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Commercial Zero-Turn Mower and Efficiency deep dive

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What happens here

The presenter interviews Cory, the engineer behind Greenworks' commercial line of battery-powered zero-turn mowers. Cory explains that the 52-inch (and 60-inch) models were launched the previous year, with a prosumer and residential model coming soon. He details the innovative design featuring five independent motors: one for each of the four wheels and one for each of the three blades. This independent motor system, controlled by a CAN bus, provides immediate feedback if an issue occurs (e.g., an obstruction), improving safety and diagnostics. He also highlights the lack of gear drives, adjustments, tensioning, or belts, simplifying maintenance. The unit's cost is around $20,000, but with gas savings, it is estimated to pay for itself in about three years.

Goal: Provide an in-depth look at the Greenworks commercial zero-turn mower's design, features, and cost-effectiveness.

Tools and materials

  • CAN Bus System N/A — Controlling the independent motors and providing diagnostics

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platform exactly Cory the engineer that you developed this commercial line of completely battery lithium powered battery zero turn mowers yes absolutely is this brand new is this model newer even what's what's going on this is the 52 inch we also have a 60 inch we launched these late last year we're coming out with the prosumer coming out this fall see of a residential we are working on a resolution okay tell me about this one what three motors - four blades one for you get we've got five motors you want one for each of the wheels and one for each of the three blades all independent all working through a can bus system so they operate completely independently if any wheel or any motor hits an obstruction has an issue it immediately says I've got a problem I shut off and I tell the user exactly hey the right motors got a grant or something no gear drives no adjustments necessary no tensioning no belts nothing completely free of all that hassle work maintenance okay check this out that's it the mower is now running silence I don't hear any motor Stan [Music] [Applause] total runtime is we say we can probably get a full day's cutting on it most landscapers use it all day but they're jumping back before it's been using this trimming blowing doing other functions so they're putting about three to four hours a day on it you think most people should be able to get that functionality so let's actually talk about that that's realistically the amount of time that you actually spend with this machine moving because you're trailering it you're doing all the titles you're doing all of the other stuff that goes along with it because there's gonna be guys saying oh no I put ten hours a day no you may be putting ten or fifteen hours a date in working but your machine probably is not getting the same amount of time that you guys exactly tell me how many hours you actually have on your machine in a full year and how many days you work do that math and you'll find out you're probably only putting two to four hours a day on that actual machine and now there's a hard question what's the cost of this unit this unit right now is around 20k okay now you were given some math earlier that says that you will actually recoup this is that with your gas savings we've we've calculated it and we can give you the math that you should be able to pay this back in about three years compared to a gas model I'm not here to try to sell you on this molar but these are facts that I've learned…

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