Greenworks’ MaximusZ electric riding mower has five motors and a few compromises

The current EV market is flush with variety.

I've driven single-motor economy-minded machines, dual-motor EVs with all-wheel drive, tri-motor vehicles that dial up the performance stakes, and even wild quad-motor performance cars, like the Rimac Nevera .

But this is the first time I've ever driven a five-motor EV, one with the agility and speed to turn a 360 even more smoothly than an electric G-Wagon .

It also makes quick work of terrible turf.

This is, of course, a lawn mower, and it only uses two of those motors to drive the wheels.

The other three turn a trio of blades that cut a 54-inch-wide swath in a single pass.

It also promises four … Read the full story at The Verge.