Honda goes all-in on EVs in a multibillion dollar market: commercial lawnmowers

Honda has started shipping an all-electric, self-driving riding mower aimed at commercial landscapers, not homeowners shopping for a backyard mower. The ProZision Autonomous ZTR (zero-turn radius) is built at Honda's plant in North Carolina and priced at just under $33,000. It runs on a 48-volt battery system with five electric motors, and it can "learn" a property's layout after one manual pass, then mow that route on its own using GPS, radar, and other sensors, reproducing the path within about 1.25 inches of accuracy.

This is a professional tool, not a consumer product, but it points to a broader shift that could touch homeowners indirectly. More than 100 U.S. cities and counties have already restricted or banned gas-powered landscaping equipment, and noise rules in many other areas are pushing contractors toward battery power. If you hire a lawn or landscaping service, you may start seeing quieter, electric equipment show up at your house as companies replace gas mowers to meet these local rules or cut labor costs.

Honda mentions that some local utilities or governments may offer tax incentives for this kind of equipment, though details depend on where you live and would need to be checked with a dealer. For now, there's no announced consumer version of this mower, so the direct impact on a typical homeowner's own equipment purchases is limited.