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As we approach the final day of 2024, we’re still seeing some solid savings across a variety of Green Deals, with today’s roundup led by Aventon’s New Years sale that has the Pace 500.3 Cruiser e-bikes continuing its Holiday bundle with a free extra battery for double mileage at $1,599. You’ll also find Anker’s newest SOLIX C200 DC 60,000mAh Power Bank Station down at $110, as well as Hoverfly’s GXL Max e-scooter hitting a new $330 low. Bringing up the rear are two one-day-only tool sales on Greenworks’ 80V 750 CFM Cordless Handheld Blower at its $170 low alongside Worx’s Nitro 40V 20-inch Cordless Snow Blower that is down at $350. Plus, all the other hangover Green Deals from last week (including the final sales of the year) can be found in the links at the bottom of the page within our Electrified Weekly coverage.

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 is offering its final deals of 2024 with its Holiday savings through its New Year sale on its e-bike lineup. The notable standouts here are the ongoing bundles for the Pace 500.3 Cruiser e-bike and its step-through counterpart which are both down at $1,599 shipped on top of receiving extra batteries for double the mileage. Normally these models sit at a full $1,799 price tag, with discounts direct from Aventon dropping things to $1,399 before tariffs jacked up prices, while Best Buy saw costs taken as low as $1,099 at the start of the year, though there was no extra battery included then. While this sale lasts, you’ll score $200 off its going rate for the third-lowest price, but you’ll also be getting the $500 extra battery for free, making this a great opportunity for folks looking to really go the distance.

You won’t have to worry about not having enough commuting power here, as the Pace 500.3 e-bikes provide a standard 60-mile travel range (doubled to 120 miles thanks to the extra battery) and top speeds of up to 28 MPH. The 500W rear-hub motor and integrated 48V battery are ready to support you with four levels of PAS and a torque sensor for faster pick-up action. The upright cruiser frame sports integrated lights that deliver turn signal functionality, as well as other great features like the 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 while also syncing up with the Aventon app as you go.

For folks looking for less cost and similarly reliable commuting support (without any doubled mileage), I recommend also considering the Soltera.2 Commuter e-bike that is down at its lowest $999 shipped rate right now. It provides a 20 MPH top speed for up to 46 miles, with four levels of PAS and a torque sensor, but it’s the lightweight design that makes this model shine. At just 46 pounds, with a more compact design overall than the brand’s other models, this e-bike is perfect for urban commuters and folks living in smaller apartment spaces that might not have a garage for storage. There’s also the new and improved Soltera 2.5 model that is now available at $1,199 shipped.

You can browse the full lineup of Aventon’s New Year sale on the landing page here. 

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Anker’s new SOLIX C200 DC 60,000mAh power bank station falls to $110

Amazon is outdoing Anker’s New Year sale pricing on the SOLIX C200 DC 60,000mAh Power Bank Station at $109.99 shipped, after clipping the on-page $60 off coupon. Normally this newer model would run you $170 at its full rate, which has seen a few discounts since releasing a few months ago, the biggest of which saw a drop to the $100 low with Cyber Monday savings. Today, you can score one at the second-lowest price we have tracked, which even beats the pricing from Anker’s current New Year sale by $10.

Anker’s SOLIX C200 DC power bank station is a smaller and more compact version of the brand’s new C300 DC and AC models, coming in with a slightly smaller 60,000mAh/192Wh LiFePO4 capacity. It delivers up to 300W of output power to your devices through its five port options (two USB-As, one 140W USB-C, one 15W USB-C, one car port). You can refill the units own battery via three ways, with its 140W USB-C port giving you an 80% charge in 1.3 hours through a wall outlet, or you can utilize up to 100W of solar input or the car port for 80% in 1.6 hours.

You’ll also find the larger 90,000mAh C300 DC and C300 AC models matching their direct Anker discounts at Amazon for $150 and $190 at the moment. Not only are you getting the expanded 90,000mAh LiFePO4 capacity here, but they also come sporting different variations of built-in lights for camping trips. You can get the full rundown on its other capabilities in our launch coverage here.

Be sure to also browse through the lineup of New Years deals direct from Anker’s SOLIX sale through January 5 to secure some of the lowest returning prices we saw during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Hoverfly GXL Max e-scooter

Commuting independence is affordable with Hoverfly’s 16-mile trekking GXL Max e-scooter at new $330 low

Amazon is offering the Hoverfly GXL MAX Electric Scooter for $330.41 shipped. It’s been slowly cascading down from its usual $500 price tag from Amazon (with a higher $530 MSRP elsewhere), with costs at its lowest just after Cyber Monday when it hit $360 for the first time. That rate is getting beaten out here today with this 34% markdown, saving you $170 at a new all-time low. This price also beats out Hoverfly’s direct website where it’s currently discounted to $450.

Finding a reliable commuting solution for your day-to-day life doesn’t have to be a financial hassle, and your wallet will certainly get some relief with Hoverfly’s GXL MAX e-scooter. This scooter provides speeds up to 15.5 MPH for as long as 16 miles of travel on one charge thanks to the combination of its 300W motor and 36V 7.8Ah battery. It also comes with added features like the anti-flat 10-inch honeycomb and shock-absorbing tires for more comfortable riding, while also weighing in at just 35 pounds, making it easily manageable to carry up and down stairs or into your place of work to charge before heading home later.

Greenworks 750 CFM handheld blower

Get 170 MPH of debris-clearing force with this Greenworks 80V cordless blower at $170 low (Today only)

As part of its Deals of the Day, Best Buy is offering the Greenworks 80V 750 CFM Cordless Handheld Blower for $169.99 shipped through the rest of the day. Normally this model would run you $250, which we’ve seen discounted a few times in 2024 to either $180 or $170. You can score it here today with $80 struck from the tag, saving you $80 at the lowest price we have tracked to date. The closest model you’ll find at Amazon is this 500 CFM model for $200, with Greenworks’ direct site offering it refurbished at $180 or brand new for nearly $400, meaning you’ll be getting it from Best Buy at much less cost while the savings last.

With this Greenworks leaf blower in your arsenal, you’ll get plenty of strong force hitting up to 170 MPH speeds to clear out leaves and debris from around your home. The included 2.5Ah battery provides a 60-minute runtime on a single charge, with it easily switching out with other batteries from the brand you may already have for extended duties. It’s been given a quieter design thanks to the brushless motor and also sports a variable speed trigger for on-demand power bumps as you need them, complete with a cruise control and turbo function – plus, the whole thing comes in much lighter than other models at just 8.82 pounds.

Wox 40V 20-inch cordless snow blower

Clear out your walkways with Worx’s Nitro 40V 20-inch cordless snow blower at $350 (Today only)

Coming at us through its Deals of the Day, Best Buy is giving you the chance to get ahold of the Worx Nitro 40V 20-inch Cordless Snow Blower with two 4.0Ah batteries for $349.99 shipped. We normally see this model and battery combo sitting at a $440 price tag most days, with discounts offering the biggest cash savings during Cyber Monday that saw things taken to the $300 low. Today, you can score it with a 20% markdown here, slashing $90 off its going rate and giving it to you at the third-lowest price we have tracked overall. It’s even matching in price at Amazon and beating out its price direct from Worx, where it’s currently discounted to $360.

With winter having arrived and blanketed plenty of the nation in powder, this Worx snow blower provides you with the means to clear a 20-inch wide path, tossing snow up to 20 feet out of the way with its 180-degree rotating chute. There is a one-touch snow deflector here for quicker adjustments to its throwing height and distance, as well as LED headlights for visibility at darker hours. Storage has been simplified thanks to the collapsible handle, saving you some space when it’s not in use. Along with the two 4.0Ah batteries, you’ll also get a 4A dual-port charger too.

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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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Mitsubishi debuts EV battery swap network for cars AND trucks in Tokyo

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Mitsubishi debuts EV battery swap network for cars AND trucks in Tokyo

Mitsubishi Fuso and Ample to partner on battery-swapping technology for electric trucks

Mitsubishi is partnering with Ample and Yamoto Transports to deploy an innovative new battery swap network for electric cars in its Japanese home market — but it’s not just for electric cars. Mitsubishi Fuso commercial trucks are getting in on the action, too!

Despite a number of early EV adopters with an overdeveloped concept of ownership, battery swap technology has proven to be both extremely effective and extremely positive to the overall EV ownership experience. And when you see how simple it is to add hundreds of miles of driving in just 100 seconds — quicker, in many cases, than pumping a tank of liquid fuel into an ICE-powered car — you might come around, yourself.

That seems to be what Mitsubishi thinks, anyway, and they’re hoping they’ll be your go-to choice when it’s time to electrify your regional and last-mile commercial delivery fleet(s) by launching a multi-year pilot program to deploy more than 150 battery-swappable commercial electric vehicles and 14 modular battery swapping stations across Tokyo, where the company plans to showcase its “five minute charging” tech in full view of hundreds of commercial fleets and, crucially, the executives of the companies that own and manage them.

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How battery swap works for electric trucks; via Mitsubishi Fuso.

A truck like the Mitsubishi eCanter typically requires a full night of AC charging to top off its batteries, and at least an hour or two on DC charging in Japan, according to Fuso. This joint pilot by Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Fuso Trucks, and Ample aims to circumvent this issue of forced downtime with its swappable batteries, supporting vehicle uptime by delivering a full charge within minutes. The move is meant to encourage the transport industry’s EV shift while creating a depository of stored energy that can be deployed to the grid in the event of a natural disaster — something Mitsubishi in Japan has been working on for years.

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Trucks like the eCanter already serve a number of roles throughout the global truck market, including municipal waste collection, regional delivery support, and more.

The pilot is backed by Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “Technology Development Support Project for Promoting New Energy,” with local delivery operator Yamato Transport testing swappable EVs for delivery operations on both its eCanter light-duty trucks and Mitsubishi Minicab kei-class electric vans.

Electrek’s Take

Fuso eCanter battery swap; via Mitsubishi.

Electrifying the commercial truck fleet is a key part of decarbonizing city truck fleets – not just here in the US, but around the world. I called the eCanter, “a great product for moving stuff around densely packed city streets,” and eliminating the corporate fear of EV charging in the wild just makes it an even better product for that purpose.

Here’s hoping we see more “right size” electric solutions like this one (and more battery swapping tech) in small towns and tight urban environments stateside somewhat sooner than later.

SOURCES | IMAGES: Mitsubishi, Fuso.

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Opel Grandland Blitz AWD electric SUV should give US Jeep fans hope

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Conquering New Terrain: The Opel Grandland Electric AWD

After becoming the first European brand to offer fully electric versions of every model it sells — and at the same price as the ICE models — Opel is going even further, with a new, AWD electric SUV that should give American Jeep fans hope for a new electric Cherokee!

Now part of the Stellantis, rather than GM portfolio of brands, Rüsselsheim-based Opel showed off the first official pictures of its new Opel Grandland Electric AWD — the company’s first all-electric SUV to feature the “Blitz” performance emblem and all-wheel drive.

“Our top-of-the-range Grandland SUV is a milestone for Opel,” says Opel CEO Florian Huettl. “Customers already have a choice of battery-electric drive, plug-in hybrid and hybrid with 48-volt technology. We are now offering even more choice with the Grandland Electric AWD and thus ensuring that our customers can enjoy maximum efficiency and safety in diverse weather and road conditions, combined with plenty of driving fun.”

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Opel says its new, AWD Grandland is its most aerodynamically efficient model yet, with a drag coefficient (Cd) of just 0.278. That efficiency, paired with similarly efficient electric motors and a 73 kWh li-ion NMC battery give the electric crossover a 501 km (311 mile) WLTP range, while a combined 325 hp and 375 lb-ft of torque should make for suitably spirited acceleration to go along with all that green cred.

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Suspension and handling, too, are promised to deliver on what Opel claims is a “typical” Teutonic driving experience in the Grandland AWD:

Both driving pleasure and comfort are further emphasized by dampers with frequency selective damping technology. This unique technology comes as standard on the Grandland Electric AWD and incorporates a second hydraulic circuit in the damper chamber to mechanically adapt the damping force in relation to the frequency. Depending on the situation, road surface conditions and driving style, it enables different damping characteristics for comfortable gliding at high frequencies – i.e. with short impacts such as on cobblestones or a manhole cover – as well as for a sporty, ambitious driving style with more direct contact with the road at low frequencies. The Grandland reacts even more immediately and directly to any command from the driver and, as is typical for Opel, remains stable when braking, cornering and at high speeds on the Autobahn.

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The Opel Grandland Electric AWD ships with four standard drive modes that include “normal,” eco, sport, and 4WD mode, which simulates locking axles and true 4×4 off-road performance. The ESP and traction control systems adopt specific settings to enhance grip in 4WD mode as well, and maximum power and torque are instantly available.

Electrek’s Take

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2026 Jeep Cherokee Electric SUV; via Chat GPT.

As you maybe could tell by now, feeding European Stellantis EVs into an AI image generator and asking it to “make them into Jeeps” is one of my new favorite things to do. This new Opel is no different, and the resulting image (above) paired with the models’ stated specs give me hope that the next wave of Jeep EVs will do better than the Wagoneer S at attracting buyers. All they really need, I think, is the right name — and the right price, to be winners.

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With $25,000 off, is the Jeep Wagoneer S the best EV deal going?

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Deep discounts hit Jeep’s flagship EV as Stellantis struggles with demand

Like a 90s “gifted” kid that was supposed to be a lot of things, the electric Jeep Wagoneer S never really found its place — but with dealers discounting the Jeep brands forward-looking flagship by nearly $25,000, it might be time to give the go-fast Wagoneer S a second look.

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Whether we’re talking about Mercedes-Benz, Cerberus, Fiat, or even Enzo Ferrari, outsiders have labeled Jeep as a potentially premium brand that could, “if managed properly,” command luxury-level prices all over the globe. That hasn’t happened, and Stellantis is just the latest in a long line of companies to sink massive capital into the brand only to realize that people will not, in fact, spend Mercedes money on a Jeep.

That said, the Jeep Wagoneer S is not a bad car (and neither is its totally different, hideously massive, ICE-powered Wagoneer sibling, frankly). Built on the same Stellantis STLA Large vehicle platform that underpins the sporty Charger Daytona EVs, the confusingly-named Wagoneer S packs dual electric motors putting out almost 600 hp. That’s good enough to scoot the ‘ute 0 to 60 mph in a stomach-turning 3.5 seconds and enough, on paper, to convince Stellantis executives that they had developed a real, market-ready alternative to the Tesla Model Y.

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With the wrong name and a sky-high starting price of $66,995 (not including the $1,795 destination fee), however, that demand didn’t materialize, leaving the Wagoneer S languishing on dealer lots across the country.

That could be about to change, however, thanks to big discounts on Wagoneer S being reported at CDJR dealers in several states, according to our friends at the Car Dealership Guy podcast.

  • Jimmy Britt Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Georgia, has a Wagoneer S with an MSRP of $67,590 listed at $43,104 ($24,486 off)
  • In Florida, Taverna Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Fiat has a $67,590 Wagoneer S slashed to $43,138 ($24,452 off)
  • Chris Nikel Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram Fiat in Oklahoma has a Wagoneer S listed for $43,425 ($24,165 off)

“Stellantis bet big on electric versions of iconic American brands like Jeep and Dodge, but consumers aren’t buying the premise,” writes CDG’s Marcus Amick. “(Stellantis’ dealer body) is now stuck with expensive EVs that need huge discounts to move, eating into already thin margins while competitors focus on [more] profitable gas-powered vehicles.”

All of which is to say: if you’ve found yourself drawn to the Jeep Wagoneer S, but couldn’t quite stomach the $70,000+ window stickers, you might want to check in with your local Jeep dealer and see how you feel about it at a JCPenneys-like 30% off!

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