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Ford’s midsize EV pickup, due out next year, will be smaller than expected. For the first time, Ford referred to it as an “all-new, affordable small electric pickup” built on the UEV platform.

China will require automakers to include physical buttons for safety-related functions, pushing back on the proliferation of using screens for everything in modern cars.

At the front of our midweek Green Deals pack is a cargo-focused flash sale on Lectric’s XP4 750 Folding Utility e-bike with a $498 FREE bundle at $1,299. Coming up behind it is Navee’s Summer Sale lineup of EV deals, like the UT5 Max Electric SuperScooter at its $1,300 low, as well as EGO’s advanced 21-inch Cordless Electric Select Cut + Touch Drive Lawn Mower kit at a $599 2026 low, the meross Wi-Fi 2-Zone Water Timer for Garden Hoses at $88, a returning low price on Govee’s Matter Outdoor Lamp Post – plus, some solid camping-ready deals and soon-to-end holiday sales. As always, you can also find the latest hangover deals down at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s Anker SOLIX Summer Power Sale exclusive power station deals, the returning $299 low on ECOVACS’ Ultramarine P1 cordless robotic pool cleaner, 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.

Xiaomi officially confirmed “Sky Nomad,” the name of its new extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) effort, after months of rumors. The first model is a full-size SUV expected to deliver over 1,500 km (932 miles) of combined range.

The announcement puts China’s hottest EV newcomer on a collision course with Li Auto and Huawei-backed Aito, which dominate the country’s lucrative family SUV segment.

The MG 07 is the electric coupe we want, but can’t have. It’s about to go on sale in China with a semi-solid-state EV battery offering nearly 400 miles (610 km) of range, the industry’s first “Queen” makeup station, and a bunch of other premium extras for about $22,000.

BYD launched the Shark, its first pickup in the UK and across Europe, priced from about $63,000, with 56 miles of pure-electric range. Powered by its Super Hybrid plug-in powertrain, BYD claims the Shark “brings performance far in advance of what can be achieved by traditional diesel pickups.”

Waymo has activated fully driverless operations in Las Vegas, its riders will now see vehicles with no human at the wheel, and the Alphabet unit says Denver, San Diego, and Tampa are next in line.

The move adds four new markets to Waymo’s driverless footprint and pushes the company deeper into its target of 1 million paid rides per week by the end of 2026.

Tesla has leased a 682,000-square-foot speculative industrial building in the Austin Hills Commerce Center, expanding Elon Musk’s already sprawling Central Texas real estate footprint.

The company is set to occupy the second phase of the development at 11801 Decker Lake Road, which is scheduled for completion in January 2027. What Tesla plans to do with the space is still unknown.

Tesla has launched Tesla Home, a home energy management platform powered by an AI engine called Opticaster that it says makes “hundreds of decisions” a day about when to store and use electricity to lower your bill.

However, it’s not an entirely new product as Electrek has been reporting on Tesla’s Opticaster for 5 years.

Ariel Rider has officially opened pre-orders for its new MUDD 72V, a high-performance two-wheeler that blurs the line between electric bikes (in the loosely defined sense) and lightweight electric motorcycles. In fact, the company itself is careful to market it as a “high-performance PPB (private property bike)” intended for off-road and closed-course use.

Whether you know the Lectron name or not, there’s a good chance you’ve used one of its EV charging adapters. The company makes many of the J1772/CCS-to-NACS and NACS-to-J1772/CCS adapters that EV drivers rely on. Now, Lectron has launched the NEXUS, its second-gen Level 2 home EV charger. I recently toured Lectron’s factory in China to see how the company has become a go-to supplier for both EV drivers and automakers like Ford, GM, and Mercedes-Benz.

Kia’s first electric van is already becoming a global sensation. The PV7 is set to go on sale soon, serving as the bigger sibling to the PV5. Here’s our first look at it.

A year after the Song L GT was revealed, BYD’s electric GT was spotted in public for the first time.

ChargePoint is expanding its partnership with charge point operator Optimus Energy Solutions to install more than 200 new public EV charging ports across the southeastern US.

This week’s Tuesday Green Deals are being led by Anker’s freshly launched Summer Power Sale with up to 49% power station discounts – plus, our exclusive bonus 5% savings code. You’ll also find ECOVACS’ Ultramarine P1 Cordless Robotic Pool Cleaner back at its $299 low, two new Greenworks 2,200 and 2,400 PSI Medium-Duty Electric Pressure Washer first-ever discounts, the Worx 20V 20-inch 2-in-1 Attachment-Capable Cordless Electric Hedge Trimmer at its second-lowest price of the last 12 months, as well several last-chance July 4th deals that are ending soon, with a particular emphasis on e-bikes. As always, you can also find the latest hangover deals down at the bottom of the page.

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 Topolino is about the size of a golf cart, but it’s actually a street-legal EV with an electric range of up to 46 miles.

A private seller in Littleton, Colorado has listed a brand-new 2027 Rivian R2 Performance on Cars.com for $79,900 — roughly $20,000 over what Rivian charges for the same vehicle.

The listing went up July 1, just weeks after Rivian started delivering the R2 to its first customers, and it comes with the kind of cover story flippers tend to lean on.

Tesla is opening the doors of its Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg to outside startups through a new “Cell Giga Challenge,” inviting them to pilot technologies inside its live battery cell production line.

The program comes as Tesla ramps 4680 cell output at Grünheide toward a planned 18 GWh of annual capacity, one of the largest cell operations in Europe.

Ford’s midsize electric pickup was caught driving next to an Expedition, offering a better idea of its true size compared to the three-row SUV.

Ford is recalling nearly 43,000 Mustang Mach-E electric vehicles. This time, it’s due to a faulty differential unit that may fracture, resulting in a loss of drive power.

A scientist who worked on Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot is now building a rival of his own — in Europe, not Silicon Valley.

Rémi Cadène, co-founder and CEO of Paris-based startup UMA, unveiled plans for a lightweight humanoid robot called Northstar and says the company is already talking to 50 potential customers.

Kia’s growing lineup of electric vehicles, ranging from affordable SUVs to vans, helped power the automaker to its best first-half sales performance on record.

Rivian has commenced an underwritten public offering of 75 million shares of common stock, a raise worth roughly $1.5 billion based on the stock’s recent price.

The capital raise lands just days after Rivian’s stock rallied on stronger-than-expected Q2 delivery results and a raised full-year outlook.

Voltpost is partnering with EV charging services company InCharge Energy to roll out more of its lamppost and utility pole EV chargers across the US, starting with deployments in New York, Connecticut, and California.