Husqvarna's new all-electric concept makes mowing the lawn as sleek and futuristic as you always knew it could be

Panthera Leo Futuristic mower may even distract from that beer belly of yours while mowing.

Mowing the lawn may not be the most glamorous chore, but Husqvarna’s new concept mower might change the image of grass grooming forever. Powered by a fully electric and rechargeable lithium phosphate battery, the mower can zip along for 2 grass-decapitating hours.

Modeled on all those fancy electric shavers, the mower has 3 independently-suspended cutting decks that can shift to the contours of your lawn. It even has a cool name: Panthera Leo. I’d buy just about anything with that name, regardless of what it was.

The Panthera won’t go into production for another 5 years (if it ever does), but I plan on letting my grass grow until then in anticipation.

[CNET, Jalopnik]

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5 Comments

Panthera Leo: the compost toilet.

This is a fantastic concept vehicle but will never get to production. Can you imagine the cost to produce something like this in its current format. I like seeing limits pushed but this is just a pure flight of fancy.

i would but it too!

arnt there any robot lawn mowers?

people have made automatic vacuum cleaners, it shouldnt be that hard to make a lawn mower to do nearly the same thing.

this looks cool and all but they should make a more practical version of this for people with lawn cutting businesses.
something cheaper with a longer battery life



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