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Leading our Monday Green Deals this week is a surprise 50% discount on the EVOLV TERRA Full-Suspension Electric Scooter to a new $614.50 low. Right behind that, we have Anker’s SOLIX flash sale with up to $3,300 savings and a FREE 400W solar panel ($899 value) on the E10 Smart Hybrid Whole-Home Backup System and its solar generator bundle options starting from $4,299. There’s also Worx’s 20V 20-inch 2-in-1 Attachment Capable Cordless Electric Hedge Trimmer at $122, as well as Autel’s most powerful MaxiCharger AC Pro 80A Level 2 EV Charger back down at $909 (its lowest price since September 2025), and many more ongoing sales that will be ending soon. And don’t forget about the other hangover deals from last week at the bottom of the page, collected together in our latest Electrified Weekly roundup coverage.

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.

The IONIQ 5 is making a comeback after sales jumped in the first quarter. Now, Hyundai is offering an $8,750 discount on all trims to sweeten the deal.

The EPA certification for Rivian’s upcoming R2 was found and posted on Rivian Forums this morning, and it includes some interesting insights about the vehicle – including one note that has fans worried about cold weather range, but we reached out to Rivian to get the facts.

Toyota’s updated electric SUV is now among the top-selling EVs in Japan, the US, and several European markets.

Electric scooters aren’t usually the first thing that comes to mind when you think of front-line military equipment. But in Ukraine, a unique class of rugged, high-powered electric scooters is quietly carving out a role in modern warfare.

The adventure-focused EV won’t be so electric after all. Nissan is scrapping plans for an off-road EV and is now planning to launch the fan-favorite SUV with gas- and hybrid-powered variants.

NHTSA has closed its investigation into Tesla’s “Actually Smart Summon” feature after documenting 159 incidents, all involving minor property damage.

The agency found zero injuries and zero fatalities linked to the feature, and determined that Tesla’s six over-the-air software updates adequately addressed the issues. No recall was issued.

Xiaomi has hired Dieter Lorenz, Tesla’s Senior Manager of Delivery Operations for Central Europe, as its new Head of Delivery & Logistics Europe. The move signals that Xiaomi is aggressively building an operations infrastructure on the ground in Europe well ahead of its confirmed 2027 market entry.

Lorenz isn’t the only Tesla operations employee making the jump, either. At least one other former Tesla operations staffer in Europe has also landed at Xiaomi, suggesting a deliberate recruitment push targeting Tesla’s European logistics expertise.

Vietnamese EV maker VinFast is setting its sights on a major new frontier: India’s massive two-wheeler market. After already laying groundwork for its electric car business in the country, the company is now preparing to launch a lineup of electric scooters as part of a broader push into India’s fast-growing EV sector.

I’ve spent countless hours here at Electrek doing detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through thousands of miles of riding, I’ve been fortunate to learn these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That long-term experience with real-world e-bike testing has helped me find the best electric bicycles on the market for just about any budget.

Below are some of the top e-bikes I’ve hand-tested for every price range, current as of April 2026. Spring is finally here, and that means it’s time to get back in the saddle! Check out the awesome e-bikes below, any one of which could become your next electric bike.

APM Terminals has been electrifying its operations at the Port of Los Angeles over the last few years – and they’ve been able to effectively decarbonize and cut their fuel costs substantially. Those efforts have yielded another unexpected benefit, too: they’ve slashed truck idle times at the port by almost 85%.

The new electric-drive Komatsu PC9000-12 is the largest hydraulic excavator in the brand’s storied history, capable of moving a massive, 80 tons of material, per pass – at a rate of more than 8,000 tons per hour of operation.

A new utility-scale solar farm just came online in Ohio, and it’s generating power with panels manufactured in-state.

XCharge North America and JOJO Superfast are rolling out a new EV fast-charging network across Illinois, starting with nine locations and more to come.

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss EV deliveries from Tesla, Rivian, and others, Toyota’s electric pickup truck, and more.

We’re ending this week’s Green Deals with many sales, starting with the newly launched Lectric April Showers e-bike sale that is offering up to $720 savings, like the XP Lite2 JW Black Long-Range Belt-Drive Folding e-bike with $405 in FREE gear at $1,099, among others. There’s also EcoFlow’s Easter weekend 72-hour flash sale that has cut up to 58% off power stations and a 220W solar panel starting from $284, as well as a shorter-term 24-hour flash sale from Anker SOLIX with up to 67% power station discounts (and exclusive bonus savings) to lows starting from $699. We also spotted two of Worx’s latest Landroid Vision Cloud RTK robot lawn mowers – both a standard and 4WD model – at return and new lows, Segway’s budget-friendly E2 Plus II Electric Scooter at its second-best price, and continuing spring sale deals waiting for you below. And don’t forget about the other hangover deals at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s new low price on the EGO Z6 42-inch Cordless Electric Zero-Turn Riding Mower bundle with six batteries and a wall charger, the Segway e-scooters seeing bigger savings at Amazon, 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.

The national average gas price hit $4.09 per gallon this week — up 33% from a year ago — as yet another oil crisis hammers American drivers. But this time, the math on switching to electric is so overwhelmingly clear that millions of drivers are doing the calculation and reaching the same conclusion: they can’t afford not to drive electric.

Electrified vehicle consideration jumped to 23.8% of all car shopper research activity in mid-March, the highest weekly level of 2026, according to Edmunds data. Online searches for EVs surged 17% in a single week as gas prices spiked.

BYD launched the Song Ultra EV in China, starting at just under $22,000. The new EV is one of the first to be equipped with its Blade Battery and Flash Charging, enabling recharge times in as little as 5 minutes. In less than a month, the electric SUV secured over 37,000 orders.

You’ve finally got the full trifecta – a rooftop solar panel system feeding a home backup battery that charges your EV. Heck, you’ve even got a bidirectional EV that can send power back to the house when you need it. Now the real question: are you actually saving any money?

Lectric eBikes is officially rolling into Canada, setting the stage to shape the future of cycling north of the border.

Solar giant Qcells is making a play to get solar and battery storage built into new homes in the US from day one.

Stellantis is in early talks to assemble electric vehicles from its Chinese partner Leapmotor at the idled Brampton, Ontario plant, according to Bloomberg — a factory that was supposed to be retooled for Jeep production with over $500 million in Canadian government subsidies.

The proposal has already drawn fierce opposition from Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the Unifor union, which represents about 3,000 laid-off workers at the plant.

Our Thursday Green Deals are here, and leading the lineup is EGO’s Z6 42-inch Cordless Electric Zero-Turn Riding Lawn Mower with a fresh bundle of six 6.0Ah batteries and an 880W wall charger at a new $4,800 low. Right behind that, we spotted a selection of Segway e-scooters getting better deals at Amazon than within the extended spring sale lineup, like the E3 Pro Electric Scooter at $530. There’s also Anker’s SOLIX F3800 Portable Power Station down at an exclusive $1,899 price, as well as a budget-friendly option in Hoverfly’s 40-mile trekking Ourea e-bike, a returning low price on the second-gen Greenworks Pro 2,300 PSI electric pressure washer, a one-day-only steal on Anker’s eufy Floodlight E340 Camera with a HomeBase 3 hub, and continuing spring sale deals waiting for you below. And don’t forget about the other hangover deals at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s Jackery Easter Sale lineup of power stations with up to 54% savings, the rare EGO 3,200 PSI cordless electric pressure washer with batteries bundle discount, 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.

The PV5 WAV New York EV is a new electric taxi and rideshare concept Kia introduced at the New York Auto Show.