Get a six-pack of outdoor solar LED lights for $15, more in today’s Green Deals

Torchstar via Amazon offers a six-pack of its 4000K Solar LED Outdoor Lights for $14.84 Prime shipped when promo code RRKFLOGC is applied during checkout. That’s down from the usual $25+ price tag and the best we can find by over 25%. Pick up these solar-powered LED lights and easily illuminate your outdoor space and more. Designed to function from dusk until dawn each day on a full charge. More Green Deals can be found below.

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Interview: VW’s hip, all-electric ID Buzz van is a platform for its self-driving efforts

It’s been three years since Volkswagen first announced plans to produce an all-electric, long-range retro microbus. The ID Buzz still seems almost too cool (and far away) to be true.

But at CES 2020, the new chief of VW self-driving told Electrek that the Buzz is also the basis of VW’s first self-driving vehicles for limited commercial use by 2022. That’s a good sign that the ultimate electric hipster van is on track.

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EGEB: Texas used more green energy than coal in 2019, more

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

  • Texas’ use of green energy surpassed its use of coal in 2019.
  • JetBlue announces that it will offset emissions for all domestic flights from July 2020.
  • Everon and Arcadia announce a new partnership to drive clean energy charging.
  • Hydraloop has won Best Startup and Best Sustainable Project at CES 2020.

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2020 Nissan Leaf preview: More safety features, bigger touchscreen for EV compact car

2020 Nissan LeafThe Nissan Leaf electric hatchback has steadily evolved since its debut in 2010. Now, a decade later, in its Leaf Plus version, the Leaf competes with affordable long-range EV rivals such as the Chevrolet Bolt EV, Hyundai Ioniq Electric, with more standard safety features, and better convenience tech. Nissan on Friday announced that the 2020 Leaf…
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Mazda made its first electric car artificially slower ‘to feel more like a gas car’

Mazda has one of the strangest and most controversial approaches to electric cars and we just learned something else about it: the automaker made its first electric car artificially slower “to feel more like a gas car.” more…

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