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We have exclusive discounts leading today’s Green Deals, with up to $2,377 savings available for our readers on Bluetti’s new Apex 300 Portable Power Station and its bundles starting from $1,529. We also have Lectric’s Endless Summer Sale that is taking up to $720 off its e-bike bundles, like the largest package to date on the brand’s XPress 750 Long-Range Commuter e-bikes that are getting $424 in FREE gear at $1,299, among all the other models. From there, we’ve got Aiper’s latest IrriSense Smart Sprinkler Irrigation System back at a second-ever $500 low, as well as a new low price on a Greenworks commercial-grade chainsaw, a compact Solo Stove fire pit, and two one-day only tool deals waiting for you below. Plus, there are all the hangover deals collected at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s Anker SOLIX Fan Fest Sale – now with bonus 5% savings – 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.

Save up to an exclusive $2,377 on Bluetti’s new expansive Apex 300 power station and bundles starting from $1,529

Bluetti is having an Anniversary Power Week Sale that is taking up to 53% off power stations, but it’s getting all the better for our readers who want to score the brand’s new Apex 300 power station or its bundles thanks to exclusive codes we’ve been provided. Things start with Bluetti’s base Apex 300 Portable Power Station at $1,529.10 shipped, after using the exclusive code 9TO5TOYS10F at checkout. This all-new backup solution only just hit the market last month with a $2,399 full price, which we saw dropped to $1,599 in launch savings, which dropped lower to $1,439 with exclusive discounts. It’s starting off this sale at $1,699, with the exclusive code providing $870 in total savings to land it at the second-best price we have tracked, if you missed out on the lower launch deals. Head below to learn more about this new model and browse the entire lineup of deals we’re seeing in this sale.

Before I go over the Bluetti Apex 300 station’s capabilities, I wanted to point out the bonus promotions we’re seeing during this sale. For this new model and its bundles below, members will score 3x Bluetti Bucks that can be used later to gain additional discounts and rewards. The entire sale also has some free gifts once your order reaches certain pricing thresholds, with $2,000 to $2,999 orders getting a free K5 Power Bank, $3,000 to $3,999 orders getting a free Handsfree 1 power station, and $4,000+ orders get a free Handsfree 2 power station.

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The new Bluetti Apex 300 power station is a beast of a backup power companion, starting with its 2,764.8Wh LiFePO4 capacity (which is rated for a 17-year lifespan by the brand) that can be expanded with further investments up to a monstrous 58kWh. It provides some serious output power too, starting at up to a steady 3,840W that surges to 7,680W and can expand with your setup to provide up to 11.52kW. What’s more, it has quite the UPS switchover time of 0ms whenever power goes out and you have devices/appliances/more connected.

It boasts a robust array of 13 output ports to cover your device/appliance connection needs, as well as the usual in-app smart controls you’d expect. Not only does it support passthrough charging (with a particular focus on generators), but it comes with a solid lineup of recharging methods for its own battery. You can plug it into a standard AC outlet, which can have it to 80% in 45 minutes with its Turbo mode activated, as well as use your car’s auxiliary port, connect a generator, or reach up to its max 2,400W solar input.

***Note: Make sure to use the exclusive code 9TO5TOYS10F at checkout to score these prices.

Bluetti’s Power Week Apex 300 power station deals:

You can browse the entire Bluetti Anniversary Power Week Sale on its main landing page here.

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Lectric’s Endless Summer Sale offers $424 in FREE gear with the 60-mile XPress 750 commuter e-bikes at $1,299, more

Lectric has launched its Endless Summer Sale that is offering up to $720 in savings on its lineup of e-bike bundles, which includes the ongoing $500 price cut on the ONE Premium commuter e-bike. Among the group, we spotted a notably large bundle being given to Lectric’s XPress 750 Long-Range Commuter e-bikes that are getting $424 in FREE gear at $1,299 shipped, in both its step-thru and step-over designs. This package would normally run you $1,723 without the bundle savings, which beats out all the bundles we’ve seen before that only ever amounted up to $410 in gear. Along with the e-bike (which is one of my favorite commuters over the years), you’ll be getting a rear cargo rack, fenders to go over both tires, an Elite headlight upgrade, a suspension seat post, two adjustable rear-view mirrors, and an accordion-style folding bike lock. Head below for more on this e-bike’s capabilities and the other deals we’re seeing while the sale lasts.

If you want to learn more about this e-bikes capabilities, or check out the full lineup of e-bike deals, be sure to check out our full coverage of this sale here.

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Aiper’s IrriSense smart irrigation system brings far-reaching, app-controlled functionality to your yard at its $500 low

By way of its official Amazon storefront, Aiper is offering a second chance to pick up its latest IrriSense Smart Sprinkler Irrigation System for $499.99 shipped, after clipping the on-page $200 off coupon, which matches the price we’re seeing directly from the brand’s website. It’s only been on the market since May, with it normally going for $700 outside of discounts, of which things have mostly dropped down to $600, except for the first-time fall to $500 we saw mid-August. Now that low price is coming back for round two, as $200 is cut from the tag for the best price we have tracked.

If you want to learn more about this new device’s capabilities, be sure to check out our original coverage of this sale here.

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Save $202 on commercial-grade cutting power with Greenworks’ 82V 16-inch cordless chainsaw at a new $198 low

Amazon is now offering the best price yet on the Greenworks 82V Commercial-Grade 16-inch Cordless Chainsaw with a 4.0Ah battery and dual-port rapid charger at $198.11 shipped. This newer model has only been on the market since February and ranges between $300 and $400 on average, with regular periods spent down at the former. While there have been a few discounts under that rate, we’ve recently seen it cascading down in price since late August, with the 50% markdown here cutting $202 off the tag for the best new price we have tracked.

If you want to learn more about this electric chainsaw, be sure to check out our original coverage of this deal here.

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Enhance at-home or campsite outdoor gatherings with Solo Stove’s Mesa XL tabletop fire pit at $76

Through its official Amazon storefront, Solo Stove is offering its Mesa XL Tabletop Fire Pit for $76.40 shipped. This compact model usually runs for $120 outside of discounts, which we’ve mostly seen keeping the costs between $80 and $96 throughout the year, save for the one-time drop to the $76 low that popped up for a short period in late August. It’s coming in today within $1 of that low price, with the deal here cutting $44 off the tag for the next-best rate we have tracked.

If you want to learn more about this compact fire pit, be sure to check out our original coverage of this deal here.

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Make up to 160 cuts with Worx’s Nitro 20V 5-inch mini chainsaw at its $100 annual low (Today only)

As part of its Deals of the Day, Best Buy is offering the Worx Nitro 20V 5-inch Cordless Mini Chainsaw at $99.99 shipped, which beats out the current Amazon pricing by $48. This handy tool would normally run you $150 at full price, which we’ve mostly seen dropping to $109, with occasional dips lower to $100 and the $99 low. While we haven’t seen that low price again since Christmas sales, you’re looking at the next-best rate here for the rest of the day only, cutting $50 off the tag to land $1 above that low.

If you want to learn more about this mini chainsaw, be sure to check out our original coverage of this one-day-only deal here.

man cleaning edges of driveway with greenworks 80V 17-inch string trimmer

For the rest of the day snag Greenworks’ 80V 17-inch cordless string trimmer at $180

As part of its Deals of the Day, Best Buy is offering the Greenworks 80V 17-inch Cordless String Trimmer with 2.0Ah battery at $179.99 shipped, which you’ll only find in a renewed condition directly from the brand’s website right now, matching the price of this brand-new model, while it’s unavailable on Amazon. It normally goes for $250 at full price, which has mostly been taken down to this same rate, save for the one-time fall to its $171 low we spotted at the top of August. You’re getting the next-best price here for the rest of the day though, which saves you $70 and lands just $9 higher than its lowest tracked rate.

If you want to learn more about this string trimmer, be sure to check out our original coverage of this one-day-only deal here.

Best Summer EV deals!

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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Get EV questions answered or test drive one at Drive Electric Month, in your area

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2024 Drive Electric Week EV parade in Wenatchee, WA. Photo: Julie Banken

Drive Electric Month kicks off this week with nearly 200 online and in-person events celebrating electric vehicles over the course of the next month. Events will be held for the next several weekends all across the US, plus a few in Canada and one in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Drive Electric Month is an annual event organized by Plug In America, the Electric Vehicle Association, EVHybridNoire, Drive Electric USA, and the Sierra Club. This is the event’s 15th year. It started in the US as National Drive Electric Week, but for the last few years, some events have been hosted in other countries as well, and now the event has expanded to cover most of the month of September, with a few events in October as well.

These events are an opportunity for prospective EV buyers to talk directly with EV owners about the experience of owning an electric car, and EV owners to network with each other and share tips. The dealership experience is not ideal for many EV shoppers, so unfiltered conversations with EV owners can be a great way to learn.

Each event is organized by local EV advocates, and they range in size from small parking lot meetups and local EV parades to large festivals with lots of booths from nearby car dealers and green businesses. Many events have live music, family-friendly activities, food trucks and the like.

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A map showing 2025’s events

Drive Electric Month has a map and list of events happening over the course of the month. Most events are in-person, but there are some webinar-style online events that you can attend to hear about various topics related to electric vehicles if you can’t get to any local evels. You can also search for events near you.

Be sure to click through to each individual event’s page to see what your local events will look like, what types of EVs might be in attendance, and register your interest.

Here’s a sample of some of the events happening over the course of the month:

  • Oregon Electric Vehicle Association (OEVA) Test Drive & Information Expo in Portland, Oregon on September 13, 10am-4pm: Along with the standard test drives and car displays, this event will have a number of gas to electric conversions and antique EVs on display. It’s happening at the Daimler Truck North America headquarters, and some of the space will be used for seminars and presentations.
  • Drive Electric Month Oahu in Aiea, Hawaii on September 13, 10am-2pm: The largest Hawaiian event is just outside of Honolulu, but there are events on four Hawaiian islands this year, with the others in Lihue on Kauai on Sep13, Hilo on the Big Island on Sep27, and Kahului on Maui on Oct11.
DIY conversions are one of the more fun things to see at these events. Image from OEVA/Plug In America
  • Mesa EV Ride & Drive in Mesa, Arizona on September 20, 8am-12pm: A veteran group of organizers is bringing the EV experience to Mesa Community College on Saturday, Sept. 20. People can test drive a variety of models, talk to real owners and learn how and where to charge. 
  • Jimmy Buffett Son of a Sailor Festival in Mobile, Alabama on September 20, 2pm-7pm: There will be EV displays at this festival which celebrates Jimmy Buffett and Gulf Coast culture. The free festival features live music, local restaurants, parrot-head costume contests and EV drivers who can answer all your questions about driving electric. 
  • Electric Avenue at the Downtown Car Show in Grand Junction, Colorado on September 20, 9am-3pm: At the 23rd annual downtown car show, EVs will have their own block. Spectators will visit with drivers and can participate in a friendly competition for great prizes. 
Knoxville’s event is one of the largest, with 75 cars registered so far. Image from Tennessee Clean Fuels
  • Knoxville Drive Electric Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee on September 27, 10am-3pm: This event bills itself as the largest NDEM event in the Southeast. Along with EV displays and ride-and-drive, the live music stage will be powered by a Ford F-150 Lightning using its vehicle-to-load capabilities.
  • Plug In America Ride and Drive at Space Coast Pride Parade & Festival in Melbourne, Florida on September 27, 12pm-4pm: Plug In America itself is hosting a ride-and-drive at the Space Coast Pride Parade & Festival on Saturday, Sept. 27. The public can test drive EVs from different manufacturers, engage with local EV owners and ask questions of the organization’s EV experts.
2023 NDEW Waterloo Ontario. Photo: Ian Darwin

Not all the events are large or hosted in big cities. There are also smaller events happening in town centers, church parking lots, and so on, often with just a handful of EV owners who are typically happy to stand around and have a frank discussion with members of the public about what it’s like to own an EV, or to network with other local EV owners.

Events aren’t just in big cities. Here’s one in rural Shenandoah Junction, WV. Photo: Robert Fernatt, West Virginia Electric Auto Association

Many of these events are happening in conjunction with Sun Day, a global day of action calling for a sun-powered planet on September 21 this year. These events will focus on how solar has become a drastically cheaper form of energy, and highlight ways that everyone can benefit from more solar and by electrifying whatever uses energy in our lives – whether that be vehicles, appliances, etc.

On that front, one notable Drive Electric/Sun Day event will be in Whittier, CA on Sep. 20th (not the 21st) from 11am-3pm, with test drives, an electrified home tour, and an eco scavenger hunt. It’s being organized by one of the original founders of National Drive Electric Week, so expect to see some EV oldtimers at this one.

If you’d like to attend any of these events, either to show your vehicle, to volunteer to help run the event, or just to show up and look around, you can check out the list of events, then go to each event’s page to find more information. Remember to click the “RSVP” or “Volunteer” links near the top to register your interest (or register at the links mentioned in the event description).

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Tesla discontinues cheapest Cybertruck, no one wanted it

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Tesla has discontinued the cheapest version of the Cybertruck just a few months after launching it.

No one wanted the gutted electric truck.

There’s no hiding it. The Cybertruck is a commercial flop.

Tesla claimed to have over 1 million reservations for the vehicle. It planned for a production capacity of up to 250,000 units per year, and CEO Elon Musk even said that he believes it could increase to 500,000 units per year.

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Meanwhile, Tesla is currently selling the Cybertruck at a rate of roughly 20,000 units per year.

The primary reason for the significantly lower-than-anticipated sales is that Tesla launched the Cybertruck at a higher price and with worse specifications than initially announced.

To address this, Tesla introduced a more affordable version of the electric pickup truck, the Cybertruck rear-wheel-drive, in April 2025.

Instead of starting at $80,000, like the Cybertruck AWD, the Cybertruck RWD started at $70,000.

However, it was an even worse deal because Tesla had essentially stripped the vehicle of its most valuable features, including active air suspension, a motorized tonneau cover, and even the power outlets in the bed, in addition to removing a motor.

Less than 5 months after launching the new vehicle, Tesla has discontinued the Cybertruck RWD.

The automaker updated the Cybertruck’s online configurator to remove the option:

Tesla hasn’t replaced the variant with a new one. It just stopped taking orders.

Electrek’s Take

I don’t know of anyone who ordered this. It was such a bad deal. There’s already only a small pool of potential Cybertruck buyers, but none of them want to lose all those essential features for $10,000.

Where does the Cybertruck go from there? Does Tesla keep the vehicle program at just ~20,000 units per year?

I think they may try to do an upgrade next year to bring it closer to what they originally promised and see if there’s more demand as a result.


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OpenAI’s spending spree is powering the tech industry. Oracle is the latest winner

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to members of the media as he arrives at a lodge for the Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho.

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Oracle‘s historic stock surge this week marked the latest chapter in the story of a single private company that’s dominated the tech landscape for almost three years: OpenAI.

In Oracle’s blowout earnings report, OpenAI was a key catalyst due to a massive amount of money the artificial intelligence startup expects to spend on cloud computing technology in the coming years.

It’s becoming a familiar theme.

A week earlier, Broadcom shares popped almost 10% after the chipmaker and software vendor said it forged a $10 billion deal to build custom processors for a customer that analysts said was OpenAI.

Among tech’s megacaps, Microsoft has the closest link to OpenAI, having invested more than $13 billion in the company and serving as its key cloud partner for six years. Nvidia’s march to becoming the world’s most valuable company is intimately tied to OpenAI, as its graphics processing units (GPUs) sit at the heart of large language model development and are essential for running big AI workloads.

Those four companies alone — Oracle, Broadcom, Microsoft and Nvidia — have seen their combined market caps swell by over $4.5 trillion since OpenAI burst into public view with the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022. And those gains are a big reason why the Nasdaq and S&P 500 have sustained sharp rallies, with both benchmarks closing at a record on Friday.

OpenAI’s outsized influence has some market experts understandably concerned. It remains a cash-burning startup that’s governed by a nonprofit parent.

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The company’s $500 billion valuation is supported by a small number of investors betting that OpenAI will prevail in the face of hefty competition from the likes of Meta and Google as well as other highly-valued newcomers like Anthropic and any number of players out of China.

“While we love ChatGPT, OpenAI is still a not for profit limited in its ability to raise capital,” said Gil Luria, an analyst at D.A. Davidson, in an interview with CNBC.

Luria, who recommends holding Oracle shares, dug into the company’s numbers as the stock was in the midst of a 36% jump on Wednesday, its biggest gain since 1992.

In its quarterly earnings report late Tuesday, Oracle said it signed four multibillion-dollar contracts with three different customers during the period. One of those was with OpenAI, which said previously that it agreed to develop 4.5 gigawatts of U.S. data center capacity with Oracle.

Investors knew, based on a filing with the SEC in June, that Oracle signed a $30 billion cloud contract with an unnamed company that’s set to begin in two years. CNBC confirmed a Wall Street Journal report from Wednesday that OpenAI has agreed to spend $300 billion in computing power over about five years, starting in 2027.

In the two trading days after its historic pop, Oracle’s stock retreated, dropping more than 6% on Thursday and another 5% on Friday, as other investors began sharing Luria’s concerns.

The new revelations about OpenAI’s massive cloud commitment provided a clearer sense of Oracle’s expanding backlog. Oracle said its performance obligations, a measure of contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, surged 359% from a year earlier to to $455 billion.

Luria said the concentration of Oracle’s backlog with a single customer “significantly reduces” enthusiasm, particularly if “more than 90% came from OpenAI.”

Oracle didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Altman’s open wallet

OpenAI has made big commitments to several other cloud providers, including CoreWeave and Google, and reportedly plans to put $19 billion toward Stargate, a project President Donald Trump announced in January to bolster AI infrastructure investments in the U.S. Stargate is a joint venture between OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank, which is separately leading a planned $40 billion investment in OpenAI.

Luria said the takeaway is that “Sam Altman has the gumption to sign very large checks without needing to worry about whether those can ever be cashed.”

OpenAI declined to comment.

While OpenAI will be losing money for the foreseeable future, the company is expecting revenue growth to continue at a breakneck pace. After hitting $10 billion in annual recurring revenue in June, OpenAI is on pace for that number to reach $125 billion by 2029, CNBC confirmed.

And on Thursday, OpenAI got a step closer to formalizing its transition to a for-profit entity. The company said its nonprofit parent will continue to have oversight over the business and will own an equity stake of more than $100 billion as the commercial entity becomes a public benefit corporation.

OpenAI needs the restructuring to take place by year-end in order to secure the entirety of the $40 billion from its latest financing round.

For Oracle, the massive increase in OpenAI spending has landed the company within shouting distance of the trillion-dollar club, which currently includes eight tech peers. Oracle’s market cap climbed to about $930 billion on Wednesday before retreating to $830 billion to close the week.

Byron Deeter, a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, told CNBC’s “Money Movers” that he’s still skeptical of Oracle’s prospects in AI. The company has spent years trying to play catchup in cloud infrastructure, where it trails Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

Deeter said Oracle remains a “B-level hyperscaler” without meaningful positions in AI software or chips.

“Two days ago, we all thought Oracle was essentially nowhere in AI,” Deeter said, following the earnings report. “They announce this mega-deal, people think they’re the next great hyperscaler – and I don’t buy that part.”

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