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Californians who can’t install rooftop solar are getting another way to tap into the sunshine. Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill opening the door to small plug-in solar, also known as balcony solar, alongside two laws designed to get more out of home energy devices and the grid California already has. All three were signed on September 30.

The Hyundai IONIQ 5 is still one of the EVs Americans are buying the most, with more than 31,000 sold through September.

Toyota’s new electric vehicles are selling surprisingly well, even as many automakers report fewer EV sales in the third quarter.

Our thursday Green Deals is led by the Tenways Holiday Season Warmup Sale with up to $905 savings, like the AGO X Mid-Drive All-Terrain e-bike with a $405 FREE bundle at $1,999. Behind that is the Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2 Portable Power Station down at $900, as well as Hiboy’s Fall Ride Event Sale with up to 44% EV discounts starting from $180, the Greenworks 40V 12-inch Cordless Dual-Line String Trimmer down at a $90 annual low, and more early Prime Day deals. You can find the hangover deals from the last few days down at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s EcoFlow flash sale lineup that will be ending tonight, among others.

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.

A new interactive tool shows the thousands of manufacturing projects that have been cancelled, stalled, delayed, or lost support as a result of attacks on US manufacturing by Congressional republicans.

The Chevy Equinox EV’s run as GM’s top-selling electric car is quickly coming to an end after sales dropped 92% in Q3.

BMW joins the growing list of luxury brands planning to introduce an entry-level electric vehicle. The new model will be the most affordable Neue Klasse EV.

The Ford Fathom is expected to go on sale in early 2027, starting at $28,350. Ford CEO Jim Farley admitted, “It’s going to be a heck of an effort to launch this at scale, at cost, on time.”

Aptera (SEV) now says it needs only about $25 million to start production of its Solar EV, down from the $40 to $45 million it quoted just seven weeks ago.

It’s good news on paper. But the market didn’t buy it: Aptera’s stock fell about 15% on the announcement, leaving the solar car startup with a market cap of roughly $69 million.

With the 2027 EV3 now on sale and another record sales quarter, Kia said it’s “the brand to watch” in 2027.

Gazelle has spent much of its recent e-bike development pushing its premium Ultimate platform toward faster Class 3 commuters, but now the Dutch bicycle maker is filling out the other side of the family.

Geothermal’s upfront cost can be a dealbreaker for affordable housing. A Vermont gas utility is helping get past that hurdle by paying for the underground infrastructure at a new development.

A fresh batch of battery-electric forklift reveals from Hyundai completes the brand’s heavy forklift range, allowing Hyundai dealers to confidently offer a high-voltage electric counterbalance forklift in 4-to-18 tonne capacities, extending electric forklift availability into applications traditionally reserved for big, diesel-powered trucks.

Tesla China is upgrading every Model 3 it sells with a larger 16-inch touchscreen and a new light gray interior option, and it’s turning on up to 2.2 kW of AC power export across its entire Model 3 and Model Y lineup in the country.

The US Model 3 gets none of it. Tesla’s American Model 3 still has a 15.4-inch display, and it’s shut out of the vehicle-to-load feature Tesla launched stateside in August.

NIO delivered 109,178 electric vehicles in the third quarter of 2026, a 25.4% increase over last year and right inside the 108,000 to 111,000 range it guided for in September.

But the quarter ended on a weak note. September deliveries grew just 7.7% year-over-year to 37,408 units, the slowest pace of 2026, as the ONVO brand fell 43%.

Metra’s diesel-engined commuter trains are familiar sights in and around Chicago, and so is the smell of spent diesel that surrounds them – but a new battery-electric FLIRT locomotive from Stadler is about to change all that, and it’s set to arrive this week.

Commercial delivery operator Gateway Fleets ordered 100 medium-duty electric box vans from Workhorse earlier this year. That experiment seems to be going well, because the company just ordered 200 more.

Toyota tried crushing its new electric truck with a 1,675-pound caravan to prove it’s still “the world’s toughest pick-up,” and it drove off as if nothing had happened.

BYD is giving its $10,000 EV a major overhaul. New images of the second-gen Seagull reveal a larger, more upscale design with a few surprise luxury features.

We have a jam-packed midweek Green Deals for you, with a bunch of these deals coming from Amazon’s early fall Prime Day sale. Starting off today’s edition is the limited-time chance to score a larger-than-ever $838 FREE bundle (extra battery, smart helmet, stem bag) with Monarc’s Tracer Commuter e-bike and Marker All-Terrain e-bike starting from $1,899. Right behind that is the latest EcoFlow 48-hour flash sale returning the 2x bundle of DELTA 3 Classic Power Stations to $938, and more from $599. We also spotted the Worx Nitro 20V Cordless Wet/Dry Vacuum at a $117 2026 low, as well as the continuing and exclusive low prices on Anker’s SOLIX E10 Whole-Home Backup System for early Prime Day deals starting from $3,799. From there, we have a Greenworks trimmer and blower combo kit, a 2x SKIL battery bundle, cooler deals, smart floor lamp savings, and more down below. You can find the hangover deals from the last two days down at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s Mango Power E early Prime Day Sale with up to 72% discounts, 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.

If you’ve spent any time reading local neighborhood social media groups lately – and for your mental health, I hope you haven’t – you’ve probably encountered a familiar complaint: teenagers on e-bikes.

Rivian’s first R2s with LiDAR and its in-house RAP1 autonomy computer will go to employees before the end of 2026. Paying customers will have to wait until 2027. It could be interpreted as a delay compared to previous communications.

The automaker laid out the timeline at an investor conference in New York this week, along with updates on point-to-point driving, its Uber robotaxi deal, and what LiDAR now costs it: “a few hundred dollars.”

BMW opened orders for the 2027 i3 early after strong initial demand. The all-new electric sedan can drive up to 468 miles on a single charge, but it’s not exactly cheap.

Tesla’s planned solar factory in Texas has landed in the middle of a US patent lawsuit between two Chinese solar equipment makers, both chasing the ingot-growing furnaces Tesla needs to hit its 100 GW goal.

Linton Crystal Technologies, a Rochester, New York company wholly owned by China’s Dalian Linton, sued Zhejiang Jingsheng in a Texas federal court last week. Chinese industry reports say Jingsheng won a roughly 3 billion yuan (about $420 million) Tesla order for crystal pullers earlier this year.