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Kicking off this week’s Green Deals is Aventon’s updated Labor Day sales which are offering up to $900 in combined savings now, with the brand’s Pace 500.3 Step-Through e-bike getting one of the better deals to $1,599 while also receiving $738 in free gear (including an extra battery for a doubled travel distance). It is joined by AeroGarden’s Harvest Elite 360 Indoor Hydroponic Garden System at $109, as well as dual one-day discounts on Greenworks’ 1,900 PSI Electric Pressure Washer for $120 and the Surface Cleaner Attachment for $23. There’s also an opportunity to grab the Worx 40V Power Share 13-inch Cordless Electric Weed Trimmer and Edger below $150 for the first time in 2024 – plus, all the other hangover Green Deals that are still alive and well, like last week’s Rad Power discount on the RadRover 6 Plus to its new $999 low (ending tomorrow), 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.

Aventon Labor Day sales offer Pace 500.3 Step-Through e-bike with 120-mile range at $1,599 + $738 in free gear

Aventon has increased the deals in its Labor Day sales, now offering up to $900 in combined savings on e-bikes and their bundled packages. The brand’s popular Soltera.2 e-bike is down at the lowest price here for $1,099 shipped, which you can learn more about in our hands-on review over at Electrek, but it’s the Pace 500.3 Step-Through e-bike that is seeing one of the best deals for $1,599 shipped, and also coming along with over $700 in free gear – including a free extra battery! While we saw a few discounts direct from Aventon in the beginning of the year, taking costs as low as $1,399 before June’s tariffs went into effect, the biggest discounts came from Best Buy, where we saw it fall to $1,099 in January and $1,199 in May, albeit without any free gear. Today you’re looking at a solid $200 markdown off its price tag, giving you the third-lowest price we have tracked along with a free extra battery, a suspension seatpost glide, and a portable air pump all valued at $738.

The Pace 500.3 Step-Through e-bike arrives with a 500W rear-hub motor paired alongside a fully integrated 48V battery and four levels of pedal assistance supported by a torque sensor – eco, tour, sport, and turbo. You’ll be cruising around town, your school campus, and beyond at a top speed of 28 MPH for up to 60 miles on a single charge – which is doubled here, thanks to the extra battery, for a massive 120-mile range. Its upright cruiser frame comes with integrated lights that give you turn signal functionality for any rides or commutes in the early morning and later nights. It also sports hydraulic disc brakes, puncture-resistant tires, an 8-speed Shimano derailleur, and an LCD smart “easy read” display with a concealed USB port so you can charge your smartphone and sync up with the Aventon app as you go.

Aventon Labor Day deals:

  • Soltera.2 e-bike: $1,099 (Reg. $1,199)
    • 20 MPH for up to 46 miles
    • with suspension seatpost and portable air pump
  • Sinch.2 Foldable e-bike: $1,499 (Reg. $1,699)
    • 20 MPH for up to 55 miles
    • with suspension seatpost and portable air pump
  • Level.2 Commuter e-bike: $1,699 (Reg. $1,899)
    • 28 MPH for up to 60 miles
    • with suspension seatpost and portable air pump
  • Level.2 Step-Through e-bike: $1,699 (Reg. $1,899)
    • 28 MPH for up to 60 miles
    • with suspension seatpost and portable air pump
  • Aventure.2 All-Terrain e-bike: $1,799 (Reg. $1,999)
    • 28 MPH for up to 60 miles
    • with suspension seatpost, air pump, and a child trailer
  • Aventure.2 Step-Throughe-bike: $1,799 (Reg. $1,999)
    • 28 MPH for up to 60 miles
    • with suspension seatpost, air pump, and a child trailer
  • Abound Cargo e-bike: $1,899 (Reg. $1,999)
    • 20 MPH for up to 50 miles
    • with rear basket, seat pad, handrail, panniers, cargo net, and child trailer
  • Ramblas Electric Mountain Bike: $2,799 (Reg. $2,899)
    • 20 MPH for up to 80 miles
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Fresh herbs are at your fingertips with AeroGarden’s Harvest Elite 360 hydroponic system at $109

Amazon is offering the AeroGarden Harvest Elite 360 Indoor Garden Hydroponic System for $109.26 shipped. Recently going for $159 since it fell from its $180 MSRP at the top of 2024, we saw it close out last year at its $90 low during Black Friday and Christmas sales. It kept above $145 for the first four months of the new year before dropping to $97.50 at the tail-end of April and spending a few months down around $129. After rising back up in price, we’re getting a solid $50 markdown today that drops it down to its fourth-lowest price we have tracked – just $19 above the all-time low from last year.

The cylindrical Harvest Elite 360 gives you the chance to grow your favorite vegetables, herbs, or flowers in water without the mess of soil by using a spacious grow deck and water bowl. It gives you everything you need to grow up to six different live plants at once, up to 12 inches tall – including a 3-ounce bottle of liquid plant food and a Gourmet Herb Seed Pod Kit that will alow you to grow Genovese Basil, Curly Parsley, Dill, Thyme, Thai Basil, and Mint. It features a full spectrum 20W LED grow light that has an automatic on/off timer to mimic natural sunlight “helping plants germinate up to 5x faster than in soil.” It even has a touch-sensitive illuminated digital display control panel that reminds you when to add water and plant food, as well as a vacation mode to keep your plants healthy while you’re out of town.

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Get tag-team one-day deals on Greenworks’ 1,900 PSI Pressure Washer and Surface Cleaner Attachment

Courtesy of its Deals of the Day, Best Buy is offering the Greenworks 1,900 PSI Electric Pressure Washer for $119.99 shipped for the rest of the day. Going for $200 most days, this framed electric pressure washer spent most of 2023 sitting at its MSRP, with occasional discounts dropping costs in the range of $174 and the $120 low. In 2024 we’ve seen drops to its lowest-tracked price every few months, with June being when we last saw this same deal. It’s repeating here again today with a solid $80 markdown and matching its Black Friday and Christmas rates at the lowest price we have seen to date.

Sporting a heavy-duty cast aluminum axial cam pump alongside its onboard detergent tank, this electric pressure washer also comes with several attachments to round out its versatility, ultimately providing you with a 1,900 PSI at a 1.2 GPM flow rate. Its 25 feet of Uberflex kink-resistant hose does away with the headache-inducing untangling that common hoses tend to require with some age or after the kids have had their fun, and its five interchangeable nozzles (15 degrees, 25 degrees, 40 degrees, a soap nozzle, and a turbo nozzle) all have a place for storage along the frame. It also features a Total Stop System, which automatically shuts off the pump when the trigger is not engaged, saving you energy, money, and extending your pump’s life.

Also seeing a one-day only discount is the Greenworks 12-inch Pressure Washer Surface Cleaner Attachment for $23, down from $40. By attaching the above pressure washer’s wand (or most pressure washers up to 2,300 PSI) to the quick connector, your tools cleaning power will be instantly boosted with the dual-nozzle cleaning head to tackle bigger jobs like driveways, garages, all your sidewalks, or patios.

Summer e-bike deals!

Aventon Labor Day sale

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. 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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Electreon and Xos to deploy wireless charging for commercial EV deliveries like UPS in Michigan

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Electreon and Xos to deploy wireless charging for commercial EV deliveries like UPS in Michigan

Michigan wireless EV charging

The State of Michigan has announced a new partnership with wireless EV charging specialist Electreon and Commercial EV manufacturer Xos, Inc. Together, the companies have secured funding from the state to expand wireless charging availability for commercial vehicles, including UPS trucks in Detroit.

It’s been nearly a year since the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), the City of Detroit, and Electreon ($ELWS) unveiled the first wireless EV charging roadway in the United States.

Michigan installed Electreon’s wireless inductive-charging coils (seen below) on 14th Street in Detroit between Marantette and Dalzelle streets to charge EVs equipped with Electreon receivers as they drive on the road.

At the time. MDOT and Detroit officials said the road would be used to test and perfect Electreon’s wireless EV charging technology in a real-world environment before “making it available to the public in the next few years.”

While the public will not be able to take advantage of wireless charging just yet, commercial EVs are gaining access thanks to a new partnership between Electreon, Xos ($XOS), and the State of Michigan.

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    Electreon’s wireless EV charging technology
  • Michigan wireless EV charging
    The US’ first wireless charging road debuts in Detroit’s Michigan Central innovation district on 14th Street / Source: MDOT

Michigan progresses as US wireless EV charging leader

When Michigan announced the first wireless EV charging road in the US last year, officials shared hopes that the Great Lakes State and the city of Detroit could become leaders in the innovation and and deployment of such nascent technology.

Following a press release from Electreon, the State of Michigan confirmed details of the new partnership, which now includes commercial EV developer Xos, Inc. as well. The new commercial partnership is supported by $200,000 in funding from the Michigan Mobility Funding Platform (MMFP), building off the state’s “Make it in Michigan: economic strategy, developed by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to invest in the state’s people, places and projects. 

Through the partnership and coinciding state funding, Electreon will extend its wireless EV charging network and use cases in Michigan. Additionally, Electreon’s technology will be integrated into delivery step vans from Xos in order to “demonstrate wireless charging technological value and its potential to lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) in the electrification of commercial truck fleets.” Stefan Tongur, vice president of business development for Electreon, elaborated:

We’re excited to demonstrate how Electreon’s technology can optimize electric fleet usage and showcase the seamless integration of wireless charging into daily fleet operations, minimizing downtime and enabling charging across time and location. We’re proud to do this work in Michigan, a state fostering innovation and sustainable transportation solutions.

In addition to expanding wireless charging on Detroit’s first “electric roadway,” the Michigan project will enable the installation of stationary wireless charging at a UPS facility in Detroit. Xos co-founder and CEO Dakota Semler also spoke:

We are proud to partner with Electreon and support UPS to demonstrate the potential of wireless charging in commercial fleets. This innovative approach will revolutionize how we power our electric vehicles and drive fleet electrification forward.

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Here’s our first look at Jaguar’s new luxury electric 4-door GT [Images]

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The iconic British luxury automaker is undergoing a major brand overhaul. With its official debut around the corner, Jaguar’s electric 4-door GT, the first of its new series, was spotted testing on British roads. The new images give us a closer look at what we can expect from the revamped Jag brand.

Jaguar’s new electric GT makes its first appearance

After building internal combustion-powered sports cars for over 75 years, Jaguar will become an all-electric luxury brand from 2025.

The company announced earlier this year that it will start fresh with an entirely new range of EVs. After killing off the F-Type, E-Pace, XF, and soon the F-Pace SUV, we are finally getting our first look at what the new branding will look like.

Jaguar’s new electric 4-door GT was caught testing on British roads. The camouflaged prototypes reveal a radically different look than the Jag models we are accustomed to.

You can see one of the biggest changes is the low-riding, extended silhouette, as opposed to the crossover SUV and sedan models like the F-Type and I-Pace, Jaguar’s first EV.

The front and rear bumper designs also appear much more aggressive and bold than previous models.

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Jaguar electric 4-door GT prototype (Source: Jaguar Land Rover)

Jaguar’s electric GT is being put through the paces ahead of its debut. It has already completed tens of thousands of testing miles (virtual and real-world) and will soon hit public streets worldwide.

The new model will be built in Solihull, UK, where Jaguar recently ended production of its gas-powered models.

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Jaguar electric 4-door GT prototype (Source: Jaguar Land Rover)

It will be the first to ride on Jaguar’s new JAE (Jaguar Electric Architecture), which will underpin its upcoming lineup of high-end luxury EVs with prices over £100,000 ($130,000). The electric GT will have a range of over 434 miles (700 km) and upwards of 575 hp, making it Jaguar’s most powerful car of all time.

Jaguar will debut its Design Vision Concept at Miami Art Week on December 2, 2024. Next Summer, it’s expected to make its official global debut ahead of deliveries in 2026.

What do you think of Jaguar’s new design based on what’s shown? Are you excited about the brand overhaul? Let us know in the comments below.

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Tesla pushes end-to-end neural networks for highway driving, but only for newer vehicles

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Tesla pushes end-to-end neural networks for highway driving, but only for newer vehicles

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Tesla has pushed a new (Supervised) Full Self-Driving update with the promised end-to-end neural networks for highway driving.

However, it’s only for newer vehicles.

“End-to-end” is what Tesla refers to as neural net-powered AI driving the vehicle from vision to controls rather than the controls being explicitly coded. It’s already the case in all widely released versions of (Supervised) Full Self-Driving (FSD) for city driving, but not for highway driving, which uses another software stack.

Tesla originally planned to deliver it for highway driving in October, but it was only delivered to a small number of vehicles.

In its latest AI roadmap, Tesla said that it would come the first week of November instead.

Now, Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s head of self-driving and AI, said that the latest release with end-to-end highway driving (v12.5.6.3) has been widely pushed to HW4 vehicle owners:

With the latest release (v12.5.6.3), FSD is using end-to-end neural networks for driving across highways, city streets and parking lots, and has now shipped widely for AI4 vehicles. Highway driving should be smoother, more natural and even safer than the previous explicit control stack. Check out the different driving styles to set speed and lane change preferences. Enjoy and let Tesla AI know if you have any feedback.

However, there’s no word for the millions of HW3 vehicle owners.

In fact, the only thing promised to HW3 vehicles, which Tesla now called AI3, in its last roadmap is this:

Improved v12.5.x models for AI3 city driving

As we have often reported this year, Tesla has reached the limits of the HW3 computer and now needs to optimize the code with every release despite still being far from its promise of unsupervised self-driving.

Electrek’s Take

This is annoying cause I could really use end-to-end on my HW3 car. I am on v12.5.4.2 and it has been a regression from v12.5.4.1 for me, especially on highways.

Yesterday, it almost drove me off-road when taking my highway exit, which is always a bit shaky because it is a short exit and FSD often swings itself into it. It’s a bit awkward, and my girlfriend never likes it, so I disengage FSD before taking the exit when she was with me, but this time, she wasn’t, and I had the new update.

It again swung left before going right into the exit, but this time, it went way too far, and I was in the shoulder by the time I took control.

I took this exit hundreds of times with FSD and it’s the first time it did that.

I am starting to think we won’t see much more improvements to FSD with HW3 cars and there’s no retrofit computer in sight.

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