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One area where battery power hasnu2019t caught up to the combustion engine yet is run times, most domesticated mowers have a run time of around 40 minutes so if you have quite a large piece of land then this would need to be considered as power wise it might take two or three sessions to allow the machine to recharge or run multiple batteries.
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A popular topic of discussion in the Groundscare industry as of late has been around battery commercial ride-on mowers and the future of them in the industry. Battery powered landscaping equipment can’t be ignored any longer, it’s discussed in all major industry publications and many manufacturers and dealers have started to offer battery powered ride on lawn mower UK to their customers along with a number of different battery powered machines.
The biggest conversation is around mowers and that is why we’ve decided to jump into the details and find out in this blog whether battery powered mowers really are the way forward. Why now? A common point mentioned in the discussion around batteries is why now, why change the way the industry has operated for decades. There are several contributing factors to why, one of these being economic.
As the battery powered ride on lawn mower UK market has become more popular in recent time with the likes of Tesla in the automotive sector becoming mainstream news and bringing attention to electric machine alternatives, resulting that more companies have worked in development of batteries and so the overhead cost has naturally come down making battery powered ride on mowers more affordable for manufacturers to make and consumers to buy.
Convenience Convenience, with new battery powered ride on lawn mowers comes the opportunity to include more technology into products, there are many unmanned automated mowers in development as we speak along with products available now that are more manoeuvrable & use less storage space as the electrifying process has meant redesigns to make them more consumer friendly.
Environment The environment, the low hanging fruit for the reasons to push on with battery powered motors. We don’t’ need to state all the pro environmental reasons as it’s all in the mainstream media, however, we will mention that according to the California Air Resource Board the average mower mowing for an hour generates the same pollution levels as a 300-mile journey in a car!
Which is obviously a startling statistic, as we continue to move towards a greener future as a planet and individual countries and companies make the move towards reducing their own footprints, we will continue to see the rise of the battery powered riding mowers in the industry. It’s not all sunshine & rainbows though, as with anything there is room for improvement and there are some negatives for battery powered riding mowers.
One area where battery power hasn’t caught up to the combustion engine yet is run times, most domesticated mowers have a run time of around 40 minutes so if you have quite a large piece of land then this would need to be considered as power wise it might take two or three sessions to allow the machine to recharge or run multiple batteries.
Community • Community pressure, in the recent years there has been more documented community push back against the use of traditional garden machinery being used in residential and communal areas due to the level of noise pollution.
This was quickly moved on by manufacturers, according to Husqvarna.com there electrical machinery would be ‘hard to hear your neighbour using it’ so the community benefits are substantial and even more so for professional use, if noise pollution can be drastically reduced that will drastically improve the usage in professional settings for operators that use said machinery daily.
To conclude, the battery powered ride on lawn mower competes with its traditional engine competition in almost everything including overall price, power and convenience and even surpassing it in noise pollution and obviously environmentally.
It seems that the wind is heavily blowing in the way of battery powered riding mowers being the way forward, the data, government objectives and increasing climate change pressure along with the other points stated in this article deems the future of the industry whether that be 10 years or more to be powered by batteries.
