At only $300, this Neuton cart costs a lot less than a riding mower and a trailer.

Toolmonger writes up the battery-powered Neuton Garden Cart this morning. What you might also want to know about the Garden Cart is that its accessories -- side rails, a leaf catcher, and a cover -- are on sale now for ridiculously low prices. Check out the carts and the savings here and here!

Today's Los Angeles Times has a story on the financial costs and health risks of air pollution in California. It's pretty scary.

The California economy loses about $28 billion annually due to premature deaths and illnesses linked to ozone and particulates spewed from hundreds of locations in the South Coast and San Joaquin air basins....

Considered the most lethal form of air pollution, microscopic particulates expelled from tailpipes, factory smoke stacks, diesel trucks and equipment can penetrate through the lungs and enter the bloodstream. Exposure to these fine particles has been linked to severe asthma, cancer and premature deaths from heart and lung disease.

Gas powered lawn mowers are some of the culprits of this mess.

There is a simple step many people can take to clean the air, protect their pocketbooks and reduce the risks to their health: recycle their old gas mowers and replace them with a emissions-free Neuton Battery-Powered Mowers.

If you live near Springfield, MO and want to support a great cause, consider attending the Habitat for Humanity annual party Friday, November 21. All the details are here.

There will be some great items included in the live and silent auctions that you won't want to miss. (Hint: they are green and orange and are battery-powered!)

The good folks at GRIT had a chance to test drive a Neuton last weekend. The lawn was a "patchy" and "full of leaves" -- as good a test case as you're likely to find.

What did they think?

The things I really liked about this mowing experience center on the Neuton’s electric power system, its low-noise, no-fume characteristics, and the fact that it has one of the nicest safety interlock systems of any power mower I have ever used. Gone are the lever and bail type safety clutch controls. In their place is an ergonomically perfect switch that’s been integrally designed into the handle. Wow. What a treat.

Learn more about the Neuton CE 6.2 here.

That's how fast a battery-powered Tesla Roadster gets up to speed, and why TIME lists the electric car the #2 Best Invention of 2008.



TIME says, "Electric cars were always environmentally friendly, quiet, clean — but definitely not sexy. The Tesla Roadster has changed all that."

Just like Neuton has changed the image of the battery-powered lawn mower!

Apartment Therapy Los Angeles got there hands on a Neuton recently.

Here what they had to say:

It's extremely quiet compared to the more traditional lawn mowers--we were able to listen to our iPod while working, which is something even our Dyson drowns out.

Psst -- there are currently some great deals on Neuton CE 5.2s here.