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Closing out this week’s Green Deals, we have Bluetti’s latest Home Backup Sale with up to $3,500 in savings on a selection of backup power solutions, like the new Elite 200 v2 Portable Power Station that has dropped down to its $999 low for the second time ever, among others. We also spotted EGO’s standard Z6 42-inch Zero-Turn Electric Riding Lawn Mower with four 10Ah batteries hitting a new $3,999 low. Then there’s some additional deals from Lectric and Rad Power, like Lectric’s $200 off promotion on extra batteries for double mileage – which are available with select e-bike purchases starting from $999, as well as Rad’s RadExpand 5 Folding e-bike and RadWagon 4 Cargo e-bike starting from $1,299. Plus, all the other hangover Green Deals are in the links at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s $500 off preorder deal on Segway’s new Ninebot MAX G3 eKickScooter, Jackery’s Spring Sale offers, and 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.

Bluetti Home Backup Sale drops new Elite 200 v2 2,073.6Wh LiFePO4 power station back at $999 low

Bluetti is having a Home Backup Sale that is taking up to $3,500 off a selection of power stations and solar generator bundles – with most of these offers hundreds of dollars cheaper than at Amazon. One notable low price this go around is on the brand’s new Elite 200 v2 Portable Power Station for $999 shipped. This model just released back in November carrying a $1,699 price tag, which we’ve mainly seen fall to $1,099 in most sales so far and going lower to $999 for the first time in last month’s Valentine’s Day sales. Today’s deal is giving you a second chance at its lowest tracked price, saving you $700 while equipping you with the latest backup power solution from under Bluetti’s flag. It’s even beating out Amazon, where it is still listed at its full price.

A perfect addition to your travel and camping setups, Bluetti’s new Elite 200 v2 power station provides you with a 2,073.6Wh LiFePO4 capacity, delivering up to 2,600W of output normally and ramping up to 5,200W for larger appliance needs. There are eight ports to cover your device’s needs: four ACs, two USB-As, two USB-Cs, and one DC port. It comes featuring the brand’s Turbo Boost tech with built-in MPPT modules for faster recharging, only taking 50 minutes to refill 80% of the battery when utilizing its dual AC and DC charging capabilities. Of course, there’s also the options for standard wall charging, car charging, or you can take advantage of the sun’s rays with up to a maximum 1,000W solar input. It’s also been designed to work at 16dB “whisper-quiet” levels, so you won’t be disturbed at times when you’re trying to relax or sleep.

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EGO Z6 electric riding mower

EGO’s standard Z6 42-inch zero-turn electric riding mower with four 10Ah batteries hits new $3,999 low (Save $1,500)

Amazon is now offering the EGO Power+ Z6 42-inch Zero-Turn Electric Riding Lawn Mower with four 10Ah batteries at $3,999 shipped. This combination of mower + batteries usually costs $5,499 at full price, which we’ve only really seen budge occasionally by $200 to $300 since July. Before summer 2024, the lowest we saw it drop to was $4,499, making today’s deal all the better. You’re looking at a $1,500 markdown here, which gives you the best savings we’ve tracked at the lowest price to date. You’ll also find its upgraded counterpart with four 12Ah batteries and the brand’s e-STEER wheel at a new $4,999 low right now too.

Powered by the included batteries, this 42-inch riding mower from EGO operates via its four independent brushless motors for up to two acres of lawncare duty on a single two-hour charge. What’s really great here for those already investing in the brand, is that your other 56V batteries can fill the additional two spaces in order to increase its runtime further. It provides three different driving modes – control, standard, and sport – normally cruising along at up to 8 MPH speeds.

You’ll have ten cutting height levels to choose from (1.5 to 4.5 inches), as well as the 3-in-1 functionality for bagging, mulching, and side-discharges. There’s also the premium features like the LED lights for when you work during darker hours, as well as a USB charging port for your devices – plus, there’s even Bluetooth app connection to enable a remote key from your phone, full control of your mowing experience, easy battery monitoring and firmware updates.

If you want to upgrade to bigger batteries for longer runtimes, or would prefer a LCD display integrated into a steering wheel design, be sure to check out the ongoing low price on its 12Ah battery/e-STEER counterpart.

Lectric XPress 750 Commuter e-bike as part of extra battery promotion

Running alongside Lectric’s ongoing Spring Forward Sale, as well as the new $1,099 lows we’re seeing in the switched-up closeout sales on the XPedition 1.0 and XPeak 1.0 e-bikes, the brand is also running a special promotion that takes $200 off an extra battery (normally $500) for longer travel times when purchasing from a selection of models. One of the included models that the extra battery will very much pair nicely with is Lectric’s XPress 750 Commuter e-bikes, which also get $206 in free gear at $1,299 shipped. The bundle package on it right now would normally cost you $1,505 at full price, which seems to be the average size of free gear we’ve seen on this model. The free gear includes a rear cargo rack, fenders for both wheels, a phone mount, and an accordion bike lock. Head below to see the other e-bikes benefitting from the $200 off extra battery discount.

Coming in both high-step and step-thru designs, Lectric’s XPress 750 commuter e-bike has been my main source of crossing larger distances in NYC for a while now, especially with my e-scooter only able to make it around my immediate area. The removable 14Ah battery powers the 750W rear hub motor (which peaks at 1,310W) to provide 20 MPH speeds for me (up to 28 MPH when permitted by state laws) for up to 60 miles when utilizing its five PAS levels (supported by a torque sensor). Of course, if you spring for the extra battery at $300, you’ll get up to 120 miles of travel, which should be more than enough for most folks, as I take mine out for hours at a time and have not run the battery to empty once yet, though I usually don’t rely on the throttle which would drain things much faster.

There’s a bunch of other solid features to praise on such a low-priced e-bike, like the puncture-resistant tires, hydraulic mineral oil brakes, front suspension fork, a 7-geared freewheel paired with a Shimano derailleur, removable pedals, a thru-axle wheel attachment system for tool-free installations, kickstand, a hidden cable routing system, an integrated headlight and taillight, and a full-color LCD display with a USB-A port to charge your personal devices, especially if you use them as a GPS while riding.

Lectric XP Lite 2.0 with up to $557 in free gear (up to 160 miles with battery):

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Lectric XP Trike with $419 in free gear (up to 100 miles with battery):

You can also check out the full lineup of e-bike deals from Lectric’s Spring Forward sale here, and be sure to also check out the closeout sales on the XPedition 1.0 and XPeak 1.0 e-bikes that are getting up to $455 in free gear at new low prices starting from $1,099.

Rad Power RadWagon 4 Cargo e-bike

Commute and more on Rad’s cargo-hauling RadWagon 4 and folding RadExpand 5 e-bikes starting from $1,299

We’ve seen a lot of top-notch deals coming from Rad Power’s latest sale (ending March 12), like the three continuing low prices on the RadRunner Utility e-bikes, the rare RadTrike discount, or the RadCity 5 Plus commuter getting a free extra battery. Looking back in on the sales, there are two other solid options in the lineup for your space-saving and cargo hauling needs, starting with the RadExpand 5 Folding e-bike at $1,299 shipped. Normally priced at $1,599, we’ve seen it go as low as $1,199 in the past (last seen in October), though more often it drops to this same $1,299 rate on average. This $300 markdown gives you some solid savings on a more manageable model that doesn’t take up as much space – all at the third-lowest price we have tracked.

Rad Power’s RadExpand 5 is a space-saving model with a folding design that makes it far more manageable for folks with limited space – whether you plan to store it inside closets, car trunks, RVs, and more. The 750W brushless geared hub motor and 672Wh battery provide a 20 MPH top speed for up to 45+ miles on a single outing when the four PAS levels are activated, with a throttle for pure electric riding that will lessen its travel distance. Among its additional features, you’ll have a 7-speed MicroShift derailleur, a standard LED headlight alongside an integrated taillight that offers brake light functionality, both of which automatically activate when daylight drops low enough. You’ll also get some cargo-hauling support from the integrated rear rack with a 55-pound limit, fenders to go over both wheels, a water-resistant wiring harness, and an LED display.

Now if you tend to need more cargo hauling power for packages, kids, and the like, the brand’s RadWagon 4 Cargo e-bike is definitely the way to go, and it’s currently down at $1,499 shipped from its usual $1,799 price tag. The integrated rear cargo rack here has a 120-pound payload, which explains why I see so many of these around NYC taking kids to and from daily appointments. The combination of its 750W rear hub motor and 672Wh battery provides the same speed and travel range as the above model, supported by five levels of pedal assistance. Stock features include an auto-on headlight and integrated taillight with brake lighting, custom 22-inch by 3-inch tires with fenders over each, a 7-speed Shimano derailleur, a water-resistant wiring harness, and a backlit LCD display that has a USB port to charge your phone with.

As I’ve mentioned before, you only have until the end of March 12 to take advantage of all the great deals we’re seeing from Rad Power’s sale – with the RadRunner low prices specifically lasting for as long as supplies do.

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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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GM has scrapped plans to build $55 million hydrogen fuel cell factory in Detroit, triggering a tsunami of headlines about the General’s future plans for hydrogen. The reality? GM isn’t scaling back its hydrogen efforts. It’s thinking bigger.

The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.

MARK TWAIN (sort of)

Like the great Sam Clemens, there seems to be plenty of confidence in the greater automotive press that GM’s decision to cancel a $55 millions fuel cell plant on the former Michigan State Fairgrounds site in Detroit. That plant, a JV with Southeast Michigan’s Piston Automotive, would have created ~140 jobs and built compact hydrogen fuel cells for light- and medium-duty vehicles under the Hydrotec brand.

That plan, frankly, was never going to work. It was always a cynical incentive grab and the first fruits of GM’s Hydrotec efforts were so laughably far behind the state of the electric art that the facts themselves blurred the line between satire and reality. Which, of course, didn’t matter – as long as the incentive money (Biden’s Department of Energy awarded GM $30 million in grants for the State Fairgrounds plant) kept flowing.

The new Trump Administration put an end to that flow last week, however, terminating 321 financial awards for clean energy worth $7.56 billion.

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“Certainly the decisions of the DOE are an element of that overall climate but not the only driver,” explained GM spokesperson, Stuart Fowle, in a statement. “We want to prioritize the engineering talent and resources and everything we have to continuing to advance EVs given hydrogen is in a different spot.”

That spot is heavy-duty, off-highway, maritime, and data centers.

Bigger trucks, bigger fuel cells

Fuel cell semi truck; via Honda.

Instead of dying, GM is continuing on the hydrogen fuel cell it’s been on for literal decades – with no plans (publicly, at least) to shutter its Fuel Cell System Manufacturing joint-venture with Honda in Brownstown Township, MI.

That company is not just developing HFCs, they’re out there selling fuel cells today, to extreme-duty, disaster response, and off-highway equipment customers operating far enough off the grid that access to electricity is questionable and to data center developers for whom access to a continuous flow of energy is mission-critical.

Electrek’s Take

Fuel cells like the ones from GM and Honda will continue to seem like a good idea … for about as long as it takes the heavy equipment guys to watch a ZQUIP video.

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California apartment EV chargers

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EVs are great, and can unlock more transportation convenience with the ease of charging at home. But for apartment-dwellers, this can be a complicated conversation. So a nonprofit called Forth is here to help, through its Charge at Home program.

One of the main benefits of an electric vehicle is in the convenience of owning and charging the car in the place it spends most of its time. Instead of having to go out of your way to fuel it, you just park it at home, in the same place it spends at least 8 hours a day, and you leave the house every day with a full charge.

But this benefit only applies to those with a consistent parking space which they can easily install charging at. When talking about owners who live in apartment buildings, it can sometimes get more complicated.

While certain states have passed “right to charge” laws to give apartment-dwellers a solution for home charging, apartment charging is nevertheless a bit of a patchwork solution so far.

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And as a result of this, EV ownership among apartment renters lags behind that of single-family homeowners. It’s clear that apartments are holding back people from buying EVs, and that’s bad – lots of people live in apartments, and the gas those cars use pollutes the air just as much as any other.

Certain areas where EVs have hit a point of critical mass (namely, the large California cities) have pretty good EV ownership among renters, but it could still be better. And residents are clamoring more and more for easy EV charging in apartment communities.

So, Forth, a nonprofit advocating for equitable access to clean transportation, set up a program called Charge at Home, which is meant to connect renters, apartment building owners or other decisionmakers with resources to help install chargers at multifamily properties.

The site lets you select your situation – a resident or a decisionmaker for a new or existing multifamily development – and then gives you access to tools for your specific situation, whether you be a resident and developer.

The site houses links to help design a multifamily project, find electricians, inform you about right to charge laws or available incentives, and provide case studies, among others.

Charge at Home also hosts roundtable webinars periodically, and includes a library of past webinars with the information you need.

There are a lot of considerations for each of these projects, so it can be helpful to have someone with experience to help you go over it all. Personally, when talking to friends about getting an EV, charging considerations are usually the thing that takes up the bulk of the conversation.

So if the toolkits are still too daunting for you, Charge at Home is offering free charging consultations for multifamily developers, owners, property managers and HOAs.

The charging consultations will last through at least April 2026 – but it wouldn’t hurt to get your requests in soon. Forth may still offer consultations afterwards, but it all depends on funding availability (the program was previously funded by the Department of Energy, which has taken a turn). Regardless, the website will remain up for people to submit questions and find information, whether or not free consultations stick around.

But at the very least, as Forth points out, whether a multifamily development is interested in having EV charging at this moment or not, any developer should think about having the infrastructure, conduit and capacity ready to go for future install of EV chargers, and should consider the needs of current residents who are likely already considering EVs today.

It’s going to be necessary to install this capacity at some point, and doing so earlier can help save money down the line, make your development more attractive to renters today, and allow more renters to make the switch to cleaner transportation which helps air quality and to reduce climate change, both of which harm everyone on the planet.

Head on over to Forth’s Charge at Home site to get access to all the above resources – and to sign up for a consultation before the end of April if you’re a multifamily developer, owner, property manager or HOA.

Update: This article has been updated to account for an extension in program availability.

Electrek’s Take

I’ve long said that the only real problem with EVs is the problem of access to consistent charging for people who don’t have their own garage. Whether this be apartment-dwellers, street-parkers or the like, the electric car charging experience is often less-than-ideal outside of single family homes, at least in North America.

There are workarounds available, like charging at work, or using Superchargers in “third places” where you often spend time, but these still aren’t optimal. The best thing is just to charge your car wherever it spends most of its time, which is your home. When you do that, EVs outshine everything in convenience.

We’ve highlighted some projects before which showed how reasonable it can be to install charging for developments. Every project is going to have its complexities, but when you see projects like this condo complex that managed to install chargers for just $405 per parking spot, all of a sudden it becomes a no-brainer not to have EV charging.

But the fact is, there just aren’t enough apartment complexes out there which have EV charging. So if Forth’s Charge At Home program can help residents or landlords with that, it can go a long way towards solving the only real problem with EVs. Click here to check it out.

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Maryland solar farm landfill

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Baltimore County, Maryland, just brought its first large-scale ground-mounted solar farm online, and it sits on what used to be the Parkton Landfill. The 213-acre site, once a symbol of waste, is now generating clean power that will cut costs, slash emissions, and turn an underused piece of land into a long-term energy asset.

Located north of Baltimore City, Baltimore County is one of Maryland’s largest and most populous counties, and its push toward renewables has major implications for the state’s climate and energy goals.

County Executive Kathy Klausmeier called the project a clear example of innovation meeting sustainability: “We are cutting costs for taxpayers and making investments that benefit our communities for decades.”

The new solar farm will provide around 11% of the Maryland county government’s annual electricity, producing roughly 8.2 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) in its first year. That’s the equivalent of avoiding greenhouse gas emissions from burning over 620,000 gallons of gasoline, powering more than 1,150 homes for a year, or driving 14 million fewer miles in gas cars, according to the EPA.

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The 7 MW system includes four large solar arrays of 15,000 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels. It’s part of a growing trend in the US to repurpose capped landfills for renewable energy, turning dormant properties into productive clean energy sites.

Through a power purchase agreement with TotalEnergies, which owns and operates the system, Baltimore County will lock in reduced electricity rates for 25 years, with options to extend the contract for up to 33 years. That long-term deal protects taxpayers from future electricity price hikes while advancing local climate goals.

“Adding another large source of solar electricity to power our County’s facilities reflects our community’s values of making smart investments that take care of the health of our community and environment,” said Greg Strella, the county’s chief sustainability officer.

TotalEnergies Managing Director Eric Potts called the project a “powerful example of transforming underutilized assets into productive resources,” pointing to the dual benefits of cutting emissions and saving money.

Baltimore County’s next landfill solar project, at Hernwood, is expected to come online by 2028. Once that system is up and running, renewables will supply about 55% of the county government’s electricity use.

Read more: The Trump administration just killed the US’s largest solar project

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