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Leading our Green Deals today is Jackery’s 72-hour Home Backup Flash Sale that is increasing savings from its previous sale to 52% – plus, there’s 5% and 10% bonus savings too. Among the large lineup, Jackery’s Explorer 2000 Plus Portable Power Station bundled with two 200W solar panels is falling to a new $1,499 low. We also have Velotric’s Ride into Fall Sale that is taking up to $400 off e-bikes and offering select fall gift bundles, like the T1 ST Plus Lightweight Urban e-bike coming with a FREE cargo rack at $1,299, among others. There’s also EcoFlow’s latest flash sale that is dropping the DELTA Pro 440W solar bundle to a new $1,799 low alongside the three other offers, as well as two pressure washer deals – one of which only lasts through the day – and plenty more waiting for you below. And don’t forget about all the hangover deals collected at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s Segway E3 Pro Electric Scooter launch deal, the exclusive new low on Jackery’s Explorer 1000 v2 100W solar bundle, 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.

Jackery’s 72-hour home backup flash sale drops Explorer 2000 Plus 400W solar bundle to new $1,499 low, more

Jackery has launched a 72-hour Essential Home Backup Flash Sale running through September 19 with increased discounts up to 52% on its power stations, solar bundles, and accessories, complete with bonus 5% and 10% savings on orders over $1,600. Among the lineup, we spotted the best deal yet on the Jackery’s Explorer 2000 Plus Portable Power Station bundled with two 200W solar panels for $1,499 shipped, which is beating out Amazon’s current pricing by $400. This bundle package usually fetches $3,099 at full price, which we’ve mostly seen taken down to $1,899 over 2025, though recently there have been some falls to $1,799 and a one-time drop to $1,673 back in February. The deal we’re seeing on this Explorer 2000 Plus bundle for the next three days beats out all that came before with a greater $1,600 markdown, landing it at a new all-time low price. Head below for more on this and the other units benefitting from discounts during this short-term sale.

A quick note on the extra savings options: If your cart’s total reaches $1,600, you can score an extra 5% savings by using the code SPECIAL5 at checkout, and once your order reaches $3,000 that extra savings bumps up to 10% using the code SPECIAL10 at checkout. If you’re planning to go big with your backup power setup, be sure to use these codes for the best deals!

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The Explorer 2000 Plus power station is one of Jackery’s more popular and expandable setup options, able to cover everything from one-day tailgates to multi-day camping trips to appliance and home backup. This bundle starts you at its base 2,042.8Wh LiFePO4 capacity that you’ll be able to expand as high as 12,000Wh with expansion batteries added on and up to 24,000Wh when two fully expanded station setups have been linked together. Through 10 port options it provides up to a steady 3,000W of power, surging up to 6,000W when needed, and even doubling with the dual-expanded linked setups.

You’ll be getting 400W of solar input with the panels in this Explorer 2000 Plus bundle, which starts you on the path towards its maximum 1,200W input, which would have the station alone back to full in two hours (and doesn’t account for expanded setups). From there, you can also recharge its battery via a typical AC outlet or through your car’s auxiliary/cigarette lighter port while parked or driving.

***Note: The extra savings have not been factored into the prices below, so be sure to use the code SPECIAL5 on orders over $1,600 and SPECIAL10 on orders over $3,000 to score the best prices!

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And don’t miss out on the up to $2,300 early-bird savings on Jackery’s new HomePower 3600 Plus Power Station and bundles that will continue through September 21, starting from $1,699. We also have an ongoing exclusive $520 savings on the brand’s Explorer 1000 v2 Power Station with a 100W solar panel at a new $479 low, as well as the parallel HomePower 3000 station/bundle deals we’re seeing from Jackery’s official Amazon storefront that start from its $1,499 low.

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Ride into fall on Velotric’s 39-pound T1 ST Plus e-bike with Apple Find My and a FREE cargo rack for $1,299 ($1,746 value), more

Velotric has launched its Ride into Fall Sale which is seeing up to $400 in price cuts on its e-bike lineup, with select models getting continued free gear bundles on top of the 30% savings you can score on three or more added-on accessories. Among the bunch, we’re seeing Velotric’s T1 ST Plus Lightweight Urban e-bike come along with a free rear cargo rack ($97 value) for $1,299 shipped. The e-bike alone would normally run you $1,649 without discounts, bumping up to $1,746 were you to buy the rear rack without the bundle option. We’ve mainly been seeing this model keep down at $1,399 for most of 2025, with the brand’s Labor Day Sale that began in late August being the first time we spotted it going lower. It’s coming back around during this new seasonal event for a second time, giving you $447 in combined savings.

If you want to learn more about this model, as well as the other deals/bundles, be sure to check out our original coverage of this sale here.

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Save up to 64% on four EcoFlow units: DELTA Pro 440W solar bundle at a new $1,799 low, more

As part of its extended Home Backup/Hurricane Preparedness Sale through September 21, EcoFlow has launched another 48-hour flash sale through September 17 that is taking up to 64% off four units. Among the lineup this time around, we spotted EcoFlow’s Delta Pro Portable Power Station getting bundled with two 220W solar panels for $1,799 shipped, which beats out Amazon’s pricing by $300. This bundle would normally run you $4,997 direct from the brand at full price, with things more keeping down at $3,999 at Amazon. We spotted a similar flash sale last week that first saw the price drop to $1,899 and now its going even lower. You’ll be getting a $2,200 markdown ($3,198 off the MSRP) for the best new price we have tracked. Head below for more on the other units benefitting from these flash savings, and if you plan to just pick up the station alone, be sure to take advantage of the promotion running for the rest of the sale that drops the price lower than ever.

If you want to learn more about this bundle, as well as the three other flash offers, be sure to check out our original coverage of this sale here before it ends tonight at midnight.

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Get a 1,800 PSI punch packed into Worx’s compact 13A pressure washer for $120 (second-best price of 2025)

Amazon is offering the Worx 13A 1,800 PSI Electric Pressure Washer for $119.99 shipped. While it carries a $180 MSRP directly from the brand, we’ve been seeing it at Amazon keeping between $159 earlier in the year to a more recent $146 rate, with discounts taking things lower between $130 and $124. We did see one drop to $108 at the top of July, with today’s deal otherwise being the best price tracked in 2025, giving you a compact cleaning solution with quite the punch at a total 33% markdown off the MSRP.

If you want to learn more about this compact pressure washer, be sure to check out our original coverage of this deal here.

man pulling Greenworks 3,000 PSI electric pressure washer out of garage

Score a complete combo kit with Greenworks’ 3,000 PSI electric pressure washer at a new $407 annual low (Today only)

As part of its Deals of the Day, Best Buy is offering the best rate this year on the Greenworks 3,000 PSI Electric Pressure Washer Combo Kit for $407 shipped. You’d normally be paying $679 for this combo package outside of discounts, which is not only the biggest we’ve seen for this model in its history, but is unavailable at Amazon or from the brand’s direct website. While the price has dipped as low as $349 in 2024, for the rest of the day, you can pick it up at the best tracked price of 2025, with $272 cut from the tag.

If you want to learn more about this model and its bundle, be sure to check out our original coverage of this one-day-only deal here.

Best Fall EV deals!

Best new Green Deals landing this week

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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Tesla Full Self-Driving v14 disappoints with hallucinations, brake stabbing, and speeding

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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) v14, its first major update in a year, disappoints as data points to a lower increase in miles between disengagements than expected.

The system also features new hallucinations, brake stabbing, and excessive speeding.

Earlier this month, Tesla began rolling out its Full Self-Driving (FSD) v14 software update to some customers.

The update has been highly anticipated for several reasons.

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First off, it has been a year since Tesla released any significant FSD update to customers, as it focused on its internal robotaxi fleet in Austin. The update is believed to feature improvements developed through Tesla’s robotaxi fleet, which requires supervising like its consumer FSD.

Secondly, CEO Elon Musk has claimed that Tesla still plans for “Supervised Full Self-Driving” to become unsupervised by the end of the year in consumer vehicles. For that to happen, we needed to see a massive improvement from v13 to v14.

As I previously reported, I anticipated an improvement in miles between critical disengagements from ~400 miles in v13 to ~800 to 1,200 miles in v14. It would be a significant improvement, but still way short of what’s needed to make FSD unsupervised.

Tesla notoriously doesn’t release any data about its FSD program. Musk has literally told people to rely on anecdotal experiences posted on social media to gauge progress.

Fortunately, there’s a crowdsourced dataset that gives us some data to track progress with miles between critical disengagement. It’s far from perfect, but it is literally the best data available, and Musk himself has shared the dataset in the past – albeit while misrepresenting it.

In the last week, Tesla started pushing the FSD v14 update (now v14.1.4) to more owners – resulting in more crowdsourced data and anecdotal evidence.

With now over 4,000 miles of FSD v14 data, miles between critical disengagement sits about 732 miles – below the lower end of our expectations:

Tesla would need to be closer to 10,000 miles between critical disengagements to allow unsupervised operation, and even then, it would likely be in geo-fenced areas with speed limitations.

This is unlikely to happen by the end of the year, as Musk predicted, as FSD v14 appears to have some significant issues still.

First off, many FSD v14 drivers are reporting that the update is having problems with hallucinations where the car decides to stop on the side of the road seemingly randomly:

It does seem like FSD v14 sometimes misinterprets other vehicles’ turn signals as emergency vehicle lights and pulls over.

In some cases, FSD v14 has been known to completely disable FSD features inside vehicles:

Many FSD v14 drivers have also reported an increase in “brake stabbing”, where the vehicle seems to hesitate and frantically applies the brakes and releases them – resulting in a stabbing motion.

As previously reported, Tesla also brought back its ‘Mad Max’ mode in FSD v14, which allows for driving exceedingly over the speed limit.

Electrek’s Take

Now, I don’t want to hear anything about my use of anecdotal evidence and crowdsourced data. That’s literally the best data available for FSD.

Unlike virtually all other companies developing self-driving technology, Tesla refuses to release any.

If it were to release some data, I’d be happy to use it.

One thing is clear from v14 so far: unsupervised FSD in consumer vehicles is not happening in any meaningful way this year.

I expect significant improvements in upcoming FSD v14 point updates. Maybe enough to get it to my previous expectations of ~800 to 1,200 miles between disengagements, but that’s about it.

Finally, while I generally don’t count on NHTSA to enforce any rule in any significant way when it comes to Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” effort, I think they might actually do something about “Mad Max.”

This video on Instagram has 4.5 million views, and it shows extremely dangerous driving behavior at up to 90 mph (145 km/h)

I think the authorities will have to intervene here, because it makes no sense for an unproven autonomous driving system to be able to operate under those parameters.


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The Toyota Corolla EV is bringing a sharp new look, but that’s just the start [Images]

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Toyota’s best-selling car is finally going electric. The Corolla EV looks more like a Porsche or BMW than the Toyota vehicles on the road today, but that’s just the start.

The Toyota Corolla is evolving into a rad-looking EV

After revealing the Corolla Concept for the first time at the Japan Mobility Show on Tuesday, Toyota’s CEO, Koji Sato, said the compact car has always been “a car for everyone.”

Since it hit the market over 50 years ago, Toyota has sold well over 50 million Corollas. The Corolla even surpassed the VW Beetle in the 90s to become the world’s best-selling vehicle. Like the Prius, Toyota’s compact car lured in buyers with an affordable price and a reputation as a reliable daily driver.

Although it’s still a top-seller, the Corolla has lost some of its charm as more advanced, stylish, and efficient electric cars hit the market.

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Toyota looks to change that with a drastic overhaul that takes the Corolla to the next level. To stay relevant, Sato asked the crowd at the event, “How should the Corolla evolve?”

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Toyota CEO Koji Sato reveals the Corolla Concept at the Japan Mobility Show (Source: Toyota)

We all want to drive a car that looks cool, but there’s much more to it nowadays. Buyers are increasingly seeking more efficient vehicles with the latest software, connectivity technology, and other features.

“Whether it’s a battery EV, plug-in hybrid, hybrid, or internal combustion engine vehicle―whatever the power source―let’s make good-looking cars that everyone will want to drive!” Toyota’s CEO said, adding the car is “packed with inventions aimed at making that a reality.”

Although Toyota didn’t confirm the concept was headed for production, the next-gen Corolla is expected to arrive with a similar style.

The concept still features Toyota’s newest design elements, like the “hammerhead” front end, but with a bit more of a futuristic feel.

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You can barely tell the concept is a Corolla, aside from the massive COROLLA badging on the rear. Toyota didn’t reveal any powertrain details, but the charge port and closed-off grille suggest it’s an EV.

The next-gen Toyota Corolla is expected to be offered as an EV, a plug-in hybrid, a hybrid, and, likely, still an ICE variant.


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Uber chooses first market to deploy its Lucid Gravity robotaxis featuring Nuro Driver

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Three months after Uber, Lucid Motors, and Nuro announced a partnership that would enable Gravity SUV robotaxis, the rideshare network has shared where the public will first be able to hail one. Spoiler alert, it’s easy to guess if you give it half a thought.

As we reported in July, Uber Technologies committed to a $300 million investment in Lucid Group (parent company of American EV automaker Lucid Motors), to deploy at least 20,000 Lucid vehicles as robotaxis over the next six years.

Those Lucid vehicles, which will consist of the automaker’s flagship Gravity SUV to begin, will hit public roads equipped with a Level 4 autonomous system called Nuro Driver. Nuro, the third partner in this equation, is a robotics company specializing in zero-occupant delivery vehicles, which garnered an existing partnership with Uber Eats as well as a “hefty” (yet undisclosed) investment from Uber Technologies.

Last month, Lucid delivered its first Gravity SUV to Nuro to begin the retrofitting process of the Nuro Driver system to support Uber’s hopes for a luxe robotaxi fleet. While the partners continue to work toward building an exciting new fleet of Lucid Gravity Robotaxis, Uber has shared the location where they will first go into service… Casper, Wyoming.

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Just kidding!

It’s the San Francisco Bay Area, of course.

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Lucid Gravity SUV fitted with Nuro’s self-driving tech (Source: Lucid)

Uber to deploy Lucid Gravity EVs in Bay Area in 2026

Today’s update from Uber expands upon the ongoing partnership with Lucid Group and Nuro. According to the companies, the San Francisco Bay Area will be the first market where riders will see this next-generation autonomous robotaxi program in operation. That milestone is expected sometime in 2026.

Uber has shared that it has been updating policymakers and regulators at every level on the progress of its exclusive Lucid Robotaxis and continues to meet the operational requirements. Notably, Uber has shared that on-road development with the Lucid Gravity robotaxi engineering fleet is already underway in the Bay Area.

Furthermore, Nuro and Lucid intend to be operating over 100 Gravity robotaxis as part of the test fleet “in the coming months.” Lucid interim CEO, Marc Winterhoff, spoke about today’s announcement:

Lucid has always celebrated its California roots, and we’re thrilled to make the San Francisco Bay Area the first market for our new robotaxi on the Uber platform, powered by the Nuro Driver. Beginning next year, riders will experience a level of convenience, safety, and comfort unlike anything else on the road. We can’t wait to bring this service to life and expand it to communities across the country.

To build this fleet of Uber-exclusive robotaxis, the required hardware will be integrated into Lucid Gravity SUVS while they are still on Lucid’s assembly line in Arizona. Those builds will then be integrated with Nuro’s proprietary software when Uber officially commissions them.

All eyes on 2026 as we now know that residents around the Bay Area will be able to hail a driverless Lucid Gravity through the Uber platform. I’m very much looking forward to seeing this fleet in action.


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