Rad Power’s Memorial Day Sale offers first cash savings on new e-bikes along with legacy models – starting from $1,299
Rad Power has launched its Memorial Day Sale through June 4, which is offering up to $500 off seven e-bikes, including the first cash discounts on four of its newest e-bikes that will be ending sooner on May 26. Among the new models, the one that has had my eye since its launch at the top of March is the Radster Road Commuter e-bike that is down at $1,999 shipped. This new model has been keeping to its $2,199 full price since hitting the market, with the only deals we’ve seen so far having been single add-on accessory promos during some past sales. You’ll now be able to save $200 off the going rate through next week’s holiday, setting the bar for future discounts that we might see down the road.
Launched alongside three other models, including a trail-trekking counterpart, Rad Power’s Radster Road e-bike is the latest of the brand’s commuter-focused solutions that boast a sizeable speed and mileage increase over its legacy models. It arrives equipped with a 750W rear hub motor that produces 100Nm of torque and a 720Wh Safe Shield semi-integrated battery, providing you with top speeds up to 28 MPH and up to 65+ miles of travel on a single charge with its 5 PAS levels activated (with those supported by a torque sensor).
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This model, like its newer counterparts, comes stocked with some solid features beyond its initial performance, like the system locking via a passcode or an included security fob, providing added security, which is always my primary concern when taking mine out. There’s also the hydraulic suspension fork, hydraulic disc brakes, Kenda Kwick puncture-protected tires with fenders over each, the front LED headlight and integrated taillight with brake lighting and turn signals, a Shimano 8-speed derailleur, a rear cargo rack, a color display with a USB-C port to charge devices, and more.
Rad Power’s Memorial Day new e-bike deals (through May 26):
Rad Power’s Memorial Day legacy e-bike deals (through June 4):
This is a great month to gear up for cruises through the summer and into fall, as many of the most popular and our favorite brands are currently offering big savings on e-bikes and e-scooters, which you can browse in our one-stop-shop Ride to Work EV hub.
Keep your outdoor adventures running with DJI’s Power 1000 1,024Wh LiFePO4 station down at $449
Through its official Amazon storefront, DJI is offering its Power 1000 Portable Power Station for $449 shipped. Despite carrying a $999 price tag elsewhere, we’ve been seeing it spend 2025 so far keeping posted at a $699 rate here at Amazon, with discounts having been completely absent since April began. While we have seen it dip down as low as $379 in the past, those rates were last seen in November and December, with the price here beaten out in the new year by one fall to $419 in March, giving you the second-best pricing of 2025 that saves you $250 off the going rate ($550 off its original MSRP). It’s even beating out the discount we’re seeing directly from DJI’s website, where it’s sitting $50 higher.
An ideal companion for folks who spend plenty of time out in the wilds of the world, particularly for photography, flying the brand’s drones, and the like, DJI’s Power 1000 station covers backup power needs with a 1,024Wh LiFePO4 capacity through eight port options. Those ports are quite versatile in output, as among the options you’ll have, the two AC outlets provide up to 2,200W of power (surging to 2,600W) in order to tackle larger appliance needs, while also promising fast-charging speeds for personal devices at up to 140W from the dual USB-Cs, plus the others.
By equipping this station with either an MPPT module or DJI’s power outlet to SDC power cable, you’ll be able to utilize its solar-charging capabilities, with the unit boasting a 1,600W max input that can put the battery back to full in 80 minutes. Of course, you could also plug it into a wall outlet for an 80% battery in 50 minutes, taking about 20 minutes longer to push it to full. Right now, there are two discounted solar-capable bundles, with the station getting a 100W panel and the appropriate cables for $688, down from $1,247, or, while it has been $300 less for most of the year, you can still save $300 off the MSRP for the station with a 200W panel at $1,356. There are other options on the same page for those just seeking the cables to connect existing solar panels, but they are keeping to their full prices at the moment.
Fell trees and cut up firewood with Husqvarna’s Power Axe 350i 18-inch electric chainsaw kit at $384
Amazon is offering the Husqvarna Power Axe 350i 18-inch Cordless Electric Chainsaw for $383.99 shipped. Normally going for $480 at full price, discounts are often less frequent on this brand’s tools as opposed to EGO, Greenworks, and others. In 2025, we’ve seen it fall to this same rate twice before, which has been the lowest tracked price so far in the last five months. We have seen it go as low as $359 at the end of 2023, and $379 in 2024, with today’s deal being the best of 2025 and the third-lowest price overall, saving you $96 off the going rate for as long as it lasts.
Unlike many other Husqvarna offers we see, which are usually tool-only deals, the brand’s Power Axe 350i actually comes with a 7.5Ah battery and charger, and is a larger yet still lightweight model perfect for felling trees, cutting up firewood, and the like with its 18-inch bar and chain. It has been given the brand’s X-cut chain that retains sharpness for longer periods over more standard designs, while also boasting a tool-less tensioning system that allows for easier adjustments at faster speeds with little effort. There’s even a boost mode that activates with a button press, ramping its output by 25%.
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Get up to 30% off EcoFlow flash offers like the DELTA 3 Plus power station with a protective bag at $649 (Today only)
As part of EcoFlow’s ongoing Memorial Day Sale through May 28, the brand has launched the next round of 24-hour flash offers on three units through the rest of the day. The only one to include an actual power station gives you the DELTA 3 Plus with a protective bag for $649 shipped. We normally see this bundle with the bag on the standard predecessor model or elsewhere, with the power station often fetching $799 at full price. While we have seen the price go as low as $535 from a Wellbots exclusive deal last month (one of only two that we’ve secured), you’re still looking at a solid $150 markdown off the going rate on top of getting the accompanying bag, which is lacking at Amazon, where the pricing on the station matches.
While not as sizeable as some of its counterparts, EcoFlow’s DELTA 3 Plus is a mid-range option that gives you peace of mind while away from home with its 1,024Wh LiFePO4 capacity, which you can expand up to 5kWh with the appropriate expansion batteries for the DELTA 3, DELTA Pro 3, DELTA 2 Max, or the DELTA 2. The 13 ports provide ample support for devices and appliances, with the unit dishing out a steady 1,800W output that can surge as high as 3,600W thanks to the X-Boost. There are five methods to recharge this model (AC, solar, smart dual fuel generator, 800W alternator charger, and multi-charging), and it comes rated for 4,000 lifecycles, giving you nearly 11 years of usage, were you to charge and discharge its battery every single day.
EcoFlow’s other 24-hour flash offers (through May 22):
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.
Here we compare the specs of the new Tesla Model Y (Chinese version) to the newly unveiled Xiaomi YU7, a vehicle dubbed the ‘Tesla killer’.
For years, we laughed at people using the term ‘Tesla killer’ for new electric vehicles. To this day, even as Tesla’s sales are declining, it’s a bit dumb to use the term since no single EV is going to “kill” Tesla.
However, there’s one that is as close to do it as we have seen so far.
At the time, we reported that the bigger concern for Tesla was that the Chinese electronics giant was now planning to launch a new EV, the YU7, aimed at competing against Tesla’s popular Model Y.
The only thing that is missing about the YU7 as of the time of writing is the price, but it is expected to be very similar to Model Y and even likely to undercut by a bit.
These specs show that the vehicles are extremely similar. The main difference is that Xiaomi packs a lot more batteries into the YU7 than Tesla puts into the Model Y, resulting in a significant difference in range.
To be fair to Tesla, it still dominates in efficiency as it does more with fewer batteries, which is an important skill to have. However, most customers don’t care about that and want a longer range. They don’t care how you make it happen.
Based on the online reception, the Model Y is viewed as having a more tired design that is not as luxurious as the YU7.
That’s particularly true of the exteriors.
It’s a similar situation in the interior, but Xiaomi also outshines Tesla here with more technology, like display along the dash:
Both vehicles feature a large center display where most of the controls are located.
Electrek’s Take
I think Tesla is in trouble in China. The competition is impressive and there are vehicles that clearly directly target Model Y, Tesla’s bread and butter, and there’s no better example than this one.
The only thing missing is pricing, but if it’s priced as expected, which is like the SU7 to the Model 3, it will make it a no-brainer for most buyers.
Also, Xiaomi often gets mentioned as a ‘Tesla killer’ because the vehicles are not only ultra competitive with Tesla, but it is also producing them in high volumes.
SU7 outsold the Model 3 within a year of launching. The YU7 is coming to market within the next 2 months, and it should reach impressive volumes that are going to put pressure on Tesla’s Model Y sales by the end of the year.
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Nick Pinto is a marketing director at his family’s law firm in New Jersey. He’s also a crypto trader who spent enough money on Donald Trump’s meme coin to win a spot at a private black-tie dinner with the president scheduled for Thursday night.
“I was kind of early in bitcoin and ethereum, so I’ve always been trading crypto,” said the 25-year-old Pinto, who claims he finished number 72 on the leaderboard for the token contest. “Once I saw the announcement that Trump was releasing a coin, I immediately started to purchase it.”
Pinto said in an interview that he spent half a million dollars on the $TRUMP meme token in order to attend the dinner, which is being held at President Trump’s private golf club in Potomac Falls, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. Pinto shared screenshots with CNBC that appear to back up his claim.
The $TRUMP coin, which has no attached asset or underlying value, was launched just ahead of the president’s inauguration in January and has drawn heavy scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers who say President Trump is profiting from his position of power.
The dinner was announced last month and promised to reward the top 220 token owners with “the most exclusive invitation in the world.” The top 25 finishers were also told they would get a private reception with the president, as well as a “special VIP tour.”
Democratic senators called the competition a blatant example of “‘pay to play’ corruption” — the coin jumped 50% after the dinner announcement. Earlier this week, the Senate advanced a Trump-backed crypto regulation bill called the GENIUS Act after getting enough Democratic support to clear a potential filibuster.
Guests for Thursday night’s dinner were required to complete a background check, according to a copy of the invitation viewed by CNBC. Attendees were instructed not to arrive before 5:30 p.m., with the dinner starting at 7 p.m. and expected to last three hours.
Pinto doesn’t know what his investment in $TRUMP will get him other than the dinner. He said he thinks the tokens will be usable in a digital Trump golf game that was announced in December and is expected to launch next month, according to a press release.
“There’s a few things that I want to ask him,” Pinto said. “I definitely want to find out if he’s going to want to use this coin in the game. That’s probably my top question, because not many people know about that game.”
The Trump coin team didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Because crypto wallets are pseudonymous, most participants in the competition appeared only as three- to four-letter usernames linked to cryptographic wallet addresses. Many of the winners are tied to international exchanges, according to blockchain analytics firm Inca Digital, raising concern that non-Americans may be paying for the opportunity to try and influence the U.S. president.
While Pinto is going public about his participation, most of the identities tied to top wallets are unknown. Blockchain data shows that a majority of the top entrants used offshore exchanges barred to U.S. residents. An analysis by Bloomberg revealed that 19 of the top 25 wallets, and more than half of the top 220, are almost certainly owned by individuals operating outside the U.S.
The competition drew an estimated $148 million in purchases from supporters around the world, a massive fundraising haul for a digital asset launched just months ago. Among those attending is Justin Sun, the Chinese-born founder of the TRON blockchain, who confirmed this week that he is the contest’s top-ranked investor.
At current prices, Sun’s stake in $TRUMP is now worth more than $20 million. Sun was also one of the first major backers of World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s crypto venture, buying at least $75 million of its native token “WLFI.”
In 2023, U.S. regulators accused Sun of illegally selling unregistered securities and artificially inflating token prices. A month into Trump’s second White House term, a federal court filing showed the SEC was in settlement talks with Sun to resolve the civil fraud charges.
Final leaderboard
MemeCore, a Singapore-based crypto network that was vocal in its quest to secure a spot at the Trump dinner, landed in second place with an investment of around $19.7 million, according to a post on X that the company later deleted. MemeCore didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Some buyers didn’t make the cut.
Freight Technologies, a Houston-based logistics company, said it spent $2 million on $TRUMP tokens as part of what it called a strategic push to “champion fair and free trade” across the U.S.-Mexico border. The company still finished in 250th place. Freight trades on the Nasdaq as a penny stock and has a market cap of about $6.5 million.
The final leaderboard was calculated using a time-weighted formula that factored in both the size and duration of each participant’s holdings. That means early buyers who held onto their tokens consistently, like Pinto, could outrank bigger last-minute spenders.
Investors in $TRUMP, like with other meme coins, have to be prepared for big ups and downs.
Immediately after its launch in January, the Trump coin spiked to a $15 billion market cap before crashing within days. It’s currently worth about $2.1 billion.
That volatility has created stark winners and losers. Blockchain data shows that more than $5.2 billion in profits flowed to the top wallets, while over 590,000 wallets — mostly small retail traders — collectively lost nearly $4 billion.
Since January, more than $324 million in trading fees have been routed to wallets tied to the project’s creators, according to Chainalysis. The token’s code automatically directs a cut of each transaction to these addresses, allowing the team to profit from ongoing activity. The blockchain analytics firm stopped tracking the president’s meme token about two weeks ago, citing a need to refocus resources on paying clients.
The Trump family has reaped enormous financial benefit. Roughly 75% of proceeds from World Liberty Financial and more than 80% of profits from the meme coin have gone directly to the Trump Organization and affiliated entities. The project has also generated hundreds of millions of dollars in trading fees.
Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., has introduced legislation that would ban sitting presidents from profiting off meme coins while in office.
In a press conference hours before the dinner, Murphy warned that “just because the corruption is playing out in public where everybody can see, it doesn’t mean that it isn’t rampant, rapacious corruption.” He called tonight’s event “maybe the most corrupt, of all of the corruption.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., went further, describing the gathering as “an orgy of corruption” and accusing Trump of using the presidency “to make himself richer through crypto.” She called for changes to the GENIUS Act that would bar any president from profiting off stablecoin ventures.
With Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress, Democrats have limited ability to force action.
In response to CNBC’s questions about the dinner, Deputy White House Press Secretary Anna Kelly said, “The president is working to secure good deals for the American people, not for himself,” adding that he “only acts in the best interests of the American public.”
Pinto, who paid $500,000 for his invitation and still holds most of his tokens, said the risk is worth it.
“I didn’t put in more than I’m willing to lose,” he said. “I’m fine if it goes to zero.”
California and 16 other states have sued the government for illegally withholding $5 billion in funds that Congress earmarked for EV charging, calling the action “another trump gift to China.”
Update, May 22: After the initial lawsuit was filed on May 7th, a number of nonprofits including Sierra Club, Earthjustice, NRDC, Southern Environmental Law Center, and Plug in America joined the lawsuit today. Also, the Government Accountability Office determined today that the seizure of funds was illegal.
The federal NEVI (National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure) program was established by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), otherwise known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, pushed for and signed by President Joe Biden.
Among other things, the IIJA dedicated $5 billion in funding to expanding EV chargers, in order to give more Americans access to EV ownership, and allow them to unlock the fuel cost and health savings that EV owners, and communities with high EV penetration, enjoy.
The NEVI program was even the main driver of Tesla opening up its charging port and creating the NACS standard, due to the law’s requirement that federal funding can only go to charging stations that have open access to multiple brands of vehicle. Tesla’s Superchargers used to be open only to Teslas, but after this law passed, Tesla started opening them up to other brands.
So, NEVI is a great program, and it’s helping Americans to save on fuel and maintenance costs, reducing barriers to charging, and making the world cleaner for everyone who breathes air.
So of course, the enemy of America currently occupying the White House (despite there being a clear Constitutional remedy for this crisis) opposes it.
In February, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), at the behest of convicted felon Donald Trump, froze funding for the NEVI program, even though that funding was already allocated by Congress for this purpose. Who knew a felon would break the law?
Now, states are pushing back against the illegal funding freeze, as 17 states, led by California, Colorado and Washington, are suing the FHWA to free up the funds that were allocated to them. Joining the lawsuit are Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Vermont, and the District of Columbia.
Among those arguments is something we’ve mentioned manytimeshereonElectrek: that republican efforts to diminish the US EV industry are a “gift to China,” who have well and truly taken the lead in the global EV industry, and other countries – particularly the US – are just not doing enough to keep up.
When America retreats, China wins.
President Trump’s illegal action withholding funds for electric vehicle infrastructure is yet another Trump gift to China – ceding American innovation and killing thousands of jobs.
Instead of hawking Teslas on the White House lawn, President Trump could actually help Elon – and the nation – by following the law and releasing this bipartisan funding.
Oddly, despite Mr. Trump’s clear opposition to the well-being of Americans, and particularly to the well-being of the American auto industry, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, perhaps America’s most high-profile auto CEO, donated hundreds of millions of dollars to this anti-EV candidate. He has used tortured logic to claim that raising the price of his products by $7,500 relative to the competition won’t hurt his business, but that’s just wrong.
Pausing that funding not only puts charger plans into chaos (something Musk is no stranger to), it also means that Tesla can’t use money that it created an entire charging standard just to get a piece of. And it’s not the only time the squatter in the White House has made EV charging harder, as he previously tore out 8,000 paid-for EV chargers, causing waste and higher fuel costs for government vehicles simply out of his seemingly infinite spite for the country which he’s currently illegally running into the ground.
The lawsuit requests that a court stop Mr. Trump’s illegal actions and permanently halt the FHWA from withholding these funds.
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