. One thing to note here is that it seems Lectric might be preparing for incoming tariffs, as the price on these models has increased by $100 (along with two other models, one being the ONE e-bike jumping to $2,399). You’d normally be spending $2,261 in full, but the brand is at least giving it the biggest bundle we’ve seen to date, which at least brings things back into an affordable range with the $562 you’ll save.

Coming in two colorways, Lectric’s four XPeak 2.0 e-bikes arrive with significant upgrades from the previous model, like the new torque sensor that pairs with the brand’s PWR+ tech for even more responsive PAS, which works alongside the 750W Stealth M24 rear hub-motor (which peaks at 1,310W) to support riders up to a max speed of 28 MPH. The standard models’ 15Ah semi-integrated battery provides a travel range of up to 60 miles on a full charge, while the long-range models’ new 20Ah battery extends that range up to 80 miles.

These e-bikes also come with structural upgrades, including a new hydroformed aluminum frame, a higher-end RST Renegade front suspension fork with blacked-out fork stanchions for a much sleeker and stealthier look, as well as lock-on hand grips, a larger 203 mm front disc for the hydraulic mineral oil brakes – plus, a new color LCD too. Continued features include the 8-speed Shimano Altus derailleur, puncture-resistant knobby tires, hidden cable routing, accessory mounting points, removable pedals, and a thumb-throttle for pure electric riding. With the included bundle packages, you’ll also have the option to add on a rear cargo rack, fenders over both wheels, an Elite 850-lux headlight, an accordion-style folding bike lock, and a suspension seat post for more comfort when heading off the beaten path.

Lectric Presidents’ Day sale XPeak 2.0 offers with up to $562 bundles

Lectric Presidents’ Day sale XPedition 2.0 offers with up to $654 bundles

Lectric Presidents’ Day sale XP 3.0 offers with up to $563 bundles

Lectric Presidents’ Day sale XP Lite 2.0 offers with up to $557 bundles

Lectric Presidents’ Day sale ONE LR e-bike with $467 bundle

Lectric Presidents’ Day sale XP Trike with $419 bundle

Lectric Presidents’ Day sale XPress 750 Commuter e-bikes with $276 bundle

You can check out Lectric’s full Presidents’ Day sale offers on the landing page here.

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Score Anker’s SOLIX C1000 1,056Wh LiFePO4 power station for your spring trips at $479

Looking back in on Anker’s SOLIX Valentine’s Day sale before it officially ends on February 19, there’s still time to grab the popular C1000 Portable Power Station at $479 shipped. Normally going for $999, over the last year we’ve mainly seen it falling to $549, though it did drop to $449 for Black Friday and went lower than ever to $429 during Cyber Monday, which we’ve seen repeat in the limited-time deals in Anker’s direct sales since. While the limited savings are over for this sale, you can still score this popular backup power solution with a 52% markdown, giving you back $520 at the third-lowest price we have tracked – $50 above the all-time low. You’ll also find it matching in price over at Amazon, just be sure to clip the on-page coupon.

Anker’s compact C1000 power station comes “15% smaller than the industry average,” yet still provides ample backup support with a 1,056Wh LiFePO4 capacity and 11 ports. You can expand that up to 2,112Wh by adding an expansion battery to the equation (bundle option below), which gives you double the capacity to better support larger appliances with its 1,800W output that surges up to 2,400W. Its UltraFast tech delivers faster charging times for the power station, with its battery taking 43 minutes to reach 80% capacity, or you’ll fill up in 58 minutes. The solar charging capabilities here will have it full and ready to go in 1.8 hours through its maximum 600W of input.

Of course, there are also a few bundle packages that are discounted while the sale continues too, giving you some solid savings on its solar generator variations, or you could grab it with a protective water-resistant bag.

Be sure to check out the full lineup of deals while Anker’s SOLIX Valentine’s Day sale continues through February 19.

EGO Power+ snow blowers

Amazon cuts up to 22% off EGO Power+ 56V cordless single and double stage snow blowers starting from $549

Amazon is now offering some significant savings at up to 22% off across its various combination packages of popular one-stage and two-stage snow blowers. The lowest rate amongst the bunch starts with the 56V 21-inch Cordless Electric Single-Stage Snow Blower that comes with two 5.0Ah batteries at $549 shipped. Down from $700, we usually see more discounts on the package with 4.0Ah batteries, especially over the last year. Today’s deal provides a 22% markdown, giving you back $151 in savings at the best-returning price that we have seen in the last few years. Be sure to head below to learn more about its performance as well as check out the full list of discounts we’ve compiled.

We’ve still got plenty of snow days ahead of us before spring arrives, especially for folks in the northern sections of the country. This 56V snow blower from EGO Power+ utilizes a brushless motor to clear out a 21-inch wide path through piling snow, tossing it up to 35 feet out of the way. The two 5.0Ah batteries gives you plenty of juice to clear up to 8-inch high snow from a 10-car driveway on a single charge, with a variable speed control for improved handling and two bright LED headlights for increased visibility at the top and bottom of the day. It also starts up at the push of a button, making pull strings a thing of the past – especially considering having to deal with them in cold weather, which is never pleasant when they act up.

Other EGO Power+ snow clearing deals:

  • 56V 21-inch Cordless Single-Stage Snow Blower: $599 (Reg. $750)
    • with steel auger and two 5.0Ah batteries
  • 56V 21-inch Cordless Single-Stage Snow Blower: $749 (Reg. $850)
    • with steel auger and two 7.5Ah batteries
  • 56V 21-inch Cordless Single-Stage Snow Blower: $899 (Reg. $999)
    • with auger-propelled system and two 7.5Ah batteries
  • 56V 24-inch Cordless Self-Propelled Two-Stage Snow Blower: $1,299 (Reg. $1,500)
    • with two 7.5Ah batteries
  • 56V 24-inch Cordless Self-Propelled Two-Stage Snow Blower: $1,599 (Reg. $1,800)
    • with two 10.0Ah batteries
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Aventon’s urban-friendly Soltera.2 commuter e-bike gives you reliable commuting support at just $999

While we’re surprised to see Aventon refrain from sale changeups in 2025, the brand is still offering up to $700 in savings across most of its lineup of e-bikes – like the ongoing free extra battery promotions on the Pace 500.3 Cruiser e-bikes, for example. Riding right beside those double-mileage deals is the Soltera.2 Urban Commuter e-bike that is keeping at $999 shipped while these savings last. Carrying a full $1,199 price tag these days, it’s been keeping near its 2024 post-tariff low, which we only ever saw beaten by a fall to $799 before the tariffs took effect over last summer. You’re still getting it at the second-best rate we have tracked, which beats out many of its competitor lightweight models. You can also check out the upgraded Soltera 2.5 e-bike that recently hit the market too, though we’ve yet to see any savings affect its $1,199 starting price.

Weighing in at just 46 pounds, urban residents will find a reliable means to commute of their own accord on Aventon’s Soltera.2 e-bike, getting you to and from your daily appointments while also being easy to manage in and out of city dwellings. The minimalist, ergonomic frame houses the 9.6Ah battery that keeps the 350W brushless rear-hub motor running, with four PAS levels supporting you up to the 20 MPH top speed for up to 46 miles on a full charge. There’s even been a torque sensor added to the mix, giving you better pedal assistance pickup, as well as the handlebar-mounted throttle that will shorten the travel distance while giving you pure electric action.

It comes with a few key add-on upgrades for a more enhanced experience, while still keeping itself lightweight and easier to handle in urban settings, like the backlit LCD display that has a hidden USB port to charge your smartphone as you ride (especially if using it as a GPS). There are also front and rear integrated lights with turn signal functionality here, as well as a 7-speed Shimano derailleur and 700c x 38c Kenda tires.

You can check out all the continuing e-bike savings from Aventon on the landing page here.

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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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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.

SOURCE | IMAGES: Harbinger.

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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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Energy Sec. Wright: Trump's duties provide 'no tariffs on energy'

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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Bollinger Motors circles the drain as court cases, debts pull it down

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Bollinger Motors was placed into receivership and could soon face liquidation.

A federal court judge in Michigan has placed the once-promising electric truck brand Bollinger Motors’ assets into receivership following claims that the company’s owners still owe its founder, Robert Bollinger, more than $10 million.

Bollinger Motors first came to fame in the “draw a truck, get a billion dollars” stage of the EV revolution that saw Nikola rise to a higher market cap than Ford for a brief time. Robert Bollinger wasn’t able to capitalize quickly enough to get his trucks into production, though – and a late stage pivot to sell the brand to Mullen Automotive and launch a medium-duty commercial truck doesn’t appear to have been enough to save it.

Now, Automotive News is reporting on some of the more convoluted details of the Mullen purchase deal, with Robert (for ease of distinguishing the man from the brand) claiming that Mullen Automotive owes him more than $10 million for a loan he made to the company in 2024.

Just how Robert ended up giving Mullen Automotive $10 million to take his eponymous truck brand off his hands is probably one of those capitalistic mysteries that I’ll never understand, but Mullen’s response was perfectly clear: they didn’t even bother to show up to court.

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Bollinger claims that at least two suppliers are also suing Mullen for unpaid debts. As such, the Honorable Terrence G. Berg has put the Bollinger brand into receivership, and its assets have been frozen in preparation for everything being liquidated. Worse, for Bollinger, the official court filings reveal a company that is really very much doing not awesome:

The testimony and evidence—which Defendant’s counsel conceded accurately reflected Defendant’s finances—showed that Defendant is in crisis. For months Defendant has owed more than twenty million dollars to suppliers, contractors, service providers, and owners of physical space. These debts are owed to parties who are critical for Defendant’s functioning. CEO Bryan Chambers testified that Defendant was locked out of its production facilities on May 5, 2025, and that the owner of the production facilities was seeking to permanently evict Defendant. The Court heard that Defendant had been prevented from accessing its critical manufacturing accounting system for a short time at the end of April 2025, before making a partial payment to restart services.

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I’m not sure if you caught all that, but Bollinger’s CEO has been locked out the company’s facilities and getting evicted, the company is more than $20 million in debt, and that debt is owed to people Bollinger absolutely needs in order to keep going.

You can read the full court decision, which I’ve embedded here, below. Once you’ve taken it all in, feel free to rush into the comments to say you told me so, since I really thought hoped the Bollinger B1 had a shot. Silly me.

Bollinger v. Bollinger case

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