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It’s Memorial Day and we’re rounding together a bunch of new and ongoing Green Deals for you to get the most savings out of the holiday. Headlining today’s coverage is Ride1Up’s increased savings on two e-bikes, led by the Portola Compact Folding e-bike that is down at $995 and continuing its BOGO accessory promo. Next, from EcoFlow’s Memorial Day Sale through May 28, we have the final flash savings event for today only that gives you the RIVER 2 Max Portable Power Station for $309, as well as two add-on accessory deals from $329. We also have Navee’s Memorial Day Sale that is taking up to $400 off e-scooters, including the 40-mile trekking S65 Electric Scooter for $560. From there, we’ve included some of the most popular events during the holiday from Lectric, Rad Power, Anker SOLIX, Samsung, and more – with all the rest of the hangover Green Deals in the links at the bottom of the page, rounded together in our Electrified Weekly post.

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.

Ride1Up is increasing/adding savings on select e-bike offers during its Memorial Day Sale, with the brand’s popular Portola Compact Folding e-bike taking the lead and dropping down to $995 shipped. Normally priced at $1,095 in our post-tariff marketplace, this model doesn’t see many massive price cuts as its already down at quite the affordable rate, though we have seen it go $100 lower in the past, last seen during the brand’s 2024 Black Friday sale. Taking advantage of this deal while it lasts gives you quite the array of high-value features for the second-lowest price we have tracked. Plus, it’s still retaining its BOGO accessory promotion too, adding to the savings while upgrading your riding experience.

One of the Ride1Up’s most well-known models, the Portola Folding e-bike is a great option for folks wanting a budget-friendly commuting solution that can also save you space when not in use, all for under $1,000 too. You’ll have two options for its battery (with only a $100 difference in price): there’s the standard 10.4Ah battery that provides you with a 40-mile range, or the upgraded 13.4Ah battery that bumps that up to 45+ miles depending on conditions. Utilizing the throttle alone tops off at 20 MPH speeds, while having the pedal assistance activated helps you reach 28 MPH top speeds.

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As I mentioned, there’s plenty of great features for the price here, like the 3-inch wide cross-country tires with fenders over each, the suspension travel fork, dual piston hydraulic brakes, Shimano Altus 8-speed derailleur, front and rear LED lights (with brake lighting), an integrated rear cargo rack (which is compatible with the brand’s passenger kit), the folding frame, and a 2.2-inch LCD display for setting adjustments and real-time performance data.

Ride1Up has also added its Roadster V3 Lightweight Premium e-bike to the sale at $1,395 shipped, down from $1,495. This model is great for those needing a more manageable ride that isn’t heavy or for those wanting to keep their health in mind, as it is great for cardio with its PAS turned off. It comes with a sleeker, streamlined frame, housing a 500W Angled gear quiet MIVICE hub motor and a 10Ah battery in order to travel up to 40 miles with the PAS support (and the Intui-Drive torque sensor). You’re speed will be determined by which drive train setup you go with (both being at the same price) – either 25 MPH with the belt-drive or 28 MPH with the chain-drive. There’s also features like the 700x45c Schwalbe G-One RS gravel tires with fenders over top, integrated front and rear lighting, the two-tone 1.3-inch VeloFox tempered glass OLED display, and more.

Be sure to check out the full lineup of deals from Ride1Up’s Memorial Day Sale in our original coverage here.

EcoFlow RIVER 2 Max portable power station

EcoFlow drops RIVER 2 Max 512Wh LiFePO4 power station to $309 (Reg. $469) along with two add-on offers from $329

As part of its ongoing Memorial Day Sale that will be continuing with up to 67% discounts on power stations through May 28, EcoFlow has three short-term flash offers – one on a power station, two on add-on accessories. These deals are being led by the brand’s RIVER 2 Max Portable Power Station, which is down at $309 shipped through the rest of the day. Normally going for $469 at full price these days, discounts kept things above $349 until April, when we saw it start dipping as low as $290. Today’s deal comes in as the second-lowest we have tracked, giving you an ample yet more compact backup power solution with $160 cut from the tag. It’s even beating out its Amazon pricing by $50.

Great for folks who are looking for a more compact power solution for smaller devices and appliances while on trips or for at-home use, the RIVER 2 Max covers needs with a 512Wh LiFePO4 capacity and an output of up to 1,000W (500W steady). There are nine port options giving you plenty of versatility, with four ACs, three USB-As, one USB-C, and one DC. Plugging it into a standard wall outlet gets you back to a full battery in one hour, with options to use solar capabilities (220W max input) taking 3+ hours, or you can plug it into your car’s auxiliary port for 8+ hours of charging as you drive. As usual, you’ll get the full array of remote smart controls for updates and setting adjustments, and it comes rated for 3,000 life cycles that gives you over eight continuous years of use were you to be discharging and recharging it every single day.

The other two offers running through the rest of the day, provide cash savings on add-on accessories for your existing setups or for any you were planning to pick up during this sale, with two 110W solar panels going for $329 shipped, down from $798, while two DELTA Pro Ultra Expansion Batteries are down at $4,599 shipped, down from $6,598. The solar panel package would fit right along with the DELTA 2 Max offer, or any other power station you may already have. Of course, the second of these offers is best for your existing DELTA Pro Ultra setup, increasing its capacity by an additional 12.2KWh.

Be sure to check out the full lineup of deals we’re seeing from EcoFlow’s Memorial Day Sale that will continue through May 28 with up to 67% discounts on units, bonus savings, free gifts, and more.

Navee S65 electric scooter

Save up to $400 on three Navee e-scooters, like the 40-mile traveling S65 with dual suspension at $560

Navee is offering some Memorial Day savings on a small selection of e-scooters, with the lineup led by the S65 Electric Scooter at $559.99 shipped. This model normally fetches $960 at full price, but through the upcoming holiday, you’ll be saving 42% off that rate, bringing it down to some incredibly affordable pricing for its features, and particularly, its travel range. Grabbing it here while the deals last cuts $400 off the going rate at the best price we have seen since the brand came onto our radar. Head below for more on this e-scooter and its counterparts that are seeing discounts through the weekend.

A perfect addition for folks with longer commutes, and also those who want options for some serious travel range when out on joyrides, Navee’s S65 electric scooter certainly handles going the distance with its 40.4-mile range on a single charge at up to 20 MPH speeds. It achieves this performance thanks to the 597.7Wh battery and 500W motor that peaks at 1,000W for incline tackling. There’s plenty of features to admire for the price tag too, like the 10-inch tubeless tires with a jelly layer to fight against sudden punctures so your riding doesn’t have to prematurely end, as well as the dual suspension system, the folding frame, a smart LED display, an IPX5 water-resistance construction, a 265-pound rider payload, and more.

Navee’s other Memorial Day e-scooter deals:

  • V25 Electric Scooter: $250 (Reg. $400)
    • 15.5 MPH for 15.5 miles
    • Make sure to use the extra $50 off on-page coupon code
  • N40 Electric Scooter: $299 (Reg. $499)
    • 18.6 MPH for up to 24.9 miles
Rad Power RadExpand 5 Plus e-bike

Here’s all the best Memorial Day weekend EV deals to get you in the saddle and cruising through Summer – all from $214

We’ve got tons of ongoing sales on EVs that are continuing past last week’s Bike to Work week and through to Memorial Day, giving you one of the best opportunities to not only find an alternate form to get around over gas-guzzlers, but also start your summer off ready to cruise through the months and seasons to follow. We’ve got some big news in the form of the continuing preorder deals on Lectric’s new XP4 and XP4 750 e-bikes that are coming along with up to $356 in free gear and starting from $999. There’s also the first cash savings hitting some of Rad Power’s new e-bikes through the weekend and starting from $1,699, and much much more. Head below to browse through everything we’ve collected and hop aboard your new ride!

To browse the entire rundown of EV events this holiday, you can follow the link here to our full coverage.

Anker SOLIX F3800 plus power station

Score Anker’s latest SOLIX F3800 Plus modular LiFePO4 power station and bundles at new lows starting from $2,999

Anker has kicked off its SOLIX Memorial Day Sale event that will continue running through May 26 with up to 55% in initial discounts, as well as some bonus holiday gifts, extra savings on orders over $3,000 and 6% cash back savings for military and service members (more on those below). Among this sale’s lineup, we spotted Anker’s new SOLIX F3800 Plus Portable Power Station dropping lower than ever to $2,999 shipped, and also matching in price at Amazon. Coming off its $4,799 full price, we’ve only been seeing it initially drop as low as $3,199 in past sales and its original launch deal, so you’re getting an additional $200 in savings for a total of $1,800 off the going rate at a new all-time low price. Along with the lower-than-ever cost, you’ll also be getting a free protective cover for the station ($160 value), which extends to any of its bundles, as well as any standard F3800 purchases, which start $1,100 over the exclusive refurbished deal we secured from Wellbots.

Check out the full lineup of Anker SOLIX F3800 deals in our original coverage of this sale here. You can also check out the best post-launch pricing we’ve seen direct from the brand on its EverFrost 2 58L Dual-Zone Electric Cooler, as well as the $3,297 in exclusive savings you can score on three BP3800 Expansion Batteries.

samsung AI laundry combo

Get up to $1,800+ in savings across Samsung’s appliances during the ongoing Memorial Day Sale

Samsung currently has its Memorial Day Appliance Sale running through the upcoming holiday on May 26, with up to $1,800+ savings on refrigerators, laundry units, ranges, dishwashers, and more – complete with bonus savings in the form of trade-in credits and discounted Care+ plans. You’ll find all the latest smart appliances, like the Bespoke 29 cubic-foot 4-Door Flex Refrigerator or the Bespoke AI Laundry Combo to more standard models like the 6.0 cubic-foot Smart Freestanding Gas Range, and plenty more – starting from $349. We’ve rounded together a bunch of our favorite picks below, so head below for more details and pricing across a wide variety of appliances while the savings last.

You can shop the entire lineup of Samsung Memorial Day appliance deals by browsing our original coverage of the event here.

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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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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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