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We’re closing out this week’s Green Deals with seven great deals – four of them being EV-focused savings – starting with Rad Power’s Back to School Sale that is seeing its new RadRunner and RadRunner Max Cargo Utility e-bikes getting passenger bundles from $1,499, among others. Right behind it is Lectric’s Christmas in July Sale that is taking up to $654 off e-bike bundles, with offers like the XPress 750 Commuter e-bikes getting increased $410 bundles at $1,299. There’s also the first cash savings on Autel’s new MaxiCharger AC Pro 80A Level 2 EV Charger to $899. From there, we have a weekend flash sale on Rad’s RadRover 6 Plus e-bike, $200 discounts on Segway Navimow’s i Series of robot mowers, up to $870 savings on Anker’s SOLIX EverFrost 2 coolers, and Greenworks’ carbon fiber 80V string trimmer. All these and more are waiting for you below, with all the hangover savings at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s EcoFlow July Monthly Madness Sale, the low price on Bluetti’s compact AC2P power station, 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.

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Review: Lectric’s XP4 750 Folding Utility e-bike raises the bar on America’s favorite ride

America’s best-selling e-bike has taken a step further in its evolution, all while maintaining its accessibility to the everyday rider. Lectric’s new XP4 750 Folding Utility e-bike is quite the step up for the XP series, coming well-rounded and stocked with a solid array of features for a quality, high-performing experience. With the new descendant models, the king of the proverbial e-mobility hill has given the XP4 e-bikes more power, further traveling range, an even smoother ride, and a bunch of safety upgrades that are quite impressive for its affordable pricing. Check out our full hands-on review here.

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Head to school in style on Rad Power’s new RadRunner cargo utility e-bikes with passenger gear starting from $1,499

Rad Power Bikes has launched its Back to School Sale through August 6 with up to $300 in savings on one legacy model and two of the brand’s newest models, as well as the ongoing $600 discount on the RadExpand 5 e-bike. Of course, the biggest deals in this sale are on the new RadRunner Cargo Utility e-bike with a free $109 passenger package at $1,499 shipped while the most advanced RadRunner Max Cargo Utility e-bike gets a $139 passenger package at $2,299 shipped. Unfortunately, we have yet to see any actual price cuts on this or its two counterparts since they released back at the end of April, though the RadRunner Max has already been apart of two previous free bundle promotions in the time since. The passenger packages that accompany your purchase give you a seat to convert the cargo racks into a place for passengers (as the name suggests). Head below for more on these and the other deals we’re seeing.

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Starting off with the base model in this new series that is seeing its first-ever deal, the Rad Power RadRunner e-bike is one of the refreshed models (alongside the Plus counterpart) that maintains simplicity with notable improvements over its predecessor build. There’s a 750W rear hub motor paired with a 624Wh Safe Shield advanced external battery that provides 20 MPH top speeds for up to 55+ miles when its five PAS levels are activated. It’s rated to carry up to a max 320-pound payload, and sports features like a Gemma Hydraulic GA-950E brake system, puncture-protected multi-surface tires, a color display, an LED headlight and integrated taillight with brake lighting, auto ambient light sensor, daytime flashing lights, memory setting, 4 lighting modes, and more.

On the opposite side of the series’ spectrum is Rad Power’s most advanced RadRunner Max e-bike that starts with a 750W rear hub motor and a larger 672Wh semi-integrated battery for 60+ miles of pedal-assisted travel at up to a 28 MPH max speed. You can also add the new range extender here alongside an additional battery to double that travel range to 120+ miles. It comes decked out with a wide array of physical and smart features – the latter of which includes Apple Find My integration, Bluetooth proximity locking, a 328-foot radar, and more. There’s also the same puncture-protected multi-surface tires, Exsho suspension, hydraulic brakes, and much more.

Rad Power’s full Back to School Sale e-bike offers:

You can browse the entire lineup of Rad Power’s Back to School Sale on the landing page here.

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Get Christmas pricing in July through Lectric’s latest sale with up to $654 e-bike bundles starting from $999

Just as we published our in-depth hands-on review of Lectric’s new XP4 750 Folding Utility e-bike, the brand has now launched its Christmas in July Sale, which is seeing up to $654 in free bundled gear accompany its e-bikes. Among the offers, we’re seeing increased gear with the popular XPress 750 Commuter e-bike that gets a $410 bundle at $1,299 shipped. These bundles would fetch $1,709 were the savings not in the form of the free gear, which has been increased since its Prime Day Sale two weeks ago – plus, these models are eligible for the $200 off spare battery promotion that you’ll find on the landing page. The packaged gear contains a rear cargo rack, a fender set, an Elite headlight upgrade, a suspension seat post, and a waterproof pannier bag.

If you want to learn more about this model or any of the other deals during this sale, be sure to check out our original coverage here.

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First cash savings hit Autel’s new MaxiCharger AC Pro 80A level 2 EV charger at $899

By way of its official Amazon storefront, Autel is now offering the first cash savings on its new MaxiCharger AC Pro 80A Business Level 2 EV Charger to $899 shipped. It hit the market a few months ago carrying a $1,299 price tag, which is where it’s currently priced directly from the brand’s website. This is the very first price cut we’ve spotted on this powerful charging solution, with the 31% markdown here cutting $400 from the tag while also setting the bar for future discounts down the road.

If you want to learn more about this all-new EV charging solution, be sure to check out our original coverage of this deal here.

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Save $300 on Rad Power’s multi-terrain RadRover 6 Plus e-bike at its second-best $1,299 price through the weekend

Running alongside its Back to School Sale that will be lasting through August 6, Rad Power Bikes is now also offering a weekend flash sale on its popular RadRover 6 Plus Step-Thru Fat-Tire e-bike for $1,299 shipped. Coming down from its $1,599 price tag, you can save $300 through July 27 for the second-best price we have tracked. We’ve been seeing it drop down to $1,399 a lot during 2025, with today’s deal only being beaten out by the $1,199 low that we briefly saw back at the start of the year.

If you want to learn more about this model’s capabilities, be sure to check out our original coverage of this deal here.

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Segway’s Navimow i Series of robot mowers tackle up to 1/4 acres at a time starting from $799

Segway Navimow is offering up to 20% discounts on its i Series of robots, starting with the i105 Robot Lawn Mower down at $799 shipped that is also matching at Amazon, while the upgraded i110 Robot Lawn Mower has been dropped to $1,099 shipped and also matching at Amazon. These models haven’t seen as frequent discounts from their $999 and $1,299 starting rates in 2025 like the H Series of robots, with them both having seen a drop to $849 and $1,099 in June and falling to their lowest $749 and $999 rates during the Prime Day window. If you missed out on those low prices, you’ll be getting them at your second-best price of 2025, saving you $200 while upgrading your lawn care routine with autonomous support.

If you want to learn more about these two robot mowers, be sure to check out our original coverage of their deals here.

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Save up to $870 on Anker’s EverFrost 2 portable electric coolers and bundles starting from $649

Anker is offering some post-Prime Day extended savings through the weekend on its SOLIX Everfrost 2 Portable Electric Coolers, starting with the 40L single-zone model at $649 shipped, and also matching at Amazon. Normally going for $900 outside of sales, we’ve only seen this rate beaten out by the $600 pre-launch deal back in February, as well as the recent drops to $630 and the $599 low during Prime Day sales. If you missed out on those earlier deals, you can score your ice-free cooling/freezing solution at the next best rate with $251 in savings at the third-lowest post-launch price. You can also check out our hands-on review of the larger 58L dual-zone model here.

If you want to learn more about these coolers or their many bundle offers, be sure to check out our original coverage of this sale here.

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Clip grass for up to two miles with Greenworks’ 80V 16-inch carbon fiber cordless string trimmer at $209

Amazon is offering the Greenworks 80V 16-inch Carbon Fiber Cordless String Trimmer for $209.46 shipped. It’s coming down from its usual $300 price tag, while remaining priced in full directly from the brand’s website. This is the second time in 2025 that we’ve seen discounts take things to $209, which is beaten out this year by a drop to $206 in April and falls to the $199 low, most recently during the Prime Day event two weeks ago. You’re looking at the fourth-lowest price we have tracked, which doesn’t sit much higher than the other rates – just $9 above the low overall – with $91 in total savings here while it lasts.

If you want to learn more about this electric lawn care solution, be sure to check out our original coverage of this deal 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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Honda takes a page from Tesla playbook, launches new insurance business

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Honda launches in-house insurance agency for U.S. drivers

Say what you will about Elon Musk, but Tesla has changed the way that millions of people buy cars and, by extension, car insurance. Now, Honda is taking a page from Tesla’s successful playbook and launching its own in-house insurance business. Enter: Honda Insurance Solutions.

Honda Insurance Solutions is being launched as a fully licensed insurance agency serving the insurance needs of Acura and Honda customers, but it’s not stopping at competitive pricing and coverage options for Honda cars and motorcycles. Honda Insurance Solutions promises to go several steps beyond Tesla’s offering with coverage for trailers, RVs, homes, and even pets.

“Honda Insurance Solutions offers customers access to coverage through a brand they know and trust,” says Petar Vucurevic, President, American Honda Insurance Solutions, LLC and Senior Vice President, American Honda Finance Corporation. “Insurance is a key touchpoint in the vehicle ownership journey, and we aim to deliver a superior experience tailored to the unique needs of each customer, while promoting safer driving and increased peace of mind on the road.”

The company says the launch of its new insurance business is just part of Honda’s broader digital vehicle sales platform strategy, with future plans to integrate insurance offerings into new products.

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It’s important to note some of the key differences between Honda’s insurance offering and Tesla’s. Honda isn’t offering discounts, they’re not bundling insurance premiums into the vehicle financing, and they’re not building their insurance offerings into their dealerships’ checkout/F&I offices. Not yet, anyway.

What Honda is doing right now is deepening relationships with its existing customers and finding ways to make money on products it hasn’t sold them – whether that’s the Harley parked in the garage next to their Prologue or the garage itself.

It’s a smart play. And, once Honda figures out a way to cut franchise dealers out entirely and go to a direct sales model, it’ll look even smarter.

SOURCE | IMAGES: Honda.

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Lion Electric school bus warranties voided, leaving districts stuck

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Previous Lion Electric School Bus Warranties Voided by Company Sale

Nobody ever says “this is business” before doing something nice, and the recently reborn Lion Electric company is keeping that streak alive by doing the unthinkable to cut costs: they’re going to void the warranties on hundreds of electric school buses.

In a letter issued to exiting Lion Electric customers last week, Deloitte Restructuring announced that the warranties on all Lion vehicles purchased outside of the company’s home Province of Quebec are null and void – leaving dozens of school districts in the lurch with stranded assets that won’t get fixed, and can’t be sold to generate funds for replacements.

“We are working with alternate vendors at the expense of the school district to help keep our electric buses functional and on the road,” explains Dr. Richard Decman, Superintendent of Herscher CUSD No. 2 district in Herscher, Illinois. “Currently, six of our 25 (Lion) electric buses need some type of repair.”

Student Transportation News reports that Lion buses represent fully half of Herscher’s overall fleet of 50 buses, and that the district has received nearly $10 million for the purchase of 25 electric buses and the related charging stations from various state and utility incentive programs.

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Herscher isn’t the only district having problems with Lion buses. “All four Lion buses that we own are currently parked and not being used,” Coleen Souza, interim transportation director of Winthrop Public Schools, told Clean Trucking. “Two of them are in need of repairs which would cost us money which we are not willing to invest in because the buses do not run for more than a month before needing more repairs.”

More of the same in Maine, where Yarmouth School Department bought two Lion Electric buses in 2023 with the state covering the costs. According to Superintendent Andrew Dolloff, the buses almost never worked. “We’ve had some sporadic service over the past two years, but as soon as the tech leaves, the buses produce error codes again,” explained Dolloff. ” and “Then the technician quits or is released, and we wait a few months for the next response.”

Dolloff added that Yarmouth’s electric buses did not operate during the 2024-25 school year.

Lion’s new owners are seemingly uninterested in their customers’ plight – which might be easily dismissed if those new owners, Groupe MACH, weren’t also the old owners of Lion Electric.

That’s right, kids. Quebec-based real estate company Groupe MACH, which stepped in to “save” Lion Electric earlier this summer, along with Ontario-based Mirella & Lino Saputo Foundation, bought $90 million of equity in Lion Electric back in 2023. And, while the MACH people may not have been the ones who ultimately made the call about voiding the warranties (that decision was made by the Deloitte bankruptcy team), it is absolutely Group MACH who have, to date, not announced plans to continue to honor those warranties, either.

Make of that what you will.

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SOURCES: School Transportation News, Clean Trucking, Deloitte.

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The Retrospec Beaumont Rev 2 might be the most stylish eBike for under $1K [Video]

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We recently had the opportunity to test out Retrospec’s Beaumont Rev 2 electric bike. This Class 2 electric city bike is as stylish as it is functional. Despite its streamlined design, the Beaumont Rev 2 is sneaky fast with quality components throughout. Be sure to check out our full video review below.

Our latest product review came through Retrospec – a veteran micromobility company dedicated to delivering affordable, high-quality, adventure-ready eBikes without compromising performance or style.

According to Retrospec, its products aim to “make nature second nature” by offering accessible, high-quality gear that encourages people of all ages and abilities to enjoy the outdoors to “make nature second nature” by providing accessible, high-quality gear that encourages people of all ages and abilities to enjoy the outside world.

Designed for adventure and built to last, Retrospec prides itself on delivering mobility products look great, perform flawlessly, and stand up to the test of time. A fine example of this company ethos is the Beaumont Rev 2 electric city bike.

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The Beaumont Rev 2 has already gone viral as Retrospec’s number one best seller. It initially caught our eye because it combines a stylish vintage look of classic bicycles with modern tech to cruise quickly and easily.

We recently had an opportunity to take one of these eBikes out and have plenty to say about it.

Upon first ride, you can’t ignore the classic style of this eBike, which looks and feels super light, similar to a conventional bicycle. However, with one press of the throttle, you get a feel for the function and versatility of the Beaumont Rev 2, which was designed by Retrospec specifically for city riding.

The bike’s powerful rear hub motor is supported by a Shimano MegaRange drivetrain that can easily be switched between seven different gears with your right hand.

The electric motor offers five different levels of electric pedal assist and an easy-to-use throttle on the left handlebar (pictured below). As a Class 2 eBike, the Beaumont Rev 2 can cruise to assisted speeds as high as 20 mph. The bike itself is powered by a UL2849-Certified Battery that offers riders a range of up to 38 miles on a single charge.

If you encounter dirt or debris on your journey, you’re protected by full-wrap front and rear fenders. Other features of the Retrospec Beaumont Rev 2 include front and rear lights, a rear cargo rack, and Tektro mechanical disc brakes (pictured above).

Combined with the padded saddle seat and swingback handlebars, the Beaumont Rev 2 is as comfortable and supportive of a ride as it is functional.

As an urban-style e-bike, the Beaumont Rev 2 isn’t necessarily built for off-road riding, but as you’ll see in the video below, there were a couple of times I cut through some grassy terrain to get on and off the bike path, and the bike fared just fine.

I truly enjoyed the smooth comfort of this unique, Euro-style step-through bike thanks to its wide, high-volume city tires. It also feels like it rides a lot faster than 20 mph due to its light frame and best-in-class powertrain components.

While the Beaumont Rev 2 comes with the above mentioned accessories, Retrospec sells many compatible add-on components, including helmets, baskets, trailers, bike bags & panniers, air pumps, and car racks. In addition to the Beaumont Rev 2, Retrospec offers a growing lineup of all-electric city bikes. We highly recommend checking those out to find the right bike for you.

Retrospec also offers a range of other eBike categories, including fat tire electric bikes, electric beach cruiser bikes, electric commuter bikes, electric trikes, and more. All Retrospec eBikes are UL2849 certified, feature sleek and stylish designs, and employ the most modern eBike technology to make riding an absolute blast. Check out the full lineup here.

If you’re interested in riding in style on Retrospec’s best-selling Beaumont Rev 2 eBike, you can purchase one here. This blend of classic and modern is available for just under $1,000, making it one of the most affordable options in its class.

To learn more about this stylish electric city bike, be sure to check out our full video review below.

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