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Revolution Wind is already sending electricity to New England, and all 65 turbines are installed. Now the Trump administration is challenging the federal approval that allowed the offshore wind farm to be built. Again. Yes, really.

Your eyes do not deceive you, dear readers – the iconic, stainless-steel bodied and gullwing-doored sportscar brand DeLorean is not only somehow still alive, but they apparently have enough money to campaign a DeLorean-branded eVTOL in the new Airspeeder racing series.

BMW overhauled its flagship i7 electric sedan. Now, it wants you to use it as a chauffeur vehicle.

The winter equipment experts at Prinoth are partnering with Swedish trucking group SCANIA on a pair of new, battery-electric snow groomers that are ready to hit Europe’s ski slopes with up to 624 kWh of battery power all winter long.

Orange is the new green at the University of Tennessee, which deployed a new McNeilus Volterra ZFL electric garbage truck at its Knoxville campus this week, bringing together advanced, battery-electric waste collection technology and Made-in-Tennessee manufacturing.

Our midweek Green Deals edition is being led by Lectric’s newest 46-pound Xpress Lite e-bike that just launched at $1,099, which coincides with the bundle for $336 in FREE gear on the XPress2 Cruiser/Commuter e-bikes at $1,299 continuing over from the Better-Than-Prime sale. Right behind that we have two options for EcoFlow’s 572Wh RIVER 3 Max Expanded Power Station at a new $303 low or getting a FREE $40 tool pegboard at Amazon for $319. From there, we have two cordless electric snow blower deals on EGO’s 21-inch model with 2x 6.0Ah batteries at an $899 annual low, or the 80V Greenworks 20-inch model at a new $450 low. There’s also Worx’s newest 40V 3-in-1 Trivac Cordless Leaf Blower/Vacuum/Mulcher with either 2x or 4x battery bundles starting from $260, as well as more deals to get you through fall and winter below. You’ll also find the hangover deals from the last two days at the bottom of the page, like the yesterday’s EcoFlow TITAN series whole-home backup system early-bird deposit deals or the brand’s latest flash sale lineup ending tonight, 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.

BYD will launch the updated Seagull next week, its popular EV that sells for around $10,000 in China.

Volvo is already calling the EX60 a “game changer” as its highest-range, fastest-charging EV to date. After delaying US deliveries, Volvo’s new midsize electric SUV will remain limited, at least for now.

Tesla Powerwalls did most of the heavy lifting as California’s home batteries set a new grid record last week. On October 6, more than 85,000 Powerwall owners sent over 600 MW to the grid, the bulk of a combined 745 MW dispatch that Sunrun announced today.

That’s 28% more than the 580 MW record the two companies set less than a month ago. And it’s bigger than most gas peaker plants in the state.

Want to be among the first to own Ford’s new EV pickup? You can now sign up for a preorder invite for the upcoming $30,000 Ford Fathom.

The world record for the longest journey on an electric motorcycle on a single charge has just been absolutely demolished.

Tesla says it will finally stream its next-generation Roadster event this Thursday, October 15, at 7:55 pm Central, two weeks after it was supposed to happen.

It’s the latest date in a long list of them. Tesla first showed the Roadster in November 2017 and promised production in 2020. Nearly nine years later, it hasn’t delivered a single one.

EVs are giving oil-importing countries some breathing room during the Hormuz energy crisis. Between March and August, their EV fleets displaced an estimated $20 billion worth of crude oil, according to new analysis from energy think tank Ember.

The 2027 BMW i3 and iX3 start at $61,500, but the electric sedan is nearly $80 less a month to lease.

New EVs still cost less than they did a year ago, but September brought buyers a double hit: higher prices and smaller discounts.

Doug Field, the engineer who ran Tesla’s Model 3 program and later Ford’s entire EV operation, is now president of Mind Robotics, the industrial robotics startup Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe spun out of Rivian last year.

He lands at a company that has now raised more than $1 billion in under a year, and he’ll run product, engineering, and operations alongside Scaringe.

Prices for the 2027 Chevy Blazer EV now start at over $45,000 after another price hike.

EcoFlow is dominating our Tuesday Green Deals edition this week, as the brand is offering an early-bird $50 “lock in” deposit for its latest TITAN Series Whole-Home Backup System that will be officially launched in November. Right behind that is the latest 48-hour flash sale lineup, with options like the DELTA Pro Power Station bundle with a 400W solar panel down at $2,279, and more from $689. We also spotted Heybike offering its Mars 3.0 Folding Full Suspension e-bike at a new $1,099 low, a bunch of Anker eufy Solar Wall Light Cam S4 deals starting from $200, a 40V 12-inch Greenworks Cordless Snow Shovel kit at a new $240 low, and more. You’ll also find the hangover deals from yesterday at the bottom of the page, like the Segway’s GT3 superscooter at its lowest price, the exclusive Anker SOLIX 6,144Wh expanded F3000 bundle deal, 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.

BMW’s entry-level EV was spotted testing with a Neue Klasse design that looks more like the new iX3, just smaller.

BYD’s latest flagship EV, the Great Han, is now on sale in China, starting at about $35,000 with a CLTC range of over 1,000 km (621 miles).

Tesla sold 381,088 cars to Chinese buyers through the first nine months of 2026, down 11.9% from last year, according to CPCA data. Over the same period, Giga Shanghai’s exports more than doubled to 361,972 vehicles.

Nearly half of what Tesla builds in China now leaves China. And Beijing just announced it will cut the tax rebate on EV exports next year.

The electric minibus is getting an overhaul. Volkswagen said a new ID. Buzz is in the works, bringing much more than just a lower price tag.

Tesla has stopped taking orders for the Model 3 Premium in Canada, the Shanghai-built trim that brought the electric sedan down to $39,490 CAD. The automaker says it has used up its import quota for Chinese-made EVs and doesn’t expect to reopen orders until March 2027.

But the Canadian government’s own tracker tells a different story: 33,069 of the 49,000 permits for China-made EVs in the current quota year are still available.

The US has passed 80,000 public EV fast-charging ports, and new charging stops are getting bigger and packing more power. That’s good news for drivers looking for an open stall. The price story is more mixed: Most networks are holding steady, but Tesla Supercharger costs have gone up.