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Text • Seth Weintraub

Segway Xaber review: The mall-cop company just built a better Sur Ron for less money

When you think of Segway, you might still think of the self-balancing personal transporters that mall cops and tour groups employ to get around. The company, however, since being acquired by Beijing-based Ninebot a decade ago, has morphed into E-bikes, e-scooters, go-karts, off-road UTVs — the company has been stacking up two- and four-wheeled hardware for a while now. But with the recent launch of the new Xaber, however, they are now into very serious 60+mph-capable electric off-road motorcycles.

We’ve spent the last month with the Xaber and, after dining on a bunch of bargain emotos, the Segway Ninebot Xaber almost seems to be in a class by itself…

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Text • Fred Lambert

Tesla finally launches a bike — but it’s not what fans wanted

Tesla fans have spent years begging the company to build an e-bike. Tesla just launched a bike — and it has no motor, no pedals, and it’s for toddlers.

The new “Balance Bike for Kids” sells for $225 on Tesla’s online shop, and it’s aimed at children aged 2 to 5.

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Text • Fred Lambert

Tesla (TSLA) shareholders are begging Musk to explain missed goals

Tesla shareholders have flooded the company’s Q2 2026 earnings Q&A portal with questions, and the most-upvoted ones tell a bleak story: retail investors are now demanding that Elon Musk explain why the company keeps missing its own short-term goals.

The tone has shifted from asking about Tesla’s grand vision to asking why almost none of it is showing up on schedule — on robotaxi, “Full Self-Driving,” and Optimus.

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Text • Peter Johnson

Kia EV2 Long Range goes on sale with 281 miles of range, plus GT and Black-Line trims

The Kia EV2 is now available with a larger battery providing up to 281 miles of driving range, plus a few new trim options.

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Text • Fred Lambert

Xpeng’s new L03 undercuts Tesla Model Y by up to $10,000 in Europe

Xpeng launched its new L03 electric SUV-coupe in Europe this week with a starting price of €34,990 — undercutting the Tesla Model Y by roughly €3,400 in Germany and by around $10,000 in Norway.

The pricing puts a well-equipped 4.65-meter electric SUV directly under Tesla’s best-seller in its highest-volume segment, and deliveries start in the fourth quarter.

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Text • Reinette LeJeune

Segway Max G3 e-scooter at $1,000 2026 low, EcoFlow dual-bundle power station flash sale, Tapo solar security camera 3-pack low, more

Leading today’s Green Deals are a special promotion on Segway’s Max G3 Electric Scooter at a $1,000 2026 low for members (sign-up is free). Right behind it, we have an EcoFlow flash sale that is offering double bundles of power stations, expansion batteries, and more – all ...

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Text • Peter Johnson

Honda is officially pulling the plug on its only EV in the US

The Honda Prologue is still among America’s top 10 best-selling electric vehicles, but it won’t be for much longer.

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Text • Peter Johnson

Volvo delivers first EX60 EVs, a ‘game changer’ with 500+ miles range and fast charging

The EX60 is a true “game changer” for the Volvo brand, with the first customer deliveries now underway.

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Text • Fred Lambert

Chip Motors unveils $15,000 electric ‘life utility vehicle’

Miami-based startup Chip Motors has unveiled Chip, an electric “life utility vehicle” that starts at $15,000 and tops out at 25 mph.

The boxy, open-air four-seater is a low-speed vehicle aimed at short daily trips, and it lands in one of the fastest-growing corners of the EV market.

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Text • Fred Lambert

XPeng L03 ships Google Maps Auto SDK — a first for an APAC automaker

XPeng used the global launch of its new L03 in Munich to announce that the electric SUV coupe is the first vehicle from any Asia-Pacific automaker to ship with Google Maps’ Auto SDK built in.

The integration replaces XPeng’s overseas navigation stack with Google Maps data and, more importantly, feeds map data into its NGP and XPILOT ASSIST driver-assistance systems outside China.

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Text • Peter Johnson

Range Rover’s smaller, more affordable electric SUV makes first public appearance [Images]

The Range Rover Sport is going electric. With its official debut just around the corner, Range Rover offered a sneak peek at its second EV.

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Text • Fred Lambert

CATL’s 30-year sodium-ion battery takes over grid storage

CATL has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dutch energy company Alfen to deploy 5 GWh of its Tener Sodium energy storage systems across Europe, one of the largest sodium-ion commitments the region has seen.

The batteries are rated for 15,000 cycles and a 25-to-30-year service life — the pitch that sodium-ion’s longevity, not its energy density, is what wins grid storage.

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Text • Micah Toll

Infinite Machine Olto review: A strange ‘e-bike’ or an urban transportation revolution?

Every now and then, a company launches something that doesn’t fit neatly into any existing category. Not because it’s obscenely powerful or flaunts conventional safety, but just because it doesn’t fit the mold that we’ve grown accustomed to. That’s exactly what the Infinite Machine Olto is.

Call it an e-bike, call it an electric moped, call it a scooter with pedals – everyone is going to have a different opinion. But after spending several weeks riding the Olto around town, I can confidently say one thing: it’s unlike anything else currently on the market.

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Text • Jo Borrás

Energy business, used car business, and plain ol’ business business

Today’s episode of Quick Charge means business – the business of buying up power stations to power up the pet AI that says it would have picked you over Michael Jordan in the 1984 NBA draft and the business of fleecing well-heeled car collectors out of an extra $100,000 on a (mostly) new Tesla Model S Signature sedan.

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Text • Michelle Lewis

Solar just became Europe’s biggest source of electricity – here’s the milestone it hit

Solar power reached a new milestone across Europe last month, generating a record 52 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity and supplying 25% of all electricity used in the European Union in June 2026, according to new analysis from energy think tank Ember.

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Text • Peter Johnson

Volvo wants to launch two new EVs in the US priced around $50,000, and they are not SUVs

Volvo is pulling its last wagon from the US, but it may not be for long. As it aims to revamp the brand, Volvo may bring two new EVs to America, starting in the low $50,000s.

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Text • Fred Lambert

Lamborghini says EV tech ‘not mature enough,’ pushes first EV past 2030

Lamborghini has doubled down on backing away from electric vehicles. A second executive now confirms the Lanzador will launch as a plug-in hybrid rather than an EV, and that the brand’s first fully electric car won’t arrive until after 2030.

The reason, according to the company, is that its customers “were not willing to buy an electric car” and that the “technology is not mature enough.”

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Text • Peter Johnson

Hyundai cuts IONIQ 5 N EV prices by $6,300

Hyundai slashed prices on the all-electric 2026 IONIQ 5 N by $6,300, making it more affordable than ever.

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Text • Reinette LeJeune

Exclusive two-day-only 58% savings on EcoFlow and Jackery power stations from $95, Aiper HydroComm 5-in-1 pool monitor, more

Our mid-week Green Deals are enjoying some Prime Day-like savings that will be running for the next two days as part of the Wellbots Days 13th Anniversary Sale + an exclusive 13% off sitewide bonus savings code. The first collection is on a handful of EcoFlow power stations...

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Text • Peter Johnson

Hyundai opens $5 billion battery plant as it pushes to become America’s #2 EV brand

Hyundai opened the doors to its latest EV battery plant, a $5 billion joint facility with SK On.

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Text • Fred Lambert

Tesla’s LFP battery holds its charge better, study says

A new analysis of nearly 10,000 real-world EV battery tests found that the same Tesla Model 3 holds up very differently depending on which battery it was built with — and the cheaper LFP version comes out on top.

The Model 3 with CATL’s lithium iron phosphate (LFP) pack averaged 93.3% battery health among cars that had driven more than 62,000 miles, beating every nickel-based version of the car in the dataset.

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Text • Peter Johnson

Kia reveals another low-cost EV that we’ll sadly never get to see

The new Syros arrives as Kia’s most affordable EV in India, with a best-in-class charging time and a range of up to 326 miles (526 km).

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Text • Fred Lambert

GMC marks 25 years of Hummer with limited ‘ICON’ EV as sales sink 55%

GMC is marking 25 years of the Hummer nameplate with the Hummer EV ICON | 25, a limited-run edition of its all-electric supertruck that revives the yellow paint of the original H2.

The tribute arrives at an awkward moment: Hummer EV sales fell nearly 55% in the first half of 2026 as demand for pricey electric trucks cooled.

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Text • Peter Johnson

Volkswagen’s new affordable electric SUV debuts with 265 miles of range [Images]

Volkswagen introduced its new affordable electric SUV, the ID. Cross, with an entry-level price starting at around $32,000.

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Text • Fred Lambert

Someone is flipping Tesla Model S Signature for $260,000 — $100K+ markup

A New Jersey dealer is trying to flip a barely-driven Tesla Model S Signature for $259,995 — roughly $100,000 more than what Tesla charged buyers for the collector’s edition.

The car carries VIN #71 and just 297 miles on the odometer, and it’s listed at J&S Autohaus in Ewing, New Jersey, for more than double the price of a standard Model S Plaid.

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Text • Jo Borrás

Electric thunder down under: Volvo FH Electric gets to work in Australia

Australia’s heavy truck market has reached another important milestone, with 3PL New Energy Transport taking delivery of its first Volvo FH Electric semi truck, and putting it to work immediately in downtown Sydney.

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Text • Jo Borrás

New normal? The US has suffered a major power outage EVERY month of 2026

A Reddit post making the rounds this week claims the US has experienced at least one major power outage every month of 2026 – but is it true? I dug into several outages, the extreme weather behind them, and what we can do to help keep the lights on.

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Text • Micah Toll

Tern redesigns famous HSD cargo e-bike, making it smarter, stronger, and even more family-friendly

Tern has unveiled an all-new version of its popular HSD compact cargo e-bike, bringing a long list of upgrades to one of the industry’s most respected family haulers. The new model keeps the same compact footprint that made the HSD so appealing in dense urban environments, but adds more carrying capacity, improved handling, Bosch’s latest drive systems, and new automatic shifting options.

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Text • Fred Lambert

Elon Musk quietly buys a $1 billion gas turbine company to power Grok

Elon Musk has quietly bought APR Energy, a Jacksonville-based company that operates a fleet of mobile gas and diesel turbines totaling more than 1 GW of generation capacity.

The self-styled champion of a “solar electric economy” now owns a fossil fuel power company — and he’s buying it to feed the electricity-hungry data centers running xAI’s Grok.

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Text • Michelle Lewis

EV prices just fell again – here’s what US buyers paid in June

If you’ve been waiting to buy an EV, the latest Kelley Blue Book June price data may give you another reason to wait a bit longer.