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The Chevy Equinox EV is “America’s most affordable 315+ mile range EV” for a reason, right? For the 2026 model year, buyers will have one less exterior color option to choose from.

The Kia EV4 is available as a hatchback and fastback, both of which are due for a GT upgrade. Which one would you choose?

We’re kickstarting this week’s Green Deals with headliners from Bluetti – both a brand-new launch alongside a packed sale event lineup – both featuring exclusive bonus savings of 5% to 8% for our readers only. To start, there’s the launch of Bluetti’s Elite 300 Portable Power Station and bundles with up to $1,873 savings that start from $1,011. Right behind it is Bluetti’s Spring Forward Sale with up to 55% discounts (and extra savings) on power stations starting from $349, like the Apex 300 Versatile Power Station with a B300K Expansion Battery at $2,374 (best price since Black Friday/Cyber Monday). We also have Velotric’s latest Spring e-bike sale with up to $512 savings, Greenworks’ popular 24-inch compact chainsaw kit, and much more waiting for you below. And don’t forget the hangover deals from last week at the bottom of the page, collected together in our latest roundup edition of Electrified Weekly.

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.

BYD’s Flash Chargers can charge an electric vehicle just as fast as filling up at a gas station, but it’s not the only automaker with ultra-fast 1,500 kW EV chargers.

Thomas Dmytryk, the director who led the team that built Tesla’s over-the-air update infrastructure and the software backbone of its Robotaxi ride-hailing service, has announced his departure after 11 years at the automaker.

The departure adds to a relentless exodus of experienced engineering talent at Tesla over the past two years — this time hitting the team directly responsible for the company’s most critical growth narrative.

A covered Genesis GV90 appears to be charging at a Tesla Supercharger ahead of its expected debut later this year.

A viral video shows a Tesla Model 3 on “Full Self-Driving” driving straight through railroad crossing barriers in the Los Angeles area, failing to detect the crossing gate entirely.

The incident comes on the same day as NHTSA’s deadline for Tesla to turn over critical data from its investigation into FSD traffic violations — an investigation that specifically includes railroad crossing failures.

Porsche is considering introducing the next-generation Panamera with EV, plug-in hybrid (PHEV), and ICE powertrains, but it may take the name of another model in its lineup.

Donut Lab has released its third independent test report from VTT, the Finnish Technical Research Centre, and it confirms another claim: the solid-state battery retains 97.7% of its charged capacity after sitting idle for 10 days.

The new report (VTT-CR-00125-26) adds self-discharge performance to the growing list of independently verified specs — but three reports in, the two most extraordinary claims remain completely untested.

Rad Power Bikes’ new ownership says the brand is about to be reborn after being bought out of bankruptcy – and part of that rebirth includes building e-bikes in the United States.

But if that sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve heard similar promises before. And while the idea of American-made e-bikes is appealing, the reality of the industry makes it far more complicated than it sounds.

Autonomous mobility company Zoox is expanding its US testing footprint, adding Phoenix and Dallas as new markets for its robotaxi development program. The Zoox expansion marks another step as the Amazon-owned startup continues scaling operations across major metro areas.

The Bolt is back by popular demand, and we got to drive it in the hills of Malibu to test out its myriad improvements over the old model, including an all-new battery, faster charging and improved Super Cruise hands-off driving system.

It’s also in dealerships now at the most affordable EV price in America, but not for long, as GM has already said it’s only around for a “limited time.” So, should you rush out and buy it?

Kawasaki may have taken its sweet time to slowly bring us the most basic level of commuter electric motorcycles, but a new patent shows that the company has quietly been working on more advanced designs that could signify a major leap in development for the company.

Vietnamese EV brand VinFast has been struggling to find a foothold in the US market, but that hasn’t throttled the company’s world-beating, global ambitions. To that end, the company has unveiled not one, but two new flagship ultra-luxury models meant to take on the very best ultra-luxe brands in the world.

Designed to deliver exceptionally smooth, consistent golf greens while boosting operator efficiency and productivity without noise or noxious fumes, the all-new Toro GreensPro e1700 promises to redefine commercial greens keeping.

Tesla has opened its first Megacharger station to Semi customers at a new location in Ontario, California, marking a significant milestone in its push to build a charging network for electric trucks.

The opening comes as Tesla ramps up Semi production at its dedicated Nevada factory and accelerates its plan to deploy 66 Megacharger locations across the US.

Elon Musk’s legal team filed a motion for mistrial in the ongoing Twitter securities fraud class action lawsuit in San Francisco, arguing that the plaintiffs’ lawyers and the judge have created an environment where Musk cannot get a fair trial. The 20-page filing, submitted on March 7, explicitly cites “the animosity in the community toward Mr. Musk apparent during jury selection.”

The motion comes just days after Musk took the stand in the Pampena v. Musk trial, where shareholders accuse him of deliberately tanking Twitter’s stock price through misleading tweets about bot accounts before completing his $44 billion acquisition in 2022.

Diesel-electric locomotives have been barreling along America’s wide-open plains for generations, and the century-old combination of consistent, high-efficiency rpm diesel engines spinning up generators to power high-torque electric motors has proven tough to beat. Now, Caterpillar is putting that century-old design to work in its heaviest tracked dozer yet – and the efficiency gains are incredible.

Net metering — the ability to sell excess electricity back to the grid for fun and profit — has helped make rooftop solar panels the centerpiece of the home energy transition for more than a decade. But, as net metering rules change and electricity prices keep climbing, the value proposition isn’t as clear as it once was. Instead of sending extra power back to the grid, homeowners are increasingly deciding that it makes more sense to hold on to that excess power for themselves.

From mini loaders built to get through tight man doors to massive excavators and haul trucks built for real dirt-moving muscle, it was all at this week’s CONEXPO event in Las Vegas – and just about every major OEM was showing off fresh zero-emission machinery meant to match diesel on productivity and performance and beat it on noise and TCO.

In early November 2025, solar panel giant Qcells announced that it was temporarily furloughing 1,000 US workers – 25% of its workforce – and reducing pay and shifts at its Georgia factories due to supply chain delays caused by US Customs. Today – four months later – Qcells announced that its solar panel output is finally back to normal production.

GE Vernova has landed orders to repower 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of onshore wind turbines across the US.

The Chevy Equinox EV is already one of the most affordable electric vehicles, but with a 20% discount, it’s even more tempting.

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 the Cybertruck price increase, BYD making everyone look bad, and a Donut Lab battery update.