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GreenPower Motor Company plans to open a new EV factory in southern New Mexico, adding hundreds of jobs as the state ramps up incentives and fleet electrification.

Hyundai’s electric vehicles are already among the most affordable you can get your hands on. To kick off the new year, Hyundai is slashing EV prices again with new deals and promotions.

Independent power producer Treaty Oak Clean Energy has closed financing and kicked off construction on two solar farms that will add 385 megawatts of renewable energy capacity to Louisiana.

The plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler 4xe is getting axed as Stellantis kills off all of its PHEVs in North America. Meanwhile, one of its all-electric vehicles may face the same fate.

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 a battery holy grail too good to be true, NVIDIA open sourcing self-driving, Tesla Model Y ‘Standard’ Long Range, and more.

Leading this week’s Friday Green Deals is the new Tenways Wayfarer Cruiser e-bike with $366 in FREE bundled gear at an $1,899 low. What’s more, we also have three of Aventon’s popular legacy e-bikes at the lowest prices of the last year – all at $1,499, as well as Ride1Up’s New Year Sale with up to $600 e-bike savings starting from $995. There’s also a collection of Bluetti power stations and bundles with exclusive savings, as well as a collection of EcoFlow’s RIVER series of power stations, a newer 80V Greenworks cordless snow shovel, and more waiting for you below. And don’t forget about the hangover deals at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s Bluetti Alternator & Solar Dual DC Charger 2 exclusive launch deals, 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 Kia GT moniker is getting electrified. Kia unveiled three (well, four really) new electric GT models at the Brussels Motor Show, including two sporty new SUVs and an EV hot hatch. Here’s our first look.

Tesla has launched a new “Standard” Model Y Long Range in Europe and a non-long range version in Canada, bringing another more affordable version of its best-selling electric SUV to these markets.

The simultaneous launch in the two markets separated by an ocean is due to Model Y vehicles in Canada actually coming from Europe.

Tesla’s trim name-scheming is starting to get a bit complicated.

The Hilux has gone electric. Toyota’s best-selling pickup made its European debut in electric form for the first time at the Brussels Motor Show.

Hyundai’s new electric people mover can fit up to nine passengers. The Staria is Hyundai’s biggest EV to date, but this small electric car is coming soon that will likely be an even bigger hit.

In a move that completely undermines the “Tesla is an AI company” narrative, Elon Musk’s private startup, xAI, has reportedly told investors that it plans to build the AI to power Tesla’s Optimus robot.

This new development comes from a Bloomberg report detailing xAI’s widening losses and massive cash burn. According to the report, xAI executives explicitly told investors that their goal is to “develop self-sufficient AI to power robots like Tesla’s Optimus.”

This is a massive shift in the narrative and potentially the smoking gun in ongoing shareholder lawsuits regarding Musk’s breach of fiduciary duty.

Kia unveiled its new compact, entry-level EV2 electric hatchback at the Brussels Motor Show this morning. It looks like a great, affordable EV… that the US may never see.

Electric outboards have long been pitched as the cleaner, quieter alternative to gas motors. But according to Blade, ideology alone isn’t enough to convince boaters to switch. The numbers actually have to work, or folks won’t be able to make the switch.

On today’s heated episode of Quick Charge, a US Congressman claims Tesla’s poor design caused at least 15 deaths, Elon says he’s a few billion miles away from real Full Self Driving, and Volvo teases an incredible new EX60 with 400 miles of range.

Sometimes innovation isn’t simply about going faster or adding more tech. Sometimes it’s as simple as giving people a seat.

That appears to be the case in Seattle, where Lime says its ridership jumped by an eye-opening 61% last year. According to the company, a major contributor to that growth was the LimeGlider – a seated electric scooter that blends elements of scooters, bikes, and mopeds into a single, highly approachable form factor.

Blink Charging now takes crypto at select DC fast chargers in the US, letting EV drivers pay for a charging session with a dollar‑pegged stablecoin instead of a card or app.

The electric off-road luxury SUV was spotted for the first time in pubic, but it doesn’t quite look like the cool concept Genesis showed off last year.

XCharge North America is planning one of the largest battery-backed EV charging depots in the US, and it’s coming to Brooklyn.

China has a new flagship EV en route that will become the largest electric SUV on the market later this year.

Is Tesla preparing to pull the plug on domestic production in Germany? It might sound crazy for a factory that just opened a few years ago, but when you look at the abysmal sales numbers in Europe and combine them with the latest threats from management against the union, the writing might be on the wall.

For months, we have been reporting on the demand issues Tesla is facing in Europe. Now, the situation has deteriorated to a point where the existence of Gigafactory Berlin itself seems to be in question.

Despite slower sales in the final few months of 2025, most automakers reported higher overall EV sales in the US. These were the best-selling models outside of Tesla.

Today’s Green Deals are all about being on the move – whether that’s for commuting or living a nomadic/off-grid lifestyle. Our headliner for this edition is Bluetti’s newly launched Alternator & Solar Dual DC Charger 2 and its many bundle options with up to 48% exclusive savings for our readers – all starting from $332. Right behind it we have a soon-to-end Tenways flash sale with up to $907 savings on the CGO800S Urban Commuter e-bike and the AGO X All-Terrain Mid-Drive e-bike at lows starting from $1,699. There’s also Jackery’s HomePower 3000 Portable Power Station with 4x mountable 100W Prime solar panels at $1,614, as well as some continued Velotric winter e-bike savings, and much more waiting for you below – with further CES 2026 coverage, including our favorite reveals. And don’t forget about the hangover deals at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s MOD City 3 folding e-bike low prices, the latest EcoFlow New Year flash sale that ends 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.

Toyota is the largest automaker in Japan, but for the first time, it finally overtook Nissan as the top-selling domestic EV brand.

We are barely a week into 2026, and we are already seeing a significant shift in the narrative regarding Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) timeline. After missing yet another high-profile deadline to achieve unsupervised autonomy by the “end of the year” in 2025, Elon Musk has now dropped a new metric that explains a lot — and raises even more questions.

In a new comment today, Musk has stated that Tesla needs to accumulate roughly 10 billion miles of data to achieve “safe unsupervised self-driving.”

The new statement raises the question: why did Musk claim that Tesla would be unsupervised in Austin just a few weeks ago, when he knew that Tesla was nowhere near 10 billion miles?