California solar is crushing natural gas this year
California’s utility-scale solar plants are generating more electricity than natural gas for most days of the year in 2026, according to new data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Heybike sale up to $1,000 e-bike savings from $999, Anker SOLIX 24-hour flash sale on 508Wh to 7,680Wh power stations, Hiboy, more
We’ve got a mix of our top four Green Deal categories included in this week’s Thursday edition, starting with Heybike’s Father’s Day Sale that is lasting through Prime Day week with up to $1,000 e-bike savings, like the Hero Carbon Fiber All-Terrain e-bikes (rear or mid-drive motors) at their lows from $1,899, among others. We also have a 24-hour Anker SOLIX flash sale with exclusive bonus savings on 508Wh to 7,680Wh power station units starting from $265, as well as Hiboy’s Father’s Day Sale lineup with up to 60% discounts, like the U2 Pro Fat Tire Cargo Electric Scooter at its $900 low, the EGO Power+ 15-inch Multi-Head String Trimmer kit at the best price since October, and more waiting for you below. Don’t forget about all the hangover deals either, which have been collected together at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s Velotric Prime Day e-bike sale lineup with up to $862 savings, the latest EcoFlow flash sale offers with another day left, 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.
Honda and QuantumScape (QS) team up to make solid-state batteries
Honda and QuantumScape (QS) announced a new partnership to commercialize solid-state batteries for EVs and more.
Sweden tells EU to reject Tesla ‘FSD’ unless speeding is removed
Sweden’s transport authority has told the European Union it should vote against approving Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” across the bloc unless the system’s ability to exceed posted speed limits is removed.
The recommendation, in a previously unreported April 30 letter to the EU’s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV), lands just before the committee is due to take up the matter on June 30, ahead of an eventual vote on a bloc-wide rollout.
Tesla teases new FSD features — but it’s still not the self-driving promised
Elon Musk says Tesla’s Full Self-Driving will soon remember your parking preferences and let you talk to it through Grok, like giving directions to an Uber driver.
The features sound useful, and they reflect how genuinely impressive FSD has become — but they also underscore that it remains a supervised driver-assist system, not the unsupervised self-driving Tesla has sold to owners for years.
The Ford Mustang Mach-e is on borrowed time as more affordable EVs roll in
After discontinuing the all-electric F-150 Lightning, it looks like the Mustang Mach-E is also running out of time. Ford is preparing to launch a new generation of EVs that are more affordable, more efficient, and more profitable, starting with the $30,000 pickup in 2027.
Volkswagen’s new EV hot hatch captured for the first time, but it’s not the ID. Polo GTI
The ID. Polo GTI will go on sale this fall as Volkswagen’s first electric GTI, but another EV hot hatch was just caught testing, and we expect to see it in full by the end of the year.
We toured the Aptera factory to see if the solar EV company is gonna make it
Alongside finally getting a chance to drive the Aptera 3-wheeled solar EV, we got a short tour around the company’s facility. It was illuminating – showing off the progress Aptera has made and the challenges still to come for the company.
E-bike motor king Bosch launches its first hub motor for electric bicycles
Bosch has just launched its first-ever hub motor for urban e-bikes, bringing Smart System tech to a new market segment.
Tesla loses its head of quality to Stellantis
Tesla’s head of quality, Kahiree Gans, is leaving the automaker to return to Stellantis — the same company Tesla poached him from less than three years ago.
Gans has updated his LinkedIn profile to list his new role as “Vice President, Global SQD” at Stellantis, while describing himself as “Ex-Tesla Head of Quality.”