Introduction to Makita XGT 40V System

[Music] all right guys I'm here with Trevor from Makita how are you Trevor good Dan all right so he is the actual product rep and expert on this and I just have one simple straightforward question why did you guys opt for a 40 volt system well we needed to bridge the gap on some of the the tool usage that was out on the marketplace right now our 18vt stuff is phenomenal we're not getting rid of it but there's certain tools that needed more power and we had to come up with this 40 volt battery platform really to support these higher power higher draw type tools like the 14-in concrete saw like some of the bigger rotary Hammers and chipping hammers um but in doing so with that new battery platform we didn't want something that was Standalone just for those tools so we had to kind of broaden the whole offering to impact drivers to reip saws to Circular saws to really support the line for people that got into the 40 volt platform so if I understand this correctly you needed to create a battery platform that could handle the high demand high energy drop raw tools but you didn't want to put the end user at stake and not give them a flexibility and versatility to be able to run other things so you also created a platform that could operate their handheld tools as well like impact drivers and circular saws and things like that is that right you got it all right well I think the next thing we need to do is just see how well this 40 volt system actually works in some really tough real world conditions sounds good all right let's do it I