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We’re ending this week’s Green Deals with a bang, starting with Aventon’s Memorial Day Sale that is dropping most of the new smart e-bikes to their best prices and giving up to $206 FREE bundled gear packages, like the Aventure M Mid-Drive All-Terrain Smart e-bike with a $128 bundle to $2,699. There’s also Anker’s SOLIX Storm Prep Sale that is dropping the newest E10 Smart Hybrid Whole-Home Backup System and bundles to new exclusive lows starting from $3,799. From there, we have two different EcoFlow savings – the first being an exclusive bundle of the 12,288Wh DELTA Pro Ultra X Power Station with a Powerinsight 2 Monitor at $7,199, as well as a 48-hour flash sale with up to 59% savings on three units, and much more waiting for you below. And don’t forget about the hangover deals at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s many exclusive low prices on Bluetti power stations in the Hurricane Prep Sale, 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...

After five decades, Volkswagen is preparing to introduce its first electric GTI this year. Volkswagen is already preparing a Clubsport version of the electric hot hatch that will borrow a feature from Hyundai. more… Useful signal for tracking the EV and battery ecosystem.

CALSTART has expanded its US map of medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission truck infrastructure, providing fleets with a clearer picture of where they can charge or refuel. more… Charging infrastructure remains one of the biggest adoption bottlenecks.

A couple of years ago, there was a news story about a gas station in Texas or Arizona that was giving away $25 of free gasoline per customer for several hours one morning. The marketing tactic worked because there was something of a frenzy of drivers lined up to get ... [continued] The post 100 Free EV Chargers Installed In Saudi Arabia appeared first on CleanTechnica.

The Texas-based solar manufacturer SEG Solar is among the firms continuing to push the solar power envelope despite the sharp U-turn in federal energy policy. The post So Much For The War On Solar Power: 4 More Gigawatts Coming To The US appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Tesla owners have been debating the missing instrument cluster for years. Some drivers love the minimalist center screen setup, while others still want critical driving information directly in their line of sight. Now, a startup called NeuroHUD says it has the answer. Its slogan? “The heads-up display Tesla forgot.” NeuroHUD says it’s the world’s first true heads-up display (HUD) built specifically for Tesla vehicles. Instead of glancing at the center screen, drivers can see important information projected directly ahead, keeping their eyes on the road. And they’ve clearly got Tesla owners’ attention: NeuroHUD’s Kickstarter campaign has launched, and it has already raised more than $400,000 in its first 72 hours. more…

With over 100,000 EVs sold in the US, Cadillac said that those who go electric are likely to choose another EV as their next vehicle. more… Useful signal for tracking the EV and battery ecosystem.

California’s Air Resources Board has officially confirmed the Tesla Semi’s battery capacities through a regulatory filing — and they’re smaller than what Elon Musk originally suggested back in 2022. The CARB Executive Order A-374-0095, signed on April 15, reveals that the Long Range Semi carries an 822 kWh usable battery pack while the Standard Range comes in at 548 kWh, both using NCMA lithium-ion chemistry with Tesla’s 4680 cells. more…

For years, “next-gen battery tech” in the e-bike world (and the EV world in general) has mostly been a promise. Solid-state batteries were always just around the corner, hyped in EV headlines but nowhere to be found on actual bikes you could buy. That may finally be changing. more…

In my recent article on trucks in China, the shift to electrification is increasingly prevalent and seems inevitable. Jake also recently posted on an autonomous freight startup in the US. However, electrified, autonomous logistics is becoming increasingly common in Chinese cities and is rapidly commercializing in long haul applications. Based ... [continued] The post Autonomous Logistics Scaling Rapidly In China appeared first on CleanTechnica.

It was only about a month ago it was announced that Copenhagen’s city buses are now 100 percent electric. Other European cities are electrifying their bus fleets too, as we see with a new announcement about 240 electric buses planned for Hamburg, Germany by 2031. The plan for 240 electric ... [continued] The post 240 New Electric Buses Coming To German City appeared first on CleanTechnica.

The new 2027 Chevy Bolt EV drove nearly 300 miles on a single charge during real-world testing, or about 30 miles more than its official EPA-rated range. For under $30,000, the new Bolt hits the sweet spot. more… Useful signal for tracking the EV and battery ecosystem.

Rivian is now producing its new, more affordable (semi-affordable), more mass-market model, the R2. We now have a bit more news coming out about it to go along with this launch. The R2 has me both excited and nervous. It’s a potentially very popular model that could boost the EV ... [continued] The post Rivian R2 Extra Features, Other Variants, and In-House Lidar? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

In April 2026, 25,087 plugin vehicles were sold into the Australian market, out of 94,049 total vehicle sales. This represents almost 27% of the market. Battery electric vehicles achieved 15,459 units sold, and plugin hybrids 9,628. Month on month, BEV numbers appear to have stayed steady, while PHEVs have increased. ... [continued] The post EV Penetration Continues to Grow Down Under — April Update appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Guangzhou, May 6, 2026 — XPENG (NYSE: XPEV, HKEX: 9868), a leading China-based high-tech company, previously released the X-World technical report and demonstrated the practical value of this technology in XPENG’s autonomous driving. Recently, XPENG once again announced advancements in world model technology, the X-Cache technical report. X-Cache leverages the continuity ... [continued] The post XPENG Unveils The “World Model Accelerator” X-Cache, Which Requires No Training, Is Plug-And-Play, And Boosts Inference Speed By 2.7 Times appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Europe finally has a robotaxi service, years after the first robotaxis launched in the US and China (in 2020 in both places). The new robotaxi service didn’t launch in one of Europe’s larger, more famous countries, but in the small country of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea (which, by the ... [continued] The post 1st Robotaxi Service in Europe appeared first on CleanTechnica.

U.S. spec is 3-row, 10 in. longer than Euro version out two years ago Larger 91-kwh battery pack, higher-power rear motor EPA range up to 234 miles, 10-80% in 26 min. Starts at $61,545, spans to $71,545 for top 1st Edition AWD VW’s electric Bus reboot is finally arriving in the U.S.. And by design, it’s hard to imagine a better way...

Are plug-in hybrids an on-ramp to fully electric vehicles, or undue cost and complexity? Are they something consumers asked for, or something created by bureaucrats and regulators? At least in some respects the answer includes all of the above. It’s complicated. Plug-in hybrids’ greater complexity is intended to pay off by greening the...