Honda's U.S.-Made Electric Mower Has A Bigger Battery Than The First Modern EV

"There was a time when electric cars were powered by measly batteries. They could barely crack 60 miles on a full charge, and the cars themselves were ridiculously small and decontented. However, battery technology has come a long way, and you can now get an American-made zero-turn riding mower that has a bigger battery than the first modern EV capable of safely driving on the highway. It took 15 years to get here, and things can only get better going further."

"Honda's ProZision ZTR mower, which is assembled in Swepsonville, North Carolina, is powered by a 19.2-kilowatt-hour battery pack rated at 48 volts, which enables a runtime of up to four and a half hours. It also has no fewer than five electric motorsthree for the blades and two for the drive. Meanwhile, the 2011 Mitsubishi i-Miev was powered by a 16 kWh battery that sent power to a 63 hp permanent-magnet motor."

"It had an EPA-estimated range of 62 miles in the United States and a top speed of 80 miles per hour, making it the world's first mass-market EV capable of handling highway speeds. It could also carry four people in relative comfort, while Honda's ProZision zero-turn mowers can only accommodate one person and its top speed is 10 mph. That's not the point, though."

Honda's ProZision ZTR zero-turn riding mowers are assembled in Swepsonville, North Carolina. The mower is powered by a 19.2-kilowatt-hour, 48-volt battery pack that enables up to four and a half hours of runtime. The machine uses five electric motors—three for the blades and two for the drive. An autonomous ProZision ZTR adds four lidar sensors, five radars, and two GNSS receivers and requires an operator to run and save a route to the cloud before automatic mowing. The 2011 Mitsubishi i-Miev used a 16 kWh battery with a 63 hp motor, 62-mile EPA range, and 80 mph top speed, illustrating how battery capacity has grown and shrunk in footprint over 15 years.

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