QuietKat Lynx e-bike $800 off, Jackery power stations from $154, Gotrax e-scooters, more
Cyber Monday is wrapping up the holiday shopping season with a fresh batch of green deals that’ll also save you some green. Jackery’s latest sale is now live and taking up to 50% off an assortment of its popular portable power stations – like the Explorer 2000 PRO at $1,199. It comes joined by QuietKat’s stylish Lynx e-bike at $800 off, as well as Gotrax’s Eclipse Ultra electric scooter at $679.
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.
Jackery’s Cyber Monday takes up to 50% off
Cyber Monday deals are live, with Amazon offering up to 50% off on a collection of Jackery power stations and up to 45% off on bundles of power stations, expandable batteries, and solar panels. One of the standout deals here is the Explorer 2000 PRO Portable Power Station for $1,199 shipped. Down from its $1,899 price tag, this discount amounts to 37% off the going rate, giving you $700 in savings and marking a new all-time low. You can also find the same power station bundled with two 200W solar panels for $2,259, down from $3,299, giving you $1,040 in savings. You’ll find a full rundown of the biggest deals below the fold, but you can shop all of the savings right here, too.
- Explorer 240, 240Wh capacity: $154 (Reg. $240)
- Explorer 700 Plus, 681Wh capacity: $399 (Reg. $799)
- Explorer 1000, 1,002Wh capacity: $649 (Reg. $1,099)
- Explorer 1500 Pro, 1,512Wh capacity: $899 (Reg. $1,699)
- Explorer 2000 Pro, 2,160Wh capacity: $1,199 (Reg. $1,899)
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QuietKat’s Lynx e-bike matches stylish form with 63-mile range function
We’ve seen tons of e-bike deals in the week building up to Cyber Monday, but the QuietKat Lynx still manages to stand out with its motorbike design. It’s also now on sale at Best Buy, dropping the e-bike down to $3,599.10 shipped. This is $400 off the usual $3,999 price tag and marks one of the first chances to save. There’s also something extra for my Best Buy members, as paid subscribers can lock in an additional $400 in savings to drop the price to an even lower $3,199 all-time low. We previously took a look at what to expect from the Lynx over at Electrek.
If your average e-bike just isn’t cool enough for you to make the switch to something more environmentally-friendly, the QuietKat’s Lynx should challenge that notion with a motorbike-style design. There’s a full-suspension frame that steals the show, as well as heftier treads than your usual commuter alternative. Form factor aside, it features some pretty impressive specs, like a 63-mile range with 28 MPH top speeds. The Class 3 e-bike has a 1,000W mid-drive motor with a Tektro two-piston hydraulic disc brake display. An integrated headlight means you can ride in low-light conditions, and the different modes ensure you can traverse more than just city streets.
Gotrax’s Eclipse Ultra electric scooter drops to new $679 low
Cyber Monday deals have arrived, with Amazon taking up to 30% off Gotrax’s line of electric scooters, hoverboards, and e-bikes. There are options for all ages here, with one of the standouts being the Gotrax Eclipse Ultra Electric Scooter for $679.15 shipped. Down from its regular $850 price tag, this scooter has only dropped as low as $719 with previous discounts. Today’s deal gives you $171 in savings off the going rate and marks a new all-time low. You can head below to learn more about this scooter, as well as browse our rundown of the best Gotrax deals for this annual event.
The Eclipse Ultra is centered around a 48V battery and 500W motor that can reach speeds of 20 MPH with its two gear options, as well as carry you up to 32 miles on a single charge. Comfort and stability are provided by the equipped 10-inch pneumatic tires alongside the front and rear dual suspension. Its front and rear double disc brake lever, in combination with its EABS brake, ensures the riders’ safety. Likewise, its bright front headlights and flashing red taillights when braking ensure a safer ride at night. This model also includes an electric code lock to protect the scooter from theft, as well as a rear shelf to store helmets, packages, shopping items, backpacks, and more.
Cyber Monday e-bike discounts
- REI Co-op Cycles e1.2 e-bike: $1,500 (Reg. $1,899)
- Schwinn Mendocino Cruiser e-bike: $900 (Reg. $1,248)
- NIU BQi-C3 Pro: $1,300 (Reg. $2,200)
- Aventon Sinch Step-Through: $1,499 (Reg. $1,799)
- GoTrax Z4 Pro: $1,000 (Reg. $1,100)
- Aventon Soltera 7-Speed: $1,200 (Reg. $1,400)
Other 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.
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Elon wants the US military to start buying Tesla Cybertrucks – and now they are! The Air Force has ordered two Cybertruck testers for target practice to determine how easy they are to blow up, while Jo makes up a whole new conspiracy theory on today’s explosive episode of Quick Charge!
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An it doesn’t stop there. We’ve also got exciting new home battery backup and V2X options for Tesla owners, and one Texas EV driver that decided to conquer the Texas floodwaters by harnessing the awesome combined powers of electrons and stupidity (it’s pretty awesome).
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Tesla’s Dojo supercomputer project is reportedly over. Bloomberg reports that CEO Elon Musk is killing the project after a mass exodus of talent from the Dojo team to a competing startup.
Dojo was the name of Tesla’s in-house AI chip development to create supercomputers to train its AI models for self-driving.
Tesla hired a bunch of top chip architects and tried to develop better AI accelerator chips to rely less on companies like NVIDIA, AMD, and others.
It has been running into delays for years.
We previously reported on significant setbacks. In 2018, Jim Keller, the famed chip architect who was first hired to lead Tesla’s chip-making effort, left the company.
Ganesh Venkataramanan succeeded him, but he left Tesla in 2023.
For the last few years, Peter Bannon, who worked with Keller for years, has been leading Tesla’s chip-making programs, but he is now reportedly also leaving the automaker.
Bloomberg reports that Musk has “ordered the effort to be shut down.”:
Peter Bannon, who was heading up Dojo, is leaving and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has ordered the effort to be shut down, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing internal matters. The team has lost about 20 workers recently to newly formed DensityAI, and remaining Dojo workers are being reassigned to other data center and compute projects within Tesla, the people said.
DensityAI is a new startup currently in stealth mode, founded by several former Tesla employees, including Venkataramanan.
It reportedly plans to build chips for AI data centers and robots, much like the Dojo program.
The company recently hired 20 former Tesla employees who worked on Dojo.
While the program appeared to be lagging behind for years as Tesla increasingly bought more compute power from NVIDIA, Musk has been claiming progress.
The CEO said in June:
Tesla Dojo AI training computer making progress. We start bringing Dojo 2 online later this year. It takes three major iterations for a new technology to be great. Dojo 2 is good, but Dojo 3 will be great.
During Tesla’s quarterly conference call in late July, the CEO claimed that Dojo 2 will be “operating at scale sometime next year.”
Electrek’s Take
It’s unclear whether the report is accurate or if it’s an extrapolation from the talent exodus to Elon killing Dojo, or if Elon was lying just a few weeks ago.
Alternatively, this development may be so recent that Elon went from being confident in Dojo a few weeks ago to disbanding the team working on it now.
Either way, I think it’s clear that the project has been lagging, and Tesla has been extremely dependent on chip suppliers rather than making its own.
I think Dojo being likely dead is not a big loss for Tesla.
When it comes to chip making, developing its own inference compute for onboard “AI computers” was always the more important project.
TSMC is set to produce Tesla’s new AI5 chip, which is coming soon, and we have recently learned that Samsung will be manufacturing its AI6 chip.
I think the bigger concern from this report is that it’s the latest example of an ongoing exodus of talent at Tesla.
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Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., listens during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, on Friday, June 4, 2021.
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Block shares jumped in extended trading on Thursday after the fintech company increased its forecast for the year.
Here is how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus estimates from LSEG.
- Earnings per share: 62 cents adjusted vs. 69 cents expected
Block doesn’t report a revenue figure, but said gross profit rose 14% from a year earlier to $2.54 billion, beating analysts’ estimates of $2.46 billion for the quarter. Gross payment volume increased 10% to $64.25 billion.
Block raised its guidance for full-year gross profit to $10.17 billion, representing 14% growth from a year earlier. In its prior earnings report, Block said gross profit for the year would come in at $9.96 billion.
The company expects full-year adjusted operating income of $2.03 billion, or a 20% margin. For the third quarter, the company expects gross profit to grow 16% from a year ago to $2.6 billion, with an operating margin of 18%.
Square payment volume in the quarter grew 10% from a year earlier.
Block faces growing competition from rivals such as Toast and Fiserv‘s Clover, though its Square business still gained share during the quarter in areas such as retail and food and beverage.
Block shares were down 10% this year as of Thursday’s close, while the Nasdaq is up 10%. Last month, Block was added to the S&P 500.
— CNBC’s Robert Hum contributed to this report.
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