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Leading today’s Green Deals is Rad Power’s Father’s Day Sale, which is taking up to $600 off e-bikes, like the Dad-approved RadRover 6 Plus Step-Thru Fat Tire e-bike for $1,399. EcoFlow has also launched 72-hour flash savings from its June Disaster Sale on three add-on units, like the Home Backup Kit, which is getting a rare discount to $349, along with two expansion battery bundle offers. We also have two lawn care solution deals that offer 2-in-1 functionality, with the Greenworks 24V 10-inch Cordless Pole Saw and Pole Hedge Trimmer Combo at its $200 low, while the Worx GT3.0 20V String Trimmer/Edger comes with two batteries for $94. Lastly, to help with your summer home prep, there’s Camplux’s 18W Tankless Electric Water Heater at $260, as well as alternate-sized models. Plus, there’s all the rest of the hangover Green Deals in the links at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s exclusive new low prices on the Anker SOLIX EverFrost 2 58L electric cooler bundles, 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.

Cruise for adventure on Rad Power’s RadRover 6 Plus e-bike at $1,399 ($200 off) in Father’s Day Sale

Rad Power has launched its Father’s Day Sale running through June 25 with up to $600 currently being taken off e-bike price tags. We’re seeing several notable returning models that haven’t been featured in these sales for a while, like the popular RadRover 6 Plus Step-Thru Fat Tire e-bike that is down at $1,399 shipped. You’d normally be paying $1,599 at full price for this model, with the $200 price cut here only having been beaten out by its $1,299 pricing from September 2024, and the $1,199 low we briefly saw at the top of 2025. You’re otherwise looking at the best rate we’ve tracked in the new year, which gives you a solid multi-terrain commuter, which I have loved riding every time I visit my parents.

The RadRover 6 Plus e-bike is a great option for Dads everywhere, with my own having been loving his since picking it up at the top of 2024 (though it is the discontinued high-step model), mostly as his alternative way to get around when going camping (especially with him having gone all-out with the add-on accessories). It comes equipped with a 750W brushless geared hub motor powered by the semi-integrated 672Wh battery, which supports you with five PAS levels for up to 45+ miles at 20 MPH top speeds. Of course, if you’re looking at shorter commutes or don’t want to manually pedal, there’s always the throttle for electric cruises, but remember that this will lower its travel range.

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It’s a well-balanced ride for those who enjoy on-street and off-road journeys alike, with the fat Kenda Juggernaut puncture-resistant tires able to stand against the swampy terrain of Virginia during my visits with no problem – plus, the electrical system is protected with water-resistant connectors. You’ll also get it arriving stocked with a Shimano 7-speed derailleur, hydraulic brakes, fenders above both tires, an LED headlight and taillight with brake lighting (and auto-on functions for both), and a LCD display.

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EcoFlow drops prices on its Home Backup Kit and expansion battery bundles in 72-hour flash sale from $349

We’re in the final days of EcoFlow’s June Disaster Sale that will be continuing to take up to 55% off power stations through June 8, and the brand is offering a 72-hour flash sale on three add-on units. Things start with the Home Backup Kit for $349 shipped, bringing costs down from its full $399 price tag. This handy add-on tends to not see many discounts, often accompanying power stations in discounted bundles instead. We’re seeing a $50 markdown while this sale lasts, dropping it back to the lowest price we have tracked.

For folks who want to take the next step above just having a power station, with the Home Backup Switch installed, you’ll be able to have the plug-and-play option for home backup. When the grid goes down, this device allows you to cover up to 6 of your home’s breakers to receive power from the station, like your fridge, outlets in main living areas, and more. It comes pre-wired in a metal cabinet casing, but will require a qualified electrician to install.

Our next two offers give you varying expansion batteries for two power stations that work great alongside the above backup switch, with the first being two DELTA Pro 3 Smart Extra Batteries for $3,999 shipped. The brand doesn’t normally offer two of these, except as bundles for the station, with the discounts we have been seeing before today normally costing you $4,398 to pick up both separately. Adding these to your setup increases the DELTA 3 Pro’s capacity by 8,192Wh. You can also pick up two DELTA Pro Ultra Smart Extra Batteries for $4,599 shipped, bringing costs down from their $6,198 tag and coming in $200 under the sale’s initial discounted pricing. With these added to your setup, you’ll gain an additional 12.2kWh added to the DELTA Pro Ultra’s capacity, bumping it closer to its max 90kWh capacity.

Be sure to check out the full lineup of deals we’re seeing while EcoFlow’s June Disaster Sale continues through June 8, especially with us officially having stepped into the beginning of hurricane season.

Greenworks 24V 10-inch cordless pole saw and 20-inch pole trimmer combo

Get a 2-in-1 solution with Greenworks’ 24V 10-inch cordless pole saw and 20-inch pole trimmer combo back at $200 low

Amazon is offering the Greenworks 24V 10-inch Cordless Pole Saw and Pole Hedge Trimmer Combo at $199.99 shipped. Normally priced at $300, discounts before 2025 rolled around took the cost down to $212 at most. However, there has been an increase in savings in the new year, with the price dropping further to the $200 mark, which we’ve seen twice before. That all-time low price is coming back around for a third time today, giving you $100 in savings and equipping you with a handy 2-in-1 pruning/trimming solution.

As a former groundskeeper, summer is a more active time for pruning and trimming branches/shrubbery, and this 2-in-1 combo package from Greenworks is ready to help you tackle it with plenty of reach. The pole saw attachment gives you a 10-inch bar and chain to shorten over-reaching and/or broken branches, with an automatic oiler keeping everything running smoothly. You’ll also be getting the 20-inch pole hedge trimmer attachment too, which sports a pivoting head that has seven varying angles it can set to for an easier time hitting every side of your shrubs and hedges. The kit is rounded out with an included 4.0Ah battery that can be swapped out with any other 24V models for longer jobs.

Worx GT3.0 20V 12-inch cordless string trimmer/edger

Get flexible 2-in-1 functionality with Worx’s GT3.0 20V 12-inch cordless trimmer/edger with two batteries at $94

Amazon is offering the Worx GT3.0 20V 12-inch Cordless PowerShare String Trimmer/Edger with two batteries for $93.98 shipped. Normally running you $136 at full price, discounts over the last year have mostly been taking the cost on this package to $99, though we’ve seen it dip a little lower a few times, today included. You’re looking at a 31% markdown off the going rate here, saving you $42 at the best price we have spotted in 2025, giving you a legacy model that still gets the job done at a much lower price than many counterparts from other brands.

You’re getting a budget-friendly 2-in-1 lawn care solution with Worx’s GT3.0 string trimmer/edger, which the brand claimed at the time of release to be the “most flexible, customizable string trimmer you’ll ever own.” It has a 12-inch cutting swath and comes with a 90-degree pivoting cutting head for jobs on sloped or hard-to-reach areas around the yard, as well as a telescopic shaft and adjustable D-handle to provide comfortable options for different users’ sizes.

It weighs only 5.3 pounds with the battery connected, making it easy for anyone to use, and the cordless design means you don’t have to worry about getting wrapped up in any power cables. As part of Worx’s PowerShare family, the two included batteries are interchangeable with any other tools in the ecosystem that you may have, or you can use other batteries here.

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Update your lake house shower with Camplux’s 18kW tankless electric water heater at $260

Coming at us by way of its official Amazon storefront, Camplux is offering discounts across its line of tankless electric water heaters, with shower times kept plenty steamy through the 18W Tankless Electric Water Heater at $259.98 shipped. This newer generation model dropped down from its original $350 price tag back at the top of 2025 to the $240 low, and has been steadily increasing in price since, with things plateauing recently around $290. While it’s not the lowest we’ve seen, it is a solid opportunity for anyone who missed out on the lower rates we saw earlier in the year, letting you get your home or lake house prepped for the seasonal visits. You’ll be able to add it to your home with $30 off the new going rate at the third-lowest price we have tracked – just $20 from the low.

Nothing beats a nice hot shower, regardless of the month (in my opinion), and it’s that time of the year when folks are noticing places around their homes or vacation houses that need some updating. Camplux’s 18kW unit not only ensures things stay steamy, but its compact form factor ensures far less space is taken up compared to traditional water heaters. You’ll also find various alternate sizes ranging from 8kW to 27kW on the same landing page, depending on your needs.

Once installed, according to Camplux, you won’t have to “wait more than 3 seconds to get plenty of hot water,” with the fast-heating low-consumption heating rods boasting “efficiency up to 99.8% and saving 60% water heating costs for your home.” There are plenty of safety protections built right in, like against overheating, anti-dry heating, water-electricity separation, and more. Do keep in mind though that it requires a minimum 0.66GPM water flow to activate, as well as two double-pole 40A breakers, a wire gauge of 2 x 8 AWG, and a 3/4-inch NPT connection.

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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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Tesla’s ‘more affordable model’ shown in spy shots on Chinese social media

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Tesla's 'more affordable model' shown in spy shots on Chinese social media

The long-promised “more affordable” Tesla model has been spied on Chinese social media, and it’s disappointingly about what we expected: a slightly decontented version of the Model Y.

For many years, Tesla had planned to build a much more affordable vehicle, starting around $25k. This vehicle was nicknamed the “Model 2,” and would have offered the most affordable entry point into the EV market, at least in the West.

But that project was abruptly canceled by Tesla CEO Elon Musk as first reported by Reuters and immediately denied by Musk. Reuters was later shown to be correct in its report, as many who follow Tesla might have expected, given Musk’s constant overpromising (and often outright lies).

In its place, Tesla started offering vague promises about “more affordable models, starting in its Q1 report in April 2024. Tesla later specified that these would enter production in the first half of 2025.

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The language Tesla used suggested that the cheaper vehicles would be “new models,” which means more than one model, and not just based on a current Tesla model. But we reported that this was unlikely to be the case, and that the “new models” would just be a stripped-down Model Y.

That deadline came and went, but on Tesla’s Q2 call last week, it said that “first builds” were produced in June. On the same call, Musk said that the “new affordable model” is… the Model Y.

So, we’ve got confirmation that actual new models aren’t coming – but it does seem like something cheaper is coming down the pipe. And now, from Chinese social media pics of these “first builds,” we know just what kind of decontenting Tesla will do in order to get the cost savings.

Two videos were posted this weekend, on bilibili and weibo. The first was an exterior video by account “极客小猪” (machine translated as “Geek Piglet”). You’ll have to click through if you want to see the whole thing.

Parked side by side with a Juniper Model Y, the two models seem similar in length

It shows the new Model Y as similar in size to the Juniper refreshed model it’s parked next to, though the front and rear are covered by camouflage and it’s hard to tell with perspective of the camera.

As best we can tell from the captions (which isn’t very well), the account seems to think this might be the upcoming larger Model Y L, and the camera perspective in the particular screeenshot above does make it look like the car in the forefront could be slightly longer than the one in the back. But other perspectives show them looking similar in length, and seeing the various missing parts later in the video, we think it’s likely the “more affordable” model.

There are a few holes in the camouflage that give som indication of what might be different, like that the rear light bar from the Juniper might be cut off rather than running across the whole rear of the car. The new one is also missing the “T E S L A” logo across the rear, as can be seen in a little window showing the rear camera.

The video gets a look at the interior of the vehicle, where the seats are covered up. I originally suspected the vehicle might have cloth seats, but the cover seems to have dropped down in the rear, and something leather-like is showing through, so Tesla may still be using its fake leather product to cover the seats.

It also shows that the center console is cut off between the armrest and the screen, using up less material and giving an open space there. This is somewhat similar to the original design of the Model S, which had a large space in front of the center console. We can’t tell from the video if the 2 phone charging mats are still present or not – it looks like the space they’d normally go is there, but the pattern looks different than the current NFC phone chargers.

For another look at the interior, we saw a couple more photos from another Chinese social media account, 42号车库, or “Garage No. 42” on Weibo. These show the steering wheel, front seats, rear and roof a little more clearly. It seems to be of the same car, given the status of the seat covers in the rear.

Two more interior photos, from Garage No. 42

More changes become apparent here: there is no panoramic glass roof on the car, and the rear screen which was added in the Juniper refresh is once again eliminated. But the turn signal stalk, which was eliminated in the Model 3 Highland refresh and returned in a vestigial manner in the Juniper refresh, is (thankfully) still there.

The balance of these changes suggest that a lot of them are just rollbacks of the content which was added to the cars in the Juniper refresh. Interestingly, though, the Juniper refresh did not increase the price of the car significantly. So, rolling back those changes shouldn’t decrease the price of the car all that much either.

But these just show us some of the interior and exterior changes – the model might have other changes as well. From time to time, Tesla has offered cheaper versions of its vehicles either with rear-wheel drive only, to save on the cost of the front motor, or with a smaller or cheaper (e.g. LFP) battery. The new “affordable” Model Y might incorporate those changes too, and be able to get cost down more because of it, but we’ll have to wait for more information on that.

Further, there’s been no indication of a cheaper Model 3 or any actual “new models” yet. Model 3 is a smaller car than the Model Y, and thus could be cheaper – if Tesla is saving a significant amount of money by cutting a little plastic out of a center console, surely cutting hundreds of pounds of aluminum would save even more. We had expected the “more affordable models” to include both a stripped-down Model 3 and Model Y, but per Musk’s comments on the call, we might only be getting a Model Y.

Electrek’s Take

While it’s nice to see a potential lower base price, all of this is disappointing compared to the actual more affordable model that we could have had, the Model 2, which Musk unwisely canceled, instead putting his attention on becoming the largest funder of anti-EV, anti-environment and anti-American forces, and spending effort on spreading climate change disinformation and white supremacist nonsense rather than focusing on the mission of his company.

Maybe it would be nice to have someone in charge who takes the mission of sustainable transport seriously. Which Musk does not, and has in fact acted against with his recent actions.

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Meet the Honda N-ONE e: A small EV with a big personality

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Meet the Honda N-ONE e: A small EV with a big personality

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It may be small in size, but Honda promises the new N-ONE e is fit for a “daily partner” with a flexible interior, ample range to navigate the city, and it can even power up your home..

Honda reveals the new N-ONE e electric car

The N-ONE e is Honda’s second light EV, or “kei car” as they are called in Japan. It’s Honda’s second electric kei car, following the N-VAN e, launched in October 2024.

Although the N-VAN e was mainly for business use, the new N-ONE e is specifically designed as an everyday driver.

Honda said the new EV was “developed in pursuit of the ideal EV” with a unique design, spacious interior layout, and enough driving range for daily travels. The N-ONE e is the electric version of Honda’s retro kei car, the N-ONE, which has been on sale in Japan since 2012.

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It looks about the same as the gas-powered model, but the new EV has a new face with a smoothed-out black grille and two additional charge ports up front.

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Honda N-ONE e electric car (Source: Honda)

Honda boasted that the electric city car has “added the cleanliness that only an EV can offer” with smoothed edges and a new rounded bumper design.

The interior, on the other hand, has been completely revamped from the gas model to maximize space. It includes a decent-sized infotainment screen and a push-button gear selector.

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Honda N-ONE e electric car (Source: Honda)

There’s also plenty of physical buttons for climate control functions and more. To maximize interior space, Honda kept it simple with smart storage options and flexible seating.

Although Honda has yet to reveal specifics, it did say the N-ONE e has achieved a WLTP cruising range of over 270 km (167 miles).

It will likely share parts with the N-VAN e, hinting at a single electric powertrain with up to 63 hp, the limit for kei cars in Japan.

With Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) capabilities, Honda’s new EV can be used as a mobile power source during a natural disaster or power outage. You can also use it to power electronics, a campsite, a worksite, and more on the go.

Honda is opening advanced reservations for the new electric car on Friday, August 31. It’s scheduled to launch in September, around the same time Honda’s “Super EV” for Europe is set to debut.

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LNG stocks jump after European Union agrees to massive U.S. energy purchases

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A view of Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG facility located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, as seen from Port Arthur, Texas, on June 23, 2025.

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Shares of liquified natural gas, or LNG, companies jumped Monday after the European Union agreed to purchase $750 billion of energy from the U.S.

LNG exporters Cheniere and Venture Global were up about 3% and more than 4%, respectively. NextDecade and New Fortress Energy, which build LNG infrastructure, jumped more than 2% and about 3%, respectively.

EU President Ursula von der Leyen said the purchases would help reduce the bloc’s dependence on Russia for natural gas.

“Purchases of US energy products will diversify our sources of supply and contribute to Europe’s energy security,” Von der Leyen said in a statement over the weekend. “We will replace Russian gas and oil with significant purchases of US LNG, oil and nuclear fuels.”

The energy purchases are part of a broader trade deal struck between the EU and the U.S. over the weekend. The deal imposes 15% tariffs on EU exports to the U.S. In addition to the energy purchases, Brussels has agreed to invest $600 billion in the U.S. above current levels.

President Donald Trump said “energy is a very important component” of the deal during a meeting with von der Leyen on Sunday.

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