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Today’s Green Deals are being led by new and returning low prices on a pair of GoTrax e-bikes, starting with the brand’s Everest Electric Dirt Bike that is currently $2,021 off at a new $3,979 low. Right behind it is GoTrax’s F2 20-inch Folding e-bike that provides some solid commuting power while retaining a budget-friendly rate at its $674 low. Next, we’re seeing a small selection of new EGO Power+ deals, with the brand’s 56V 16-inch Cordless Electric Chainsaw that includes a 5.0Ah battery hitting the best price in years for $249. Lastly, EcoFlow’s Spring Sale has launched the final one-day-only flash sale with three different offerings, the best of them being a DELTA 2 Portable Power Station bundled with a smart extra battery for double the capacity, as well as coming with a protective bag – all for $799, while the other two are on add-on gear. Plus, all the other hangover Green Deals are in the links at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s ALLPOWERS Spring Sale offers, Lectric’s St. Paddy’s Day e-bike deals, 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.

GoTrax’s Everest electric dirt bike hits 53 MPH for up to 50 miles of adventure at new $3,979 low

Best Buy is now offering the GoTrax Everest Electric Dirt Bike for $3,979 shipped. Normally, you’d have to shell out $6,000 for this model at full price these days since it fell from its original $6,500 rate back in 2024. Discounts are fairly rare, with the previous ones we’ve seen over the last year almost entirely keeping to limited one-day-only timeframes, the lowest of which dropped costs to $4,000. That rate is getting beaten out here today with a 34% markdown, cutting $2,021 off the tag to go right back into your pocket, dropping the price to the lowest we have seen. It’s also beating out the pricing we’re seeing direct from GoTrax’s website, where it’s down at $4,500.

An ideal option for motocross fans and riders looking to electrify their fun and toss out the need for noisy fume-belching gas-guzzlers, GoTrax’s Everest electric dirt bike races along with a 4,000W rear-drive motor (peaking at 8,000W). It reaches top speeds of 53 MPH while the removable 72V 32Ah battery gives you up to 50 miles of riding before needing a 4-hour charge.

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GoTrax’s Everest dirt bike weighs in much lighter than you’d expect at just 172 pounds, with a bunch of features that only make your riding experience better. You’ll find multiple riding modes, dual-shock suspension, hydraulic disc brakes, and the off-road tires smoothing out rides and offering more control. There’s also the dual headlights, the taillight with brake lighting and turn signals, as well as mudguards and an LED digital display.

GoTrax F2 20-inch Folding e-bike

GoTrax’s 40-mile trekking F2 20-inch folding e-bike returns to the $674 low (Save $226+)

Amazon is now offering a great opportunity to score a budget-friendly commuting solution in the form of GoTrax’s F2 20-inch Folding Electric Bike at $674 shipped. This model already starts at a fairly reasonable $900 full price at Amazon, with higher $1,199 MSRPs from GoTrax. Discounts have been few and far between over the year, mostly coming directly from GoTrax’s website, and only going as low as $674. You’re looking at a solid 25% markdown here today, giving you $226 off Amazon’s rate ($525 off its original MSRP) at the lowest price we have tracked. You’ll also find it matching directly from GoTrax’s site right now too.

GoTrax’s F2 20-inch e-bike makes a great commuting option for newbies and experienced riders, especially if you’re trying to get around without making a serious dent in your savings like higher-end models will. The Folding body here helps you to conserve space when it’s not in use, while the combination of its 500W brushless motor and 10.4Ah battery provides you with 20 MPH top speeds for up to 40 miles when supported by the PAS system and 22 miles cruising on pure electricity – all on a 5.5-hour charge.

It’s been given more urban-focused tires that can still handle going off road, with front shock absorbers and a transmission system that can handle beach and mountain terrain. You’ll also have a 7-speed derailleur for folks who like getting some cardio in, dual disc brakes, an LED headlight, and a full color display for setting adjustments and performance data.

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EGO’s 56V 16-inch cordless electric chainsaw returns to best price in years at $249

Amazon is now offering the EGO POWER+ 56V 16-inch Cordless Electric Chainsaw with 5.0Ah battery for $249 shipped. Usually keeping around $299 most days, this model sees far less discounts than its counterparts with smaller batteries and has been holding strong at $299 since early November, being skipped over for Black Friday sales entirely. Aside from a lone Lightning Deal back in July 2023, this is the lowest price we have tracked thanks to the $50 markdown hitting it today.

Whether you’re dealing with the cleanup after the winter season, setting yourself up with plenty of firewood, or more, it’s always handy to have a reliable means to cut through it all – plus, there’s no more dealing with the fumes and noise from gas-guzzlers. With the included 5.0Ah battery, this 16-inch chainsaw will make quick work of wood with up to 250 cuts per every full charge at up to 6,800 RPMs, delivering the equivalent performance of a 35CC gas model. Fitting right in with the brand’s ecosystem, you can even interchange batteries you may already have for extended runtimes while also ensuring that sudden weather changes won’t ruin its functioning, thanks to the IPX4 weather-resistant construction.

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There’s still a ton of hangover deals on EGO brand equipment right now that are worth considering. If you tend to have plenty of batteries lying around and want to get some extra usage out of them, check out the $249 low on EGO’s Nexus Escape 400W 3-Port Inverter Kit. We’re also still seeing the 56V 21-inch Cordless Self-Propelled mower that comes with two 6.0Ah batteries for a 100-minute runtime keeping to its new $700 low, as well as the new $3,999 low hitting the larger Z6 42-inch Zero-Turn Electric Riding Lawn Mower with four 10Ah batteries.

EcoFlow DELTA 2 Portable Power Station with smart extra battery

It’s the penultimate day of EcoFlow’s Spring Sale which means its the final one-day flash sale of the event, and the brand is offering three different deals – two direct from its site and one coming from its official Amazon storefront. The most notable of the bunch delivers a DELTA 2 Portable Power Station bundled with a smart extra battery and a protective carrying bag for $799 shipped. Normally, just the power station and battery combo would run you $1,798 at full price, with discounts often taking things as low as $899 in past sales, especially when offered as a limited flash option. Today’s deal not only beats out all the former rates for those two devices, but you’ll also be getting the protective bag at no extra charge, landing things down at the lowest price we have tracked.

EcoFlow’s DELTA 2 power station starts with a 1,024Wh capacity that bumps up to 2,048Wh with the bundled extra battery and can go even further to 3kWh with another added on. Through its 15 port options it delivers up to 1,800W of power output, surging up to 2,700W when needed by larger devices/appliances. It sports a 500W max solar input, so pairing this setup with a 400W or two 220W panels will provide a full charge in six to twelve hours. Plugging the power station into a wall outlet would normally yield an 80% battery in 50 minutes and a 100% battery in 80 minutes, so it will take about twice that time with the extra battery hooked up too.

The other two deals during this flash sale are on add-on gear for your existing power station setup, with the first giving you two 160W Portable Solar Panels for $549 shipped, which would usually cost $898 paired together. The last of them comes from Amazon, offering a DELTA 2 Max Smart Extra Battery for $949 shipped, down from $1,399. With this added onto your DELTA 2 Max power station, you’ll expand its 2,048Wh capacity to 4,096Wh.

Be sure to check out the full lineup of EcoFlow’s Spring Sale while the savings last through tomorrow (March 13) with up to 59% being taken off units until then – plus there’s bonus savings, and a free gift option.

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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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Europe has rare earths but, for now, it’s at China’s mercy like everyone else

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Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China.

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Like the U.S., Europe is also feeling the pressure to keep China sweet in order to maintain supplies of rare earth elements, which are vital for its strategic industries in the region such as auto production, green energy and defense.

Europe is heavily dependent on China for supplies of the world’s 17 rare earth elements and has been looking to calm stormy waters with Beijing over supplies, while looking for alternative sources of critical minerals — including in its own back yard.

That’s a long process, however, and for now, Europe is as vulnerable as other major consumers of rare earths, and particularly the U.S., when it comes to Beijing’s ability to turn the tap off on supplies.

Officials from Germany and the Netherlands are in Beijing this week for talks with their Chinese counterparts on China’s controls on rare earths exports and semiconductor chips which have made European industries vulnerable to global supply chain disruptions.

China dominates the rare earths market from mining to refining, with data from the International Energy Agency showing that, in 2024, China was responsible for 59% of the world’s rare earths mining, 91% of its refining and 94% of the manufacuring of permanent magnets which are commonly used in electric vehicles, wind turbines, industrial motors, data centers and defense systems.

As the world’s single largest supplier of a component that’s critical to so much manufacturing, China’s dominance has made “global supply chains in strategic sectors – such as energy, automotive, defense and AI data centres – vulnerable to potential disruptions,” the IEA noted.

That potential for disruption came to the fore this year when, in April and October, Beijing announced licensing requirements, and later export controls, on its rare earth supplies and technologies.

Those controls were suspended for a year as a result of a trade truce reached in October between China and the U.S. reached but major rare earth importers such as the U.S. and EU, which imports around 70% of rare earth supplies — and almost all of its rare earth magnets — from China, are all too aware of its vulnerabilities to geopolitical disruptions.

Barriers to diversification

Last month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the bloc was launching the “RESourceEU” plan aimed at reducing reliance on critical raw materials from China “in the short, medium and long term.” She said the bloc could do this by recycling existing raw materials, such as those in batteries, and by joint purchasing to stockpiling.

Von der Leyen also said the EU would boost investment in strategic projects “for the production and processing of critical raw materials here in Europe,” and would speed up work on critical raw materials partnerships with countries like Ukraine, Australia, Canada, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Chile and Greenland.

“The world we face today rewards speed, not hesitation, because today’s world is unforgiving. And the global economy is completely different than it was even a few years ago. Europe cannot do things the same way anymore. We learned this lesson painfully with energy; we will not repeat it with critical materials,” she said, referencing the bloc’s reliance, before the Ukraine war, on Russian oil and gas.

EU economy resilient despite ‘complicated context': EU’s Dombrovskis

Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, told CNBC Monday that the bloc was working to diversify its rare earth supplies but that this would take time.

“I would say there is some positive news, so China has suspended now for 12 months those additional export controls, which were announced in October, which gives us some time. But I also would say it emphasizes the need for the EU to diversify its rare earth and critical minerals supplies, because of many on those rare earths, we are depending more than 90% on China’s supplies,” Dombrovskis said.

Necessity the mother of invention?

Europe itself has reserves of rare earth materials with deposits found in Turkey, Sweden and Norway but the problem is that it doesn’t have the operations to mine those materials, let alone refine and process them — unlike China, which has decades of experience, investment and infrastructure that has fueled its global processing dominance.

Europe is also more encumbered with long approval processes and environmental standards when it comes to mining, meaning any regional plans to develop those rare earth deposits could take years. Public opposition is also a factor that has not shackled China.

A view of the NEO magnetic plant in Narva, a city in northeastern Estonia. A plant producing rare-earth magnets for Europe’s electric vehicle and wind-energy sectors.

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The need to diversify from China quickly could cause officials to lower those barriers, however and there are already signs of action, with Europe’s first rare earth magnet production plant being opened in Estonia in September. Backed by funding from both Canada and the EU, the plant’s raw materials are coming from Australia and Malaysia.

“There’s probably a lot more deposits in Europe but … there are barriers to bringing that online,” Willis Thomas, principal consultant at CRU Group, told CNBC.

“But if we’re getting into a world where risks are being realized on trade tensions, I think that that will continue to push everyone to build out the supply chain and a bit more resilience on it, but it does take some time, and there’s limited expertise.”

What’s also worrying for Europe is that being unable to control the sources and supply of raw materials could mean that its technological and green ambitions suffer.

“Europe’s race towards net zero and digital leadership depend on materials it does not control,” Hamed Ghiaie, professor of Economics and Public Policy at ESCP Europe, and Filippo Gorelli, an analyst at Nexans, said in analysis for the World Economic Forum.

“For decades, Europe treated raw materials as a commodity issue, rather than a strategic one. That complacency is becoming costly,” they added.

“What is at stake is climate targets and economic resilience. Shortages of rare earths, gallium or germanium could slow semiconductor fabrication, AI development and even wind-power installation. In short, Europe cannot build a green or digital future on supply chains it doesn’t control,” they concluded.

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Small runways, big tech: hybrid-electric aircraft shows off some uSTOL magic

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First Hybrid-Electric Ultra Short Aircraft Takes Off and Lands at Watertown International Airport

Aviation startup Electra made history last month when its EL2 became the first hybrid-electric Ultra Short Take-off and Landing (uSTOL) aircraft to successfully complete helicopter-like take-offs and landings at the Watertown International Airport.

Founded to provide affordable air travel without airports, emissions, or noise, Electra’s stated goal was to build an aircraft that could deliver on the promises of eVTOL aircraft at a significantly reduced cost compared to its more drone-like competitors. In that context, the demonstration at Watertown isn’t a publicity stunt, but part of concerted effort to validate Electra’s uSTOL performance under real-world conditions at a commercial airport — exactly the kind of place that regional operators, cargo carriers, and emergency responders actually fly in and out of.

Hitting those marks now will help Electra clear a path for FAA certification and prove that the company can deliver on the $9 billion worth of promises its made (so far).

“Electra is grateful to the team at Watertown International Airport for enabling this demonstration of the EL2’s Ultra Short capabilities in an off-runway capacity,” explains Tom Carto, director of market development at Electra. “Our Ultra Short aircraft will offer the potential to increase the use of general aviation airports and expand the capacity of larger hubs by enabling takeoffs and landings on ramps and taxiways instead of runways, feeding in regional connections without adding to runway congestion. These transformative and practical capabilities will open the door to Direct Aviation and point-to-point connections in a way that will make it easier for people to get from the where they are to where they want to go.”

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The EL2’s innovative “blown lift” design features eight electric motors on the plane’s wings, enabling take-off and landing in as little as 150 feet.

Electra says the final version of its aircraft will be able operate from airfields as small as 300 x 100 ft (90 x 30 m), or about one-tenth the length of a standard airport runway. That means that, even if these eSTOL aircraft don’t open up quite as many spaces for air travel as eVTOLs, do, they’ll still be extremely flexible – and more than capable of operating from the roofs of many existing buildings and parking structures.

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And, of course, the Air Force wants one.

NOTE: in response to some of the comments, I want to point out that the Electra is capable of sustained, electric-only powered flight and uses the genset for remote operations/extended range. I should have made that clearer. This is arguably more EREV than EV.

SOURCES | IMAGES: Electra; via Oswego County Business.

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Trump admin OKs $1B loan for Three Mile Island nuclear reboot

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The US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) closed a $1 billion loan to restart Three Mile Island Unit 1, a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania.

The money is being loaned to Constellation Energy Generation, which is renaming the 835 megawatt (MW) Three Mile Island Unit 1 the Crane Clean Energy Center. Constellation said in September 2024 that it would restart the reactor under a power purchase agreement with Microsoft, which needs more clean power to feed its growing data-center demand.

The project is estimated to cost around $1.6 billion, and the DOE says the project will create around 600 jobs. The reactor is expected to start generating power again in 2027.

Three Mile Island Unit 1 (in the foreground in the photo above) went offline in 2019 because it could no longer compete with cheaper natural gas, but it wasn’t decommissioned. It’s capable of powering the equivalent of approximately 800,000 homes. It’s on the same site as the Unit 2 reactor (in the background in the photo above) that went into partial nuclear meltdown in 1979, and is known as the worst commercial nuclear accident in US history.

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When asked about the loan’s timing, Greg Beard, senior adviser to the Loan Programs Office, told reporters on a call that it would “lower the cost of capital and make power cheaper for those PJM [Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland] ratepayers.” Data centers are driving up electricity costs for consumers.

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