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If you’re considering buying a Hyundai EV, now may be a great time. Hyundai is now offering a free ChargePoint Level 2 home charger ($529 value, review) for those who purchase or lease a new 2023 or 2024 Hyundai EV. An included installation credit will also help you get it up and running.

Take advantage of Hyundai’s free ChargePoint EV charger

The new promo is available for the purchase or lease of a new 2023 or 2024 IONIQ 5, IONIQ 6, or 2023 Kona Electric through Hyundai Motor Finance. It is similar to GM’s popular $1000 program with Qmerit on Chevy Bolts but can likely offer more total credit.

Those interested can take advantage of the deal starting today, September 21, through October 31, 2023. With an included installation credit of up to $600 through Hyundai Home Marketplace, buyers and those leasing can lock in over $1,100 in savings.

ChargePoint L2 Home Flex EV chargers are valued at $549 MSRP with 240V and hardwired up to 50 amps, 40A via plug.

To take advantage of the offer customers will need a coupon code to take advantage of the offer from Hyundai Motor Finance. Once you purchase or lease an eligible Hyundai EV, you will receive an email with the coupon code within 7-10 days.

You can then go to Hyundai Home Marketplace (hyundaihomemarketplace.com), where you will enter the code to receive the free ChargePoint EV charger and installation credit.

After registering, you will be connected with an energy advisor who will help guide you through the installation process. The Electrum advisor can help with anything electric-related, such as finding a trusted installer and pulling required permits.

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2024 Hyundai IONIQ 5 electric SUV (Source: Hyundai)

Hyundai partnered with Electrum last year to create a “one-stop online marketplace” for EV buyers to access solar panels, energy storage systems, chargers, and local installers.

The company says Hyundai Home can help lower energy bills while enhancing energy resilience through solar and energy storage. Meanwhile, Electrum’s energy advisors can walk you through every step of the way.

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Hyundai IONIQ 6 Limited (Source: Hyundai)

Hyundai has ramped up EV sales in the US all year, with its dedicated EVs, the IONIQ 5 and IONIQ 6, setting new monthly records in July.

If you’re looking for a great deal on a Hyundai electric vehicle near you, you can reach out using our links today. Simply click the links below to explore the latest offers.

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Latest Goal Zero Yeti power stations at new all-time lows from $225, Lectric EV bundle sale, Heybike deals, more

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Today’s Green Deals are headlined by the new all-time lows on Goal Zero’s three latest Yeti portable power stations, starting from $225 for the Yeti 300. It is joined by Lectric’s latest EV sale that is taking up to $806 off e-bike bundles, like the XPeak Off-Road e-bikes with $727 in free gear going for $1,399. There’s also Heybike’s 3-year anniversary that is repeating discounts from previous sales – up to $700 off, with two ways to also win a FREE Mars 2.0 e-bike – all starting from $999. Plus, all the other hangover Green Deals that are still alive and well.

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.

Goal Zero’s three latest Yeti Portable Power Stations hit new all-time lows starting from $225

As part of its early Memorial Day sales, the official Goal Zero Amazon storefront is taking up to 40% off its lineup of power stations, bundles, and accessories. The most notable standouts are the company’s three newest Yeti power stations – all of them receiving their second official discounts since releasing to the public, as well as hitting new all-time lows. You’ll find the Yeti 300 Portable Power Station going for $224.89 shipped, the Yeti 500 power station for $374.89 shipped, and the Yeti 700 power station for $449.89 shipped. Today’s deal drops an equal 25% markdown on each of these units, with savings at $75 for the Yeti 300, $125 for the Yeti 500, and $150 for the Yeti 700.

All three of these 6th generation Yeti power stations were designed to better support folks during casual outdoor explorations, including during camping trips, tailgate parties, nights spent under the stars, road trips, and more. Sharing the same designs and features, the only real difference between them is their capacity sizes and output power levels: 297Wh (Yeti 300), 499Wh (Yeti 500), and 677Wh (Yeti 700). They share the same fast-charging capabilities when plugged into a wall outlet, with the Yeti 300 recharging in 50 minutes, the Yeti 500 in 90 minutes, and the Yeti 700 in under 2 hours. Your small appliance and device charging needs are covered by the two AC ports, two USB-A ports, two USB-C ports, plus the bonus car port – and all three can be hooked up to a solar panel with a max input level of 200W, with recharging ranging from 1.7 hours to 4 hours, depending on your model.

Lectric XPeak Off-Road e-bike parked in grass clearing, within post for Goal Zero Yeti power stations

Lectric Memorial Day sale takes up to $806 off e-bike bundles

Lectric eBikes has launched its Memorial Day sale through May 27 that is giving up to $806 in free add-on accessories along with your purchase from the selection of the brand’s popular e-bike models. You’ll find amongst the bunch, the return of the XPeak Off-Road High-Step e-bike for $1,399 shipped and the XPeak Off-Road Step-Thru e-bike that is also going for $1,399 shipped, which you can learn about below or by reading through our hands-on review at Electrek. Since its October launch, we’ve only seen it drop $100 lower during occasional short-term events, like its most recent February flash sale. Along with your purchase, you’ll also be getting the XPeak spare battery, a rear cargo rack, fenders for both tires, an Elite headlight, and an RST Renegade suspension fork that will arrive pre-installed on the bike for you. Normally costing you $2,126, this deal gives you $727 in savings. We’ve also provided a list below of all the other models and the respective deals.

Coming in a simplified color scheme tied to its designs, you’ll find two options in the black high-step model or the white step-thru model, with both sharing the same performance specs. Sporting a 750W rear hub-motor (1,310W Peak) working alongside its removable 48V battery, it arrives with five levels of pedal assistance up to 28 MPH top speeds for up to 55-miles (doubled with your extra battery). You’ll also find other features, including 4-inch puncture-resistant fat tires, hydraulic mineral oil brakes, a 7-gear Shimano drivetrain, removable pedals, a thru axle wheel attachment system for tool-free installations, kickstand, a hidden cable routing system, plenty of mounting points for add-ons, and an IP65 water-and-dust-resistant LCD display for real-time performance data. Plus, don’t forget all the other free add-on accessories that only enhance this e-bike’s capabilities further.

XP 3.0 Long-Range e-bikes with $806 in free accessories

XPeak Off-Road e-bikes with $727 in free accessories

XPedition Cargo e-bikes with $434 and $483 in free accessories

XP 3.0 Standard e-bikes with $306 in free accessories

Other Lectric e-bikes seeing discounts:

Lectric pre-order discounts:

Heybike Ranger e-bike being ridden by woman on pavement, within post for Goal Zero Yeti power stations

Heybike Anniversary sale takes up to $700 off e-bikes and offers two ways to win one free model

Heybike is celebrating its third anniversary (or birthday, if that’s more your flavor) through May 27, paying the revelry forward with a chance for customers to not only save on the company’s e-bikes with ongoing discounts, but also give everyone a chance to win a free Mars 2.0 e-bike, as well. A returning favorite, you’ll find the Ranger Foldable Cargo e-bike for $999 shipped. Down from its $1,400 price tag, we saw it go for $49 less back at the tail-end of 2023, with 2024 seeing a more steady hold at this very rate so far. This is a solid $401 markdown that keeps costs to the second-lowest price. Down below, you’ll find a curated list of the available deals amongst the bunch, as well as further information on how to get the chance to snag a free Mars 2.0 Folding Fat-Tire e-bike.

The Ranger sports both a step-thru frame and a folding design, housing a 500W motor and a removable 48V battery that maxes out at 25 MPH with a 55-mile range on a single charge. Three riding modes and 7-speed gears offers a more customizable riding experience, plus it can handle those moments your tempted off the beaten paths thanks to its 4-inch puncture-resistant fat tires. It also features dual disc brakes, a rear cargo rack, head and taillights, as well as an LCD display that gives you real-time performance statuses and allows for setting adjustments.

Other Heybike model discounts:

There are two ways you can throw your hat into the ring to win a free Mars 2.0 e-bike, the first of which being a simple purchase on one of the above e-bikes, or any of the other non-discounted models you find on this link’s landing page. The second way is to join the photo contest, which you can learn more about here.

Spring e-bike deals!

Greenworks 1900 PSI electric pressure washer being used on dirty driveway, within post for Gozl Zero Yeti power stations

Other 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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CATL accelerates overseas expansion as it outgrows China’s booming EV market

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CATL is doubling down on its global expansion efforts as it seeks more growth in overseas markets. With CATL’s chairman now leading the efforts, the company is making overseas growth a top priority as it outgrows China’s surging EV market.

After installing nearly 300 GWh of batteries in 2023, up 41% year-over-year, CATL was the top power battery maker.

Last year, the world’s largest EV battery maker, CATL, had a 36.8% share of the market. It was also the only manufacturer with a +30% share. Despite incoming competition, CATL’s market share grew from 36.2% in 2022.

However, as CATL outgrows China’s surging EV market, the company is looking overseas for growth.

According to local media reports (via CnEVPost), CATL is adding two new overseas plants as it looks to expand beyond its domestic market.

The news comes as CATL expects less growth in China as new, smaller suppliers enter the market. CATL’s growth in China is mainly impacted by the country’s NEV growth rate (including hybrids) and rival BYD’s growth.

Although higher NEV sales typically equate to more growth for CATL, rival BYD is quickly gaining market share, negatively impacting CATL.

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(Source: CATL)

CATL is accelerating its global expansion plans

CATL is adding two new factories to its previously announced six, according to local media firm LatePost.

The two new factories will be in addition to CATL’s plans for six overseas factories already announced: Germany, Thailand, Hungary, Indonesia, and two in the US (with Ford and Tesla).

Robin Zeng, CATL’s president, is now in charge of the company’s overseas offensive. Four co-presidents report to Zeng: Tan Libin (in charge of overseas sales), Huang Siying (overseas infrastructure), Feng Chunyan (overseas base operations), and Zeng Rong (overseas procurement).

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CATL’s Liyang, China plant (Source: CATL)

According to the post, CATL’s next plant will be in Spain as a joint venture with Stellantis. It’s also considering a fully owned battery cathode materials facility in Morocco, which would supply its European battery plants.

CATL is also looking to fuel its global growth through licensing its technology. The company has been in talks with around 10 OEMs to license its tech.

Last month, a CarNewsChina report claimed General Motors was in talks with CATL to license its LFP battery tech.

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(Source: CATL)

The plans reportedly included a joint North American factory to build the batteries. Although no details were offered, the report said it would likely be similar to Ford’s $3.5 billion investment to build an LFP battery plant with CATL in Michigan.

A separate report from LatePost earlier this year claimed CATL reduced the cost of its batteries to 400 yuan ($55) per kWh, compared to 600 yuan ($83) per kWh for NCM batteries.

With nearly one in three cars expected to be electric by 2030, CATL still has a lot more room for growth.

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Former BP exec’s ex-husband gets prison for insider trading after eavesdropping on her calls

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The ex-husband of a former BP mergers and acquisitions manager was sentenced to two years in federal prison for insider trading that netted him $1.76 million after he eavesdropped on her work calls about the oil giant buying another company.

The ex, Tyler Loudon, also was sentenced to one year of supervised release after his prison term and fined $10,000 by U.S. District Court Judge Sim Lake in Houston on Monday.

Loudon’s lawyer, Peter Zeidenberg, asked Lake to sentence him to one year of home confinement followed by two years of supervised release, citing, among other reasons, the need to care for Loudon’s ailing mother.

The prison sentence was at the bottom end of the 24-months-to-30-month range requested by federal prosecutors.

Loudon, as part of his guilty plea to a charge of securities fraud in February, already had agreed to forfeit the illicit profit he made in February 2023 from selling off the nearly 46,500 shares of TravelCenters of America after that company’s stock price soared more than 70% on news it was being acquired by BP for about $1.3 billion.

The 42-year-old Houston resident, who was an engineer for an oil and gas company, bought TravelCenters shares for about $2 million over several months beginning in December 2022.

His purchases started after he secretly listened to his wife’s work calls about BP buying TravelCenters, and then later discussing the deal with her in “normal’ married-couple kinds of conversations, according to court records.

Loudon’s eavesdropping occurred when he and his wife were working remotely “in close quarters” to one another due to the Covid-19 pandemic at the time, records show.

“Racked with guilt and fear,” Loudon “confessed to his wife” what he had done in March 2023 after learning that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority had asked BP for a list of people “in the know” about the TravelCenters deal before it was finalized, according to court filings.

Loudon’s wife, who was not accused of wrongdoing, reported his actions to her BP supervisor, but she ended up getting fired later, court records show. She also divorced Loudon.

A sentencing memo filed last week by Loudon’s attorney says that at the time he bought the TravelCenters, Loudon was a a “frequent day-trader of stocks” whose “marriage was under a great deal of stress as a result of multiple relocations and job changes” for both him and his wife.

“Mr. Loudon began to fear that his marriage was in jeopardy, an event that was particularly freighted in his mind due to the divorce he experienced as a child,” the memo said.

“In a wholly misguided belief that money could somehow help address the marital stresses the couple was experiencing, Mr. Loudon made the fateful decision to betray his wife’s trust, as well as his own better judgment,” the memo said.

“Tyler deeply regrets his conduct, has taken responsibility for it, and looks forward to putting this behind him and moving on with his life,” Zeidenberg told CNBC on Wednesday.

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Zeidenberg, in his sentencing memo, noted Loudon had lost his job and his marriage as a result of his actions, and because “of this conviction, [he] has little realistic hope for future employment in his field of engineering, and his future job prospects are extremely bleak.

“Regardless of the sentence the Court imposes, Mr. Loudon will be paying the price for his colossally bad judgment for the rest of his life,” Zeidenberg wrote.

“Insider trading is rampant, extremely difficult to uncover and adversely affects the integrity of the financial markets and the public perception of the markets,” said Houston U.S. Attorney Alamdar Hamdani, in a statement.

“These types of offenses erode the public’s confidence in the integrity of the markets and lead to widespread cynicism that the markets are rigged in favor of a fortunate few,” Hamdani said. “Mr. Loudon was only able to commit this crime because he had an unfair advantage: his spouse was an insider who gave him material nonpublic information.”

In his sentencing memo, Loudon’s lawyer argued insider trading cases involving spouses in which no one else other than a spouse is tipped off to non-public information are often not charged criminally.

“Indeed, civil, non-criminal dispositions are the typical fashion in which these types of cases are handled,” the memo said, pointing to nine Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuits.

“Most, if not all, insider-trading cases involving spouses that have resulted in criminal prosecutions typically have involved aggravating facts not present here,” Zeidenberg wrote.

Loudon faces a separate civil lawsuit by the SEC related to his insider trading. That civil case, like his criminal case, is being overseen by Judge Lake.

Lake, on May 3, ordered the SEC lawyers and Zeidenberg to either agree to a final judgment in that case or submit a schedule for briefing on the agency’s request for monetary relief within 30 days.

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