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Our Thursday Green Deals this week is headlined by an exclusive deal we secured that saves you $1,551 on the unique Gendome 3,072Wh Home3000 Portable Power Station at a new $748 low. Right behind it, we have Autel’s 4-cam Outdoor Wireless Solar Security Camera kit at a new $180 low, as well as EGO’s latest 52-inch Z6 Zero Turn Cordless Electric Riding Lawn Mower with 6x 10.0Ah batteries and 880W wall charger at a new $5,999 low, a spring-ready deal on Birdfy’s Wooden Smart Bird House with an iron guard and inside camera, and much more waiting for you below. And don’t forget about the other hangover deals at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s EcoFlow Earth Day Mega Sale with up to 62% power station discounts and plenty of extra savings + the launch deals on the brand’s TRAIL Plus 300 DC Portable Compact 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.

Elon Musk is once again promising that the next version of Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” software will “far exceed human levels of safety.” This time it’s V15. The problem is that he made virtually identical claims about Version 12 in 2023 and V14 in 2025 — and neither came close to delivering.

Musk posted the claim today in response to a user’s detailed review of FSD v14.3 after 600+ miles of testing. He acknowledged that “point releases will bring polish” to the current version before projecting that V15, the next major release, will achieve what every previous version was supposed to achieve.

VW says it will stop building the ID.4 in the US, and instead replace it with production of a gas-guzzling, pollution-spewing, 18mpg three row land yacht instead.

The change comes just as gas prices have risen dramatically and after republicans inflated the price of every EV by $7,500, ensuring Americans have even fewer affordable choices during an affordability crisis.

Kia plans to expand its EV lineup to 14 models by 2030, including its first software-defined electric vehicle and a new entry-level SUV.

I drove the latest Cadillac Optiq electric SUV for a week. I was able to drive it for a bit more than 500 miles in the tough conditions of a Canadian winter that doesn’t seem to end.

The results were a mixed bag of experiences. Some good, some bad. Find out more in the review below!

BYD launched its luxury sub-brand Denza in Europe with a little help from James Bond himself. The Denza Z9 GT EV can recharge in as little as 5 minutes, can drive nearly 400 miles on a single charge, and looks like something straight out of an action movie.

Tesla is hitting back at a growing gray market of unauthorized devices that unlock Full Self-Driving (FSD) in regions where the software hasn’t been approved. The automaker has been remotely disabling FSD on affected vehicles — permanently revoking access without warning.

Reports are surfacing from owners in Europe, South Korea, China, and Turkey that Tesla remotely woke their vehicles, detected the unauthorized CAN bus devices, and stripped FSD entirely — reverting them to basic Autopilot.

Tesla is reportedly developing an all-new smaller, cheaper electric SUV — two years after CEO Elon Musk killed the company’s affordable EV program and called building cars for human drivers “pointless.”

Reuters reports that four people familiar with the matter say the new compact SUV would be produced at Tesla’s Shanghai factory, priced substantially below the Model 3’s $34,000 starting price in China and $37,000 in the US.

EV Realty just opened its flagship electric truck charging hub in San Bernardino, California, and it’s built for the kind of heavy-duty freight work that keeps supply chains moving.

Avinox is back with its next-generation e-bike drive systems, and if the numbers are anything to go by, the company is definitely targeting the higher performance end of the market.

Norway is doubling down on electric maritime transport in a big way, placing an order for 20 of Candela’s P-12 electric hydrofoil ferries in what’s being described as the largest deployment of its kind to date.

On today’s Tesla-tastic episode of Quick Charge, a TSLA bear thinks the stock is headed for a 60% slide before the year is out, Tesla launches a Supercharger configurator, and we find out what’s really going on at Elon’s proposed chip fab.

The GV90 is shaping up to be an ultra-luxe tech powerhouse. Genesis set out to redefine luxury with the GV90, and the interior proves it. Here’s our first look.

The UK just approved what will become its largest solar farm yet – and it’s a clear signal of where its energy strategy is headed.

Hyundai will unveil the IONIQ 3 during Milan Design Week later this month. Ahead of its debut, a covered production model was spotted in a parking garage, offering a closer look at the new electric hatch.

Our mid-week Green Deals edition is packed and focused on EcoFlow, but that’s not to say the other deals we’ve collected for you today are any less exciting. First, we have EcoFlow’s latest Members’ Festival x Earth Day Mega Sale with up to 62% power station discounts, extra savings on solar generators, FREE gifts, and 3x EcoCredit rewards – all starting from $169. The brand has also just launched its 288Wh TRAIL Plus 300 DC Portable Compact Power Station (and two solar bundles) starting from $199, as well as offering a 24-hour flash sale on three units, like the 2,048Wh DELTA 2 Max Portable Power Station at $799, which is the best new price we have tracked aside from a Black Friday exclusive deal. We also have three EGO Multi-Head Combo bundles that give you a string trimmer + one of three secondary attachments at new lows, a spotlight on Lectric’s April Showers XP Trike2 bundles with up to $588 in FREE gear, an Eve Aqua Apple HomeKit Smart Water Controller deal worth considering for your spigots, and much more waiting for you below. And don’t forget about the other hangover deals at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s flash sale on the Segway G30P Electric Scooter to a new $500 low, Jackery’s 256Wh Explorer 240D power station at a new $129 low, 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.

Solid-state EV batteries have entered a “critical stage,” BYD’s chief scientist, Lian Yubo, said during a seminar this week.

Tesla has quietly switched on a public configurator for its Supercharger for Business program, and the numbers tell us exactly what it now costs a third party to buy into the network: $500,000 in hardware and roughly $940,000 all-in for a standard V4 8-stall site.

The tool also spits out ROI estimates that swing wildly by location — from a 4-year payback in San Francisco to 7 years in Manhattan — and effectively prices Tesla’s own cut at a flat $0.10/kWh.

Elon Musk claimed this week that Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” is so much safer than human drivers that it could save 90% of the roughly one million lives lost in car crashes globally each year — a 10X improvement in safety.

The problem is that Tesla has never released the data that would support anything close to that claim, and Musk is already using it to pre-frame the lawsuits Tesla is facing over FSD crashes as an unavoidable cost of progress.

The Boulder SUV concept is a preview of Hyundai’s upcoming body-on-frame vehicles set to rival the Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler, and Toyota Tacoma.

A newly introduced California bill could quietly reshape how passengers are carried on bicycles and e-bikes – and in the process, potentially outlaw one of the most popular features on many modern electric bikes.

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

Tesla stock is down roughly 20% year-to-date in 2026, and JPMorgan thinks the bleeding is far from over. Analyst Ryan Brinkman reiterated his Underweight rating this week and stuck with a $145 price target — implying another ~60% downside from where TSLA trades today.

The note landed days after Tesla disclosed a Q1 delivery miss and the largest single-quarter inventory build in company history.

In a rare bit of good news for the e-bike industry, manufacturers, importers, and advocacy groups have successfully fought off a potentially painful round of new tariffs on bicycles and e-bikes in the US.