Corded cordless mower - I have a corded mower that is handy but obviously limited in mobility by the electric cord which you have to haul around the yard, and the cord creates drag pulling along the ground. So I built a lawn mower caddy that holds my EcoFlow battery station. The caddy is made from scrap wood to make the box. I attached Harbor Freight fixed casters to the bottom. I got 1/8 in. flat steel from Home Depot. Steel is expensive by the way ($26 for a 4 ft. section.) I had to bend the steel to make braces connecting the caddy to the mower. I can just run a short cord from the battery to the mower. Now my corded mower is cordless! There is added weight but it doesn’t feel like too much more to push.
Annual Cost of EV vs ICE - I have heard it said that EVs are more expensive to charge than buying gas for a regular gas car.
My Nissan Leaf averages 4.0 mile per kWh. I drive about 10,000 miles per year. In Texas, the price of electricity is $0.11 per kWh. So 10,000 miles/year divided by 4.0 mi/kWh = 2500 kWh/year x $0.11/kWh = $275/year on electricity.
My Toyota RAV4 Hybrid averages 33 mile per gallon. This car also drives about 10,000 miles per year. Let us conservatively say the average price for a gallon of gas is $3.00. So 10000 mi/year divided by 33 mi/gal = 303 gal/year x $3.00/gal = $909/year on gas. So I save $634 driving an EV vs ICE. Now if you substitute the Rav4 Hybrid for a 4 wheel drive Ford 150 which gets only 20 mpg on average, then you are looking at $1500/year on gas. That would be $1225 in savings annually driving a Leaf vs F150. And this math doesn’t take into account the maintenance costs of driving an ICE. Have you seen the price of an oil change recently??