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We’re starting this week’s Green Deals by shining a spotlight back on the crazy new low prices coming from Rad Power’s latest sale, this time on the RadRunner Plus and RadRunner 3 Plus Utility e-bikes that are down at $1,299 and $1,699 while supplies last. Next, we have an exclusive new low for our readers on the Bluetti AC180P Portable Power Station at $487 coming from Wellbots. Following behind these are Worx’s 12A 350 CFM Trivac Electric Leaf Blower/Vacuum/Mulcher at $79, among other tools, as well as a limited Lightning deal on Anker’s PowerCore Reserve 60,000mAh Power Bank Station for $90 (currently at 7% claimed while writing this). 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 roundup 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.

Don’t miss out on Rad Power’s upgraded RadRunner Plus and RadRunner 3 Plus utility e-bikes at new lows from $1,299

There are still a few days left of Rad Power’s latest sale running through February 26, which is also giving us three new low prices on its RadRunner series of e-bikes. Alongside the $999 low hitting the RadRunner 2, there’s also the RadRunner Plus Utility e-bike at $1,299 shipped and the RadRunner 3 Plus Utility e-bike at $1,699 shipped. Normally these two models would run you either $1,799 or $2,199 at full price, with discounts before this sale having only gone as low as $1,499 for the RadRunner Plus and $1,899 for the RadRunner 3 Plus. These are the best new rates we’ve seen on these models, giving you $500 in savings and a versatile option for commutes, running errands, and more.

Hopping on the RadRunner Plus Utility e-bike, you’ll be getting 45+ miles of travel on a single charge of its 672Wh battery when utilizing its five levels of pedal assistance, while the 750W motor provides top speeds of 20 MPH. Of course, there is a throttle for pure electric cruising, though at the cost of mileage, as well as a collection of solid stock features. Your riding experience also benefits from the Kenda K-Rad 20-inch tires with fenders over each, Tektro Aries mechanical disc brakes, an LED Headlight that can be set to automatically turn on in lower light settings, an integrated taillight with brake lighting and a flash mode, a 7-speed Shimano derailleur, an integrated rear cargo rack with a 120-pound carrying capacity, a half-twist throttle, and a backlit LCD display with a USB port to charge your devices.

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The upgraded RadRunner 3 Plus e-bike sports the same 750W motor and 672Wh battery combination to provide 45+ miles of travel through its five PAS levels at up to 20 MPH speeds. There are some notable differences here though, like the Tektro hydraulic disc brakes that provide better stopping power (over the RadRunner 2’s mechanical ones), as well as a 350-pound payload (50 pounds more), and a longer step-thru design for a more ergonomic riding position. There are also other features like puncture-resistant fat tires, fenders over both wheels, the LED headlight and brake-light capable integrated taillight (with the auto-on functionality), and LCD display, but surprisingly it doesn’t come with the USB port.

Don’t miss out on these deals while they last, with the other three e-bike discounts on the brand’s folding, cargo, and off-road models lasting until February 26 – plus, there’s the accessory deals accompanying the newest releases. As I stated, the brand is saying these new Utility e-bike lows will last as long as supplies do, so there’s no telling yet if they’ll continue after the sale ends.

Bluetti AC180P power station

Exclusive $412 in savings hits Bluetti’s 1,440Wh AC180P LiFePO4 power station at new $487 low

We have a 9to5Toys exclusive deal from Wellbots for our readers, which gives you the Bluetti AC180P Portable Power Station for $486.75 shipped, after using the promo code 9TO5POWER25 at checkout. This model would normally run you $899 here, with a higher $999 price tag accompanying it direct from Bluetti and even going higher to $1,099 at other retailers. While we don’t see many discounts hitting this power station on average, when it does get a price cut it usually only falls to $899, though we did offer similar exclusive savings back in October that brought things all the way down to $499. Today’s deal gives you a 46% markdown that cuts $412 off the tag for a new all-time low price.

The largest of the AC180 series, Bluetti’s AC180P portable power station makes a great companion for outdoor enthusiasts who might also want a backup power option for unexpected emergencies at home. It provides a 1,440Wh LiFePO4 capacity, delivering up to 1,800W (surging to 2,700W) output – plus, it’s rated to hold an 80% charge for three to six months, meaning a short charge time two to four times a year ensures it’s always ready to go. You’ll even be getting more port options than its counterparts, sporting four ACs, four USB-As, one USB-C, one DC car port, and even a wireless charger.

Recharging takes barely any time at all thanks to the turbo-charging tech here, which reaches an 80% battery in 45 minutes or a 100% battery in 1.8 hours when plugged into a standard wall outlet. There’s also the option to equip up to its maximum 500W solar input to recharge in 3.3 hours via the sun’s rays, or connect it to your car for a 12.5-hour charging period. Of course, you’ll also have full smart controls over its settings and performance, as well, all accessed through the companion app.

Worx Trivac leaf blower/vacuum/mulcher

Blow it, bag it, mulch it with Worx’s 12A 350 CFM Trivac at $79

Amazon is now offering the Worx WG505 Trivac 12A 3-in-1 Electric Leaf Blower/Leaf Vacuum/Mulcher for $79 shipped. Normally fetching $100 at full price, we’ve mainly seen it keeping above $80 over the last year, though it did go as low as $69 during Black Friday and $65 during October’s Prime Day event. While not the lowest price, it still sits down on the lower end of the spectrum just $15 above the all-time lowest rate, giving you a solid 21% markdown here and a well-rounded budget-friendly lawncare solution for more versatile use.

Adding Worx’s Trivac to your arsenal lets you work far smarter over working harder thanks to the 3-in-1 functionality for blowing, collecting, and/or even mulching fallen debris throughout your yard. Using it as a standard blower provides 350 CFM, maxing out at 210 MPH airflow. You can also flip the switch to simply collect it all into the complementary bag, giving you an easier means to transfer everything to a trash bag later. According to the company, with its two-stage metal impeller and shredder blades, this Trivac model “mulches 16 bags of leaves down into 1.”

The operation doesn’t put much strain on the body, as the device only weighs in at 8.6 pounds, with an angled collection nozzle for easier cleaning under patio furniture or your deck. Keep in mind that this is a corded model, which means you can just plug and go rather than wait for a battery to fill back up first. If you want the latest model with upgraded power, you’ll also find the newer 600 CFM Trivac model down at $95 from its usual $120.

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Anker PowerCore Reserve 60,000mAh power bank station

Anker’s PowerCore Reserve 60,000mAh power bank station only adds five pounds to your bag at $90

Anker’s official Amazon storefront is having a Lightning deal on the popular PowerCore Reserve 60,000mAh Portable Power Bank Station for $89.99 shipped in both colorways. Normally posted with a $150 price tag, we saw it spend most of the last year keeping above $100, though since November we’ve been seeing more frequent cuts down to $90 and the occasional fall to the $80 low. You’re looking at the second-lowest price we have tracked here today, which puts $60 back into your pocket and is beating out Anker’s direct site where it’s currently priced at $113. Don’t dawdle too long on decisions, while only 1% has been claimed when writing this, this model tends to sell out fast when stock is limited.

A solid choice for anyone wanting a larger day-to-day backup power option for their devices, Anker’s PowerCore Reserve beats out the usual 5,000mAh to 20,000mAh models with an even greater 60,000mAh/192Wh capacity. Through its two USB-A ports and/or the two USB-C ports, it delivers up to 60W charging speeds – plus, you can’t beat its bag-ready form factor coming in at just five pounds. Speaking of its design, the crown provides a reliable light source via the pop-up light, complete with two brightness levels and an S.O.S button for emergencies. It offers two methods to recharge its own batteries: either by plugging it into a wall outlet or utilizing up to its 60W solar input limit (sold separately).

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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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BMW ups the ante with the fastest, most powerful electric maxi-scooter

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BMW ups the ante with the fastest, most powerful electric maxi-scooter

BMW Motorrad’s futuristic electric scooter just got its first real refresh since beginning production in 2021. The BMW CE 04, already one of the most capable and stylish electric maxi-scooters on the market, now gets a set of upgraded trim options, new aesthetic touches, and a more robust list of features that aim to make this urban commuter even more appealing to riders looking for serious electric performance on two wheels.

The BMW CE 04 has always stood out for its sci-fi styling and high-performance drivetrain. It’s built on a mid-mounted liquid-cooled motor that puts out 31 kW (42 hp) and 62 Nm of torque. That’s enough to rocket the scooter from 0 to 50 km/h (31 mph) in just 2.6 seconds – quite fast for anything with a step-through frame.

The top speed is electronically limited to 120 km/h (75 mph), making it perfectly capable for city riding and fast enough to hold its own on highway stretches. Range is rated at 130 km (81 miles) on the WMTC cycle, thanks to the 8.9 kWh battery pack tucked low in the frame.

But while the core performance hasn’t changed, BMW’s 2025 update focuses on refining the package and giving riders more options to tailor the scooter to their taste. The new CE 04 is available in three trims: Basic, Avantgarde, and Exclusive.

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The Basic trim keeps things clean and classic with a Lightwhite paint scheme and a clear windshield. It’s subtle, sleek, and very much in line with the CE 04’s clean-lined aesthetic. The Avantgarde model adds a splash of color with a Gravity Blue main body and bright São Paulo Yellow accents, along with a dark windshield and a laser-engraved rim. The top-shelf Exclusive trim is where things get fancy, with a premium Spacesilver metallic paint job, upgraded wind protection, heated grips, a luxury embroidered seat, and its own unique engraved rim treatment.

There are also a few new tech upgrades baked into the options list. Riders can now spec a 6.9 kW quick charger that reduces the 0–80% charge time to just 45 minutes (down from nearly 4 hours with the standard 2.3 kW onboard charger). Tire pressure monitoring, a center stand, and BMW’s “Headlight Pro” adaptive lighting system are also available as add-ons, along with an emergency eCall system and Dynamic Traction Control.

BMW has kept the core riding components in place: a steel-tube chassis, 15-inch wheels, Bosch ABS (with optional ABS Pro), and the impressive 10.25” TFT display with integrated navigation and smartphone connectivity. The under-seat storage still swallows a full-face helmet, and the long, low frame design means the scooter looks like something out of Blade Runner but rides like a luxury commuter.

With these updates, BMW seems to be further cementing the CE 04’s role at the high end of the electric scooter market. It’s not cheap, starting around €12,000 in Europe and around US $12,500 in the US, with prices going up from there depending on configuration. However, the maxi-scooter delivers real motorcycle-grade performance in a package that’s easier to live with for daily riders.

Electrek’s Take

I believe that the CE 04’s biggest strength has always been that it’s not trying to be a toy or a gimmick. It’s a real vehicle. Sure, it’s futuristic and funky looking, but it delivers on its promises. And in a market that’s still surprisingly sparse when it comes to premium electric scooters, BMW has had the lane mostly to itself. That may not last forever, though. LiveWire, Harley-Davidson’s electric spin-off brand, has teased plans for a maxi-scooter-style urban electric vehicle in the coming years, but as of now, it remains something of an undefined future plan.

Meanwhile, BMW is delivering not just a concept bike but a mature, well-equipped, and ready-to-ride electric scooter that keeps improving. For riders who want something faster and more capable than a Class 3 e-bike but aren’t ready to jump to a full-size electric motorcycle, the CE 04 hits a sweet spot. It delivers the performance and capability of a commuter e-motorcycle, yet with the approachability of a scooter. And with these new trims and upgrades, it’s doing it with even more style.

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I found this cheap Chinese e-cargo trike that hauls more than your car!

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I found this cheap Chinese e-cargo trike that hauls more than your car!

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when you combine a fruit cart, a cargo bike, and a Piaggio Ape all in one vehicle, now you’ve got your answer. I submit, for your approval, this week’s feature for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column – and it’s a beautiful doozie.

Feast your eyes on this salad slinging, coleslaw cruising, tuber taxiing produce chariot!

I think this electric vegetable trike might finally scratch the itch long felt by many of my readers. It seems every time I cover an electric trike, even the really cool ones, I always get commenters poo-poo-ing it for having two wheels in the rear instead of two wheels in the front. Well, here you go, folks!

Designed with two front wheels for maximum stability, this trike keeps your cucumbers in check through every corner. Because trust me, you don’t want to hit a pothole and suddenly be juggling peaches like you’re in Cirque du Soleil: Farmers Market Edition.

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To avoid the extra cost of designing a linked steering system for a pair of front wheels, the engineers who brought this salad shuttle to life simply side-stepped that complexity altogether by steering the entire fixed front end. I’ve got articulating electric tractors that steer like this, and so if it works for a several-ton work machine, it should work for a couple hundred pounds of cargo bike.

Featuring a giant cargo bed up front with four cascading fruit baskets set up for roadside sales, this cargo bike is something of a blank slate. Sure, you could monetize grandma’s vegetable garden, or you could fill it with your own ideas and concoctions. Our exceedingly talented graphics wizard sees it as the perfect coffee and pastry e-bike for my new startup, The Handlebarista, and I’m not one to argue. Basically, the sky is the limit with a blank slate bike like this!

Sure, the quality doesn’t quite match something like a fancy Tern cargo bike. The rim brakes aren’t exactly confidence-inspiring, but at least there are three of them. And if they should all give out, or just not quite slow you down enough to avoid that quickly approaching brick wall, then at least you’ve got a couple hundred pounds of tomatoes as a tasty crumple zone.

The electrical system does seem a bit underpowered. With a 36V battery and a 250W motor, I don’t know if one-third of a horsepower is enough to haul a full load to the local farmer’s market. But I guess if the weight is a bit much for the little motor, you could always do some snacking along the way. On the other hand, all the pictures seem to show a non-electric version. So if this cart is presumably mobile on pedal power alone, then that extra motor assist, however small, is going to feel like a very welcome guest.

The $950 price is presumably for the electric version, since that’s what’s in the title of the listing, though I wouldn’t get too excited just yet. I’ve bought a LOT of stuff on Alibaba, including many electric vehicles, and the too-good-to-be-true price is always exactly that. In my experience, you can multiply the Alibaba price by 3-4x to get the actual landed price for things like these. Even so, $3,000-$4,000 wouldn’t be a terrible price, considering a lot of electric trikes stateside already cost that much and don’t even come with a quad-set of vegetable baskets on board!

I should also put my normal caveat in here about not actually buying one of these. Please, please don’t try to buy one of these awesome cargo e-trikes. This is a silly, tongue-in-cheek weekend column where I scour the ever-entertaining underbelly of China’s massive e-commerce site Alibaba in search of fun, quirky, and just plain awesomely weird electric vehicles. While I’ve successfully bought several fun things on the platform, I’ve also gotten scammed more than once, so this is not for the timid or the tight-budgeted among us.

That isn’t to say that some of my more stubborn readers haven’t followed in my footsteps before, ignoring my advice and setting out on their own wild journey. But please don’t be the one who risks it all and gets nothing in return. Don’t say I didn’t warn you; this is the warning.

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OPEC+ members agree to larger-than-expected oil production hike in August

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OPEC+ members agree to larger-than-expected oil production hike in August

The OPEC logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen in front of a computer screen displaying OPEC icons in Ankara, Turkey, on June 25, 2024.

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Eight oil-producing nations of the OPEC+ alliance agreed on Saturday to increase their collective crude production by 548,000 barrels per day, as they continue to unwind a set of voluntary supply cuts.

This subset of the alliance — comprising heavyweight producers Russia and Saudi Arabia, alongside Algeria, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Oman and the United Arab Emirates — met digitally earlier in the day. They had been expected to increase their output by a smaller 411,000 barrels per day.

In a statement, the OPEC Secretariat attributed the countries’ decision to raise August daily output by 548,000 barrels to “a steady global economic outlook and current healthy market fundamentals, as reflected in the low oil inventories.”

The eight producers have been implementing two sets of voluntary production cuts outside of the broader OPEC+ coalition’s formal policy.

One, totaling 1.66 million barrels per day, stays in effect until the end of next year.

Under the second strategy, the countries reduced their production by an additional 2.2 million barrels per day until the end of the first quarter.

They initially set out to boost their production by 137,000 barrels per day every month until September 2026, but only sustained that pace in April. The group then tripled the hike to 411,000 barrels per day in each of May, June, and July — and is further accelerating the pace of their increases in August.

Oil prices were briefly boosted in recent weeks by the seasonal summer spike in demand and the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, which threatened both Tehran’s supplies and raised concerns over potential disruptions of supplies transported through the key Strait of Hormuz.

At the end of the Friday session, oil futures settled at $68.30 per barrel for the September-expiration Ice Brent contract and at $66.50 per barrel for front month-August Nymex U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude.

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