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Leading today’s Green Deals is EcoFlow’s two-day-only EcoCredits May Madness Sale, offering up to 57% off power stations and accessories in initial discounts alongside extra savings, and plenty of EcoCredit rewards to take advantage of. Beating out the brand’s 2025 sales so far is the EcoFlow DELTA 2 Solar Generator bundle with a 220W panel down at a $699 low, among several other offers. There’s also Hiboy’s newly launched Father’s Day Sale with up to 55% savings on EVs, like the 2024 P7 Commuter e-bike down at $900. We have two Greenworks sales for your outdoor cleaning and lawn care needs, with up to 29% being taken off new and legacy electric pressure washers starting from $82, while the 40V 21-inch Cordless Electric Self-Propelled Lawn Mower comes with a 5.0Ah battery for a $360 low. Plus, there’s all the rest of the hangover Green Deals in the links at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s $300 off deal on Anker’s eufy E15 and E18 robot mowers, extended SOLIX and Aventon savings from Monday’s holiday, and more – and don’t forget to browse our Memorial Day EV hub for the hangover savings while they last.

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.

With its official Memorial Day Sale having ended, EcoFlow is having its Monthly Madness promotions for members (free to sign up) that include up to 57% in initial discounts, as well as extra savings on orders over $3,000, and plenty of EcoCredit earning and reward options for even more savings (more on these below). Among the lineup, we’re seeing the biggest discount (as well as returning Black Friday pricing) on the DELTA 2 Solar Generator bundle with a 220W panel for $699 shipped, which also scores you 3x or 2x EcoCredits, depending on your member level. This package normally fetches $1,648 at full price, which we’ve been seeing come as low as $749 in 2025 sales until today. You’ll be getting $949 in savings here for today and tomorrow at the lowest price we have tracked, making it a great option to kick start your solar backup setup or expand with a more humble model for temporary trips away from home.

Let’s go over the special two-day promotions that we’re seeing during EcoFlow’s EcoCredits May Madness event. First, the obvious reason these events are so great for opportunists – that purchases will score 2x EcoCredits for standard members, while Plus members earn 3x EcoCredits with their orders. For clarification, memberships are free, and you’ll gain the Plus status after accumulating at least 6,000 EcoCredits. Next, there’s the Lucky Spin wheel that you can trade EcoCredits to play twice a day for various rewards alongside the usual EcoCredit redemption options you’ll find at the bottom of the landing page. Lastly, members will be getting an automatically added extra 5% savings on any orders over $3,000.

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EcoFlow’s DELTA 2 power station is a great choice for traveling companions from the brand’s many options, especially for weekend camping and road trips to keep essential devices and small appliances up and running – plus, the solar panel helps to ensure it can keep doing so should the journeys be extended. It starts with a personable 1,024Wh LiFePO4 capacity that can have two expansion batteries added to expand up to 3,072Wh. There are 15 versatile ports for plenty of connection options, with the unit delivering a steady 1,800W of power that can surge as high as 2,200W when needed.

The increased power output, as well as charging times, are increased from the brand’s X-Boost tech that is present here, giving you an 80% battery in just 50 minutes when plugged into a wall outlet, or you can wait a little longer at 80 minutes for a full battery. You’ll be able to take full advantage of the sun’s rays to recharge in nature with the included panel, while the station can go further, as it sports a max 500W input. There’s also the option to connect it to your car’s auxiliary port or utilize its max 1,100W of DC input. It’s rated for 3,000+ life cycles, giving you over eight years of everyday use, or it’s well suited to hold a charge for months on end in case of emergencies, which will see it last for a much longer timeframe.

***Note. The prices on individual models over $3,000 have had the extra 5% savings factored in below, with the discount being automatically applied in your cart, but don’t forget that savings can increase when buying multiple units together too.

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You can check out the full lineup of EcoFlow’s EcoCredits May Madness Sale deals on the landing page here.

Hiboy P7 commuter e-bike

Get Dad a fun ride through summer with Hiboy’s P7 Commuter e-bike at $900 in Father’s Day savings

Hiboy has kicked off its Father’s Day EV Sale through June 15, which is taking up to 55% off the brand’s e-bikes and e-scooters. Among the lineup of fun rides for Dad, there’s the budget-friendly 2024 P7 Commuter e-bike that is down at $899.99 shipped. This model normally goes for $1,700 at full price, which we’ve been seeing brought down as low as $900 in 2025, beaten out only by the $850 and $800 rates we last saw during Black Friday and Christmas sales. You can jump on your own here at the third-lowest price we have tracked, with its gray colorway matching in price at Amazon.

Hiboy’s P7 Commuter e-bike makes a great model for first-time e-riders, while also being a great budget-friendly option for riders looking to save. Equipped with a 500W brushless rear-hub motor (800W peak) and powered by a removable IPX5-rated waterproof 14.5Ah battery, you’ll be cruising around at up to 25 MPH speeds, with three riding modes for various travel ranges. You can move off pure manual pedaling while in the standard mode, with the power-assist mode giving you the greatest 68-mile travel distance with PAS support and the pure electric mode lets you zoom around without any effort for up to 37 miles.

And of course, for the price, there are some notable features, like the 2.2-inch mountain tires (so you’re covered if your commute goes off the pavement), as well as power-off front/rear disc brakes, an IPX4 water-resistant frame rating, and more. The LCD screen gives you the usual real-time performance data and setting adjustments alongside being a personal coach, with it pushing you to do better than your previous outings’ best results, if you’re one who wants to also be staying in peak shape.

You can browse the full lineup of Hiboy’s Father’s Day EV Sale in our original coverage here. You’ll also find a ton of ongoing Memorial Day savings across e-scooters and e-bikes from all our favorite brands in our Memorial Day EV hub – with a few flash sales having ended, while others are ending in the coming days and some are running through the first week of June.

greenworks 13A 2,100 PSI compact electric pressure washer

Save up to 29% on these new and legacy Greenworks electric pressure washers at return lows from $82

Amazon is now offering some significant savings and plenty of low prices across its electric pressure washers – including new and legacy models. Among them, we spotted the newer 13A 2,100 PSI Compact Electric Pressure Washer down at $159.92 shipped. This is one of several new models that hit the market back in January, with four previous discounts on the books bringing costs down from its usual $200 MSRP to this same low price. You’re looking at a 20% markdown here today, which cuts $40 off the tag at the best price we have tracked, with the savings matching direct from Greenworks’ website too.

Picking up this newer Greenworks model provides you with some ample cleaning power within a more compact casing, with it able to reach up to 2,100 PSI to clear away muck and debris on your driveway, walkways, patio furniture, the sides of your house, and more. It reaches a max 1.2 GPM flow rate, starts up with the push of a button, comes with four quick-changing nozzles (25 degree, 40 degree, soap, and turbo), and even a soap applicator that attaches to the wand – all neatly storable on the unit. Its compact form allows for easy carrying with one hand, and stores away without taking up much space.

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greenworks 40V 21-inch cordless electric self-propelled lawn mower

Get a 5.0Ah battery with this 4-in-1 Greenworks 40V 21-inch cordless electric self-propelled mower at a $360 low

Amazon is now offering the Greenworks 40V 21-inch Cordless Electric Self-Propelled Lawn Mower with a 5.0Ah battery down at $359.99 shipped. This newer model would normally cost you $450 at full price, which we’ve seen two previous discounts in 2025 take down to the same low rate that’s coming back around here today. This is a 20% markdown that cuts $90 off the tag for another chance at the best price we have tracked.

Greenworks is well known for being both a budget-friendly brand that is great for first-time electric buyers, as well as a reliable means to replace noisy gas guzzlers, and this 40V 21-inch self-propelled mower certainly fits the bill. It sports one of the brand’s brushless motors that provide more efficient and longer-lasting performance, with the included 5.0Ah battery giving you 40 minutes of continuous runtime to tackle up to 1/3 of an acre worth of mowing. Along with the self-propulsion and push-button start, you’ll also have a more rounded out experience with the seven cutting height levels, EZ fold handles to save space, LED headlights, and the 4-in-1 functionality for mulching, bagging, side discharging, or you can switch it to turbo mode for leaf pickup duties.

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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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Get EV questions answered or test drive one at Drive Electric Month, in your area

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).

The 30% federal solar tax credit is ending this year. If you’ve ever considered going solar, now’s the time to act. To make sure you find a trusted, reliable solar installer near you that offers competitive pricing, check out EnergySage, a free service that makes it easy for you to go solar. It has hundreds of pre-vetted solar installers competing for your business, ensuring you get high-quality solutions and save 20-30% compared to going it alone. Plus, it’s free to use, and you won’t get sales calls until you select an installer and share your phone number with them.

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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.

AI's trillion dollar money loop

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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