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Where we ended last week with a lead Greenworks deal, we’re kickstarting this week’s Green Deals in a similar fashion. We spotted Greenworks’ 80V Venture 20-inch All-Terrain Utility e-bike on its own dropping to a new $1,425 low, with an option to bundle it from Best Buy with a battery and charger for $1,650. Next, EGO’s 56V 21-inch Cordless Electric Dual-Port Self-Propelled Lawn Mower is coming along with two 5.0Ah batteries at a new $550 low. We also have four e-bikes from Hiboy seeing solid discounts, led by the starter-friendly EX6 Step-Thru Fat Tire e-bike for $900. Lastly, we have EcoFlow’s latest 24-hour flash sale on a DELTA Pro Power Station bundle with a transfer switch for $1,999, or its Smart Home Panel 2 at $1,399. 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, including the preorder bundles on Lectric’s new XP4 e-bikes.

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.

Pair your existing batteries with Greenworks’ 80V Venture 20-inch all-terrain utility e-bike at new $1,425 low

Amazon is dropping the price lower than ever on the brand’s 80V Venture 20-inch All-Terrain Fat Tire Utility e-bike (EV only) to $1,424.99 shipped. Priced at $2,100 direct from Greenworks, it carries a lower $1,900 tag at Amazon, where it rarely sees discounts compared to its commuter and mountain bike counterparts. Of the price cuts we have seen, things have only really been brought down between $1,600 to $1,700, with today’s deal giving you a greater $475 in total savings off its going rate at Amazon and $675 off Greenworks’ direct pricing, where a 60V counterpart is currently seeing no discounts – marking a new all-time low. You can also find it at Best Buy coming with a battery and charger for $1,649.99 shipped, which is the only bundle option available among the three retailers.

One of the three e-bikes from Greenworks’ e-transportation lineup, the Venture Utility model comes as an all-terrain means to get around, whether that’s via paved streets or dirt trails. It comes equipped with a 750W brushless rear hub motor that can hit 20 MPH top speeds and can utilize any of your 80V batteries you own for the ecosystem’s tools. When we have seen it with an included battery, it’s been an 80V 4.0Ah model that affords up to 22 miles of travel with its three PAS levels on a single charge of up to 60 minutes.

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The 26-inch by 4-inch Kenda fat tires provide solid traction for on and off-road riding, with a 7-speed Shimano derailleur, dual mechanical disc brakes, an LED headlight, an IPX4 water-resistance rating against light rain, and a digital LCD display. Along with the real-time performance data the display provides, you’ll also be able to connect via Bluetooth for personalization of its settings and tracking your journeys around town.

EGO 56V 21-inch cordless electric dual-port lawn mower

Get more power for longer jobs with EGO’s 56V 21-inch cordless dual-port mower with two 5.0Ah batteries at new $550 low

Amazon is offering the EGO POWER+ 56V 21-inch Cordless Electric Dual-Port Self-Propelled Lawn Mower with two 5.0Ah batteries at $549.99 shipped. Carrying a $799 price tag, in 2025 we’ve mainly seen it bouncing between $743 and $647 after it went as low as $591 during Christmas sales. Today’s deal is bringing costs down even further, as this 31% markdown cuts $250 off the tag for a new all-time low price, beating our previous mention by $57.

Much like the brand’s cordless electric pressure washer, this EGO mower merges a brushless motor with the brand’s PeakPower system for more power and longer-lasting runtimes. This design provides you with two slots to utilize the included 5.0Ah batteries simultaneously for up to 80 minutes of continuous use. There are six positions of cutting height levels available here, from 1.5 inches to 4 inches, as well as a variable speed control and 3-in-1 functionality for rear bagging, side discharging, and/or mulching. You’ll be able to tackle lawn duties at lower light levels thanks to the LED headlights, with the whole thing sporting a weather-resistant construction for times you may be suddenly interrupted by rain and need to get it out of the elements.

Hiboy EX6 Step-Thru Fat Tire e-bike

Cruise up to 75 miles on Hiboy’s ergonomic EX6 step-thru e-bike at $900

Hiboy currently has four e-bikes at discounted rates, with the brand’s popular EX6 Step-Thru Fat Tire e-bike down at $899.98 shipped. While this EV carries a $1,580 MSRP on its tag, we more regularly see it discounted down at or below $1,000, including Amazon and Best Buy – the latter of which is currently matching this sale’s price. While we have seen it go as low as $800 in the past, you’re still looking at the third-lowest price we have tracked, which gives you $100 off its usually discounted rate and $680 off its MSRP.

A great starter model for new riders, as well as a more budget-friendly option for folks looking for some serious commuting power, Hiboy’s EX6 e-bike provides up to 25 MPH top speeds and up to 75 miles of travel on a single charge, depending on your riding conditions. The 500W brushless geared hub motor is paired with a removable 48V waterproof battery to achieve this performance, with three pedal assistance modes optimizing its power output for the higher end of its travel range. There is also a standard bicycle mode for the usual cardio, as well as a throttle to go pure electric when you don’t want to pedal, though keep in mind this reduces the mileage.

It’s been designed to be more ergonomically comfortable for those longer ventures around town, especially if you’re using it to get some cardio in. There’s some other solid features like the 7-speed Shimano derailleur, a hydraulic suspension fork, 20-inch all-terrain fat tires, fenders, dual disc brakes, a bright headlight, a rear cargo rack, an IPX4 splash/waterproof rating, and an LCD display.

Hiboy’s other current e-bike deals:

EcoFlow DELTA Pro power station with transfer switch

Pick up EcoFlow’s DELTA Pro with a transfer switch or the Smart Home Panel 2 starting from $1,399 (Today only)

As part of its ongoing second phase of Spring-to-Summer savings, EcoFlow has launched the next of its 24-hour flash deals, with two offers running through midnight PDT. The first of these offers bundles the brand’s DELTA Pro Portable Power Station with a transfer switch for $1,999 shipped. This home backup combo normally goes for $4,098 at full price, with the few discounts we’ve seen, mostly in the form of past flash offers, have taken the price down to $2,099 at most, which is where Amazon currently has it priced at. We’re getting an even better deal while the savings last here though, totaling $2,099 that goes back in your pocket for a new all-time low.

One of the brand’s tried and true expansive backup power solutions, the EcoFlow DELTA Pro comes ready to support you through trips and emergencies with a 3,600Wh LiFePO4 capacity that can be added to with the dedicated smart extra batteries and additional power stations to bump things all the way to 25kWh. It covers appliance needs with up to 3,600W of steady output power, which can surge up to 7,200W for hungrier devices, provided through its 14 port options: five AC ports, four USB-A ports, two USB-C ports, two DC ports, and a car port.

Plugging the station into a wall outlet can have you back to a full battery in 1.8 hours, while connecting up to its max 1,600W of solar input with ideal sunny conditions can do the same in 2.8 hours. You’ll get the usual array of remote smart controls through its app, and the included transfer switch in this bundle allows for support of your home or RV, coming pre-wired for an easier time installing it. When utilizing it for your home, you’ll have selective backup over your indoor circuit breaker, which you can learn more about here.

The second of these flash offers is taking the brand’s Smart Home Panel 2 and dropping it down to $1,399 shipped from its full $1,899 tag, returning it to the second-lowest price we have tracked and also matching over at Amazon. The successor to the brand’s transfer switch is a whole-home hub option for folks with the brand’s DELTA Pro Ultra or DELTA Pro 3 power station setups that gives you smarter management control over multiple sources, including any solar roof panels and/or gas generators.

Be sure to check out the full lineup of EcoFlow’s Spring-to-Summer deals while they’re still around through May 18, complete with bonus sitewide savings and longer-running discounts on its newest WAVE 3 portable AC/heater.

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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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SkyDrive completes several eVTOL demonstration flights at Expo 2025 in Osaka [Video]

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Japanese eVTOL developer SkyDrive has officially begun successful eVTOL demonstration flights using its flagship model above Expo 2025 in Osaka.

SkyDrive Inc. may not be the first name that comes to mind when you think of eVTOL flights, but the Japanese startup continues to make steady progress in the development of its aerial technology across two continents.

Like many of its competitors, a significant milestone SkyDrive is working to achieve is scaled eVTOL production. It intends to do so with the help of Suzuki, which previously signed on to manufacture the company’s “SKYDRIVE” eVTOL aircraft in Japan.

In the summer of 2023, SkyDrive announced that it was establishing a US headquarters in South Carolina and had secured its first eVTOL pre-order. Its order book continues to grow as SkyDrive works toward achieving eVTOL flight certification in both the US and Japan.

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SkyDrive is perhaps not as prominent in the eVTOL news scene because we have yet to see any bona fide flights take place. In fact, it wasn’t until February 2025 that we saw real-life images of the SKYDRIVE eVTOL rather than renderings.

SkyDrive has made its presence known at the Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, where, as promised, it has begun demonstration eVTOL flights – one of which you can view in the video below.

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Per an update from SkyDrive, it has successfully completed a series of demonstration flights above Expo 2025 in Osaka. The eVTOL flight loops departed the expo’s vertiport, then flew over the ocean in Osaka Bay before returning to base.

Each of the eVTOL flights lasted a few minutes and was completed between July 31 and August 24, 2025. The video footage below is from a successful demonstration flight completed on August 16. With several successful flights now under its belt this past month, SkyDrive shared plans for a second showcase route coming soon.

Beginning September 15, SkyDrive said it will move its eVTOL demonstration flights from Yumeshima Island, where Expo 2025 is being held, to the Osakako Vertiport near the “densely populated Osaka neighborhood.”

Those flights will operate the same SKYDRIVE (Model SD-05) eVTOL from Expo 2025, beginning September 15 through the 23rd. SkyDrive said it believes the demonstrations from the Osakako Vertiport, which Osaka Metro Co. operates, will mark “another significant step towards the wider public acceptance of eVTOLs as a regular means of daily transport.”

Commercial operations of SkyDrive’s technology are expected to begin in Osaka and parts of southern Japan sometime in 2028. The August 16 eVTOL demonstration flight is below.

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Ford’s new Puma EV just got got a big price cut

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The Puma was already the best-selling car in the UK last year. As the first EV to receive the full UK Electric Car Grant, Ford’s new Puma Gen-E is even more affordable than the hybrid model.

Ford’s Puma Gen-E becomes first EV to get full UK grant

Ford has become the first automaker to snag the maximum £3,750 ($5,000) discount from the UK’s recently launched Electric Car Grant program.

The Puma was Ford’s most popular vehicle in Europe last year and the UK’s top-selling car (EV or gas), but the electric version promises to deliver even more.

With the discount, the Puma EV’s starting price falls to just £26,245 ($35,500), which is even cheaper than the hybrid version. According to Ford, the all-electric Puma Gen-E is now available for only £290 ($390) per month. Ford’s electric van, the E-Tourneo Courier, also qualifies for the full grant.

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There are 28 electric vehicles eligible for the UK’s electric car grant, but the Ford Puma Gen-E and E-Tourneo Courier are the only two set to receive the full £3,750 ($5,000) discount.

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The electric Ford Puma Gen-E (Source: Ford)

The other 26 electric cars, including the new Nissan Micra EV, Volkswagen ID.3, and Renault 5, are eligible for a £1,500 ($2,000) grant.

Lisa Brankin, Ford UK Chair and Managing Director, said, “We’re proud to be at the forefront of the electric vehicle conversation, and with even more competitive pricing and a comprehensive support package, it’s never been easier to make the switch.”

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The interior of the Ford Puma Gen-E (Source: Ford)

Ford launched the electric version of its top-seller in December, calling it “our best ever Puma.” The Puma Gen-E delivers up to 233 miles (523 km) range and can charge from 10% to 80% about 23 minutes.

When driving in the city, Ford says the electric crossover has a range of up to 325 miles (523 km). Despite its small size, the Puma EV offers more interior space than many larger SUVs, with a luggage room of up to 574 L. And that’s not including the 43 L frunk.

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Ford Puma Gen-E (Source: Ford)

On top of the grant, Ford is offering a free home charger (including standard installation) and up to 10,000 miles of free charging through its Ford Power Promise program.

Compared to the Puma EcoBoost Hybrid, Ford said those who opt for the electric version can save as much as £127 ($170) per month.

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Elon Musk is lying about Tesla’s self-driving and I have the DMs to prove it

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Elon Musk is lying about Tesla's self-driving and I have the DMs to prove it

Over the last few days, Elon Musk has been making several statements claiming that autonomous driving systems that use lidar and radar sensors are more dangerous than Tesla’s camera-only computer vision approach because the system gets confused when interpreting data from different sensors.

It’s not only false, Musk told me directly that he agreed that radar and vision could be safer than just vision, right after he had Tesla remove the radars from its vehicles.

Tesla has taken a controversial approach, using only cameras as sensors for driving inputs in its self-driving technology. In contrast, most other companies use cameras in conjunction with radar and lidar sensors.

When Tesla first announced that all its cars produced onward have the hardware capable of “full self-driving” up to level 5 autonomous capacity in 2016, it included a front-facing radar in its self-driving hardware suite.

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However, in 2021, after not having achieved anything more than a level 2 driver assist (ADAS) system with its self-driving effort, Elon Musk announced a move that he called “Tesla Vision”, which consists of moving Tesla’s self-driving effort only to use inputs from cameras.

Here’s what I wrote in 2021 about Musk sharing his plan for Tesla to only use cameras and neural nets:

CEO Elon Musk has been hyping the vision-only update as “mind-blowing.” He insists that it will lead to a true level 5 autonomous driving system by the end of the year, but he has gotten that timeline wrong before.

By May 2021, Tesla had begun removing the radar sensor from its lineup, starting with the Model 3 and Model Y, and later the Model S and Model X in 2022.

Tesla engineers reportedly attempted to convince Musk to retain the use of radar, but the CEO overruled them.

We are now in 2025, and unlike what Musk claimed, Tesla has yet to deliver on its self-driving promises, but the CEO is doubling down on his vision-only approach.

The controversial billionaire is making headlines this week for a series of new statements attacking Tesla’s self-driving rivals and their use of radar and lidar sensors.

Earlier this week, Musk took a jab at Waymo and claimed that “lidar and radar reduce safety”:

Lidar and radar reduce safety due to sensor contention. If lidars/radars disagree with cameras, which one wins? This sensor ambiguity causes increased, not decreased, risk. That’s why Waymos can’t drive on highways.We turned off radars in Teslas to increase safety. Cameras ftw.

The assertion that “Waymos can’t drive on highways” is simply false. Waymo has been conducting fully driverless employee testing on freeways in Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles for years, and it is expected to make this technology available to rider-only rides soon.

Tesla is in a similar situation with its Robotaxi: they don’t drive on freeways without an employee supervisor.

Musk later added:

LiDAR also does not work well in snow, rain or dust due to reflection scatter. That’s why Waymos stop working in any heavy precipitation. As I have said many times, there is a role for LiDAR in some circumstances and I personally oversaw the development of LiDAR for the SpaceX Dragon docking with Space Station. I am well aware of its strengths and weaknesses.

It’s not true that Waymos can’t work in “any heavy precipitation.”

Here’s a video of a Waymo vehicle driving by itself in heavy rain:

In comparison, Tesla’s own Robotaxi terms of service mention that it “may be limited or unavailable in inclement weather.”

Last month, Tesla Robotaxi riders had their rides cut short, and they were told it was due to the rain.

There’s plenty of evidence that Musk is wrong and misleading with these statements, but furthermore, he himself admitted that radar sensors can make Tesla’s vision system safer.

‘Vision with high-res radar would be better than pure vision’

In May 2021, as Tesla began removing radar sensors from its vehicle lineup and transitioning to a vision-only approach, I was direct messaging (DMing) Musk to learn more about the surprising move.

In the conversation, he was already making the claim that sensor contention is lowering safety as he did this week in new comments attacking Waymo.

He wrote at the time:

The probability of safety will be higher with pure vision than vision+radar, not lower. Vision has become so good that radar actually reduces signal/noise.

However, what was more interesting is what he said shortly after claiming that:

Musk admitted that “vision with high-resolution radar would be better than pure vision”. However, he claimed that such a radar didn’t exist.

In the same conversation, I pointed Musk to existing high-definition millimeter wave radars, but he didn’t respond.

It was still early for that technology in 2021, but high-definition millimeter wave radars are now commonly used by companies developing autonomous driving technologies, including Waymo.

Waymo uses six high-definition radars in its system:

In short, Musk was already concerned about sensor contention in 2021, but he admitted that the problem would be worth solving with higher-definition radars, which already existed then and are becoming more common now.

Yet, he criticizes companies using radar and lidar, which work similarly to high-resolution radars but on different wavelengths, for even attempting sensor fusion.

It’s not impossible because Tesla can’t do it

Part of the problem here appears to be that Musk thinks something doesn’t work because Tesla can’t make it work, and he doesn’t want to admit that others are solving the sensor fusion problem.

Tesla simply couldn’t solve sensor fusion, so it focused on achieving autonomy solely through camera vision. However, those who continued to work on the issue have made significant progress and are now reaping the rewards.

Waymo and Baidu, both of which have level 4 autonomous driving systems currently commercially operating without supervision, unlike Tesla, have heavily invested in sensor fusion.

Amir Husain, an AI entrepreneur who sits on the Boards of Advisors for IBM Watson and the Department of Computer Science at UT Austin, points to advancements in the use of Kalman filters and Bayesian techniques to solve sensor noise covariance.

He commented on Musk’s statement regarding the use of radar and lidar sensors:

The issue isn’t a binary disagreement between two sensors. It generates a better estimate than any individual sensor can produce on its own. They all have a margin of error. Fusion helps reduce this.

If Musk’s argument held, why would the human brain use eyes, ears, and touch to estimate object location? Why would aircraft combine radar, IRST, and other passive sensors to estimate object location? This is a fundamental misunderstanding of information theory. Every channel has noise. But redundancy reduces uncertainty.

Musk’s main argument to focus on cameras and neural nets has been that the roads are designed for humans to drive and humans drive using their eyes and brain, which are the hardware and software equivalent of cameras (eyes) and neural nets (brain).

Now, most other companies developing autonomous driving technologies are also focusing on this, but to surpass humans and achieve greater levels of safety through precision and redundancy, they are also adding radar and lidar sensors to their systems.

Electrek’s Take

Musk painted Tesla into a corner with its vision-only approach, and now he is trying to mislead people into thinking that it is the only one that can work, when there’s no substantial evidence to support this claim.

Now, let me be clear, Musk is partly correct. When poorly fused, multi-sensor data introduces noise, making it more challenging to operate an autonomous driving system.

However, who said that this is an unsolvable problem? Others appear to be solving it, and we are seeing the results in Waymo’s and Baidu’s commercially available rider-only taxi services.

If you can take advantage of radar’s ability to detect distance and speed as well as work through rain, fog, dust, and snow, why wouldn’t you use it?

As he admitted in the DMs with me in 2021, Musk is aware of this – hence why he acknowledged that high-resolution radar combined with vision would be safer than vision alone.

The problem is that Tesla hasn’t focused on improving sensor fusion and radar integration in the last 4 years because it has been all-in on vision.

Now, Tesla could potentially still solve self-driving with its vision system, but there’s no evidence that it is close to happening or any safer than other systems, such as Waymo’s, which use radar and lidar sensors.

In fact, Tesla is still only operating an autonomous driving system under the supervision of in-car employees with a few dozen cars, while Waymo has been doing rider-only rides for years and operates over 1,500 autonomous vehicles in the US.

Just like with his “Robotaxi” with supervisors, Musk is trying to create the illusion that Tesla is not only leading in autonomy, but it is the only one that can solve it.

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