The Honda HRC-BE battery-powered, commercial walk-behind lawn mower is designed for landscape professionals who require a durable machine and superior cut, offering heavy-duty construction, excellent performance, and advanced features that help get the job done. Designed to withstand the rigors of professional use and to tackle the toughest mowing conditions, the lawn mower comes standard with a 2.0 kW motor, innovative technologies, and dual battery bay for extended runtime.
- An electronic Cruise Control transmission allows precise speed control that is fully adjustable from 0 mph to 4.0 mph using a simple and durable lever that makes it easy to increase or decrease speed. Cruise Control maintains high performance, even with a heavy grass bag.
- The Honda exclusive Twin Blade MicroCut System® uses four cutting surfaces that result in ultra fine clippings for superior mulching and more clippings per bag.
- A mulching plug is included.
- The electronic Roto-Stop® blade stop system allows a user to step away from the mower to empty the bag or move items out of the way without having to stop and restart the motor. The system also allows the user to engage the lawn mower's self-propel feature without activating the blades, making it easier to transport the HRC-BE over non-mowing surfaces—such as paths or gravel—for a smooth, convenient workflow.
- A four-lever height adjustment system offers eight cutting heights ranging from .75” to 4.0”.
- The 21-inch heavy-duty steel deck is rugged and built to last—designed for superior air flow to improve cut quality.
- Side deck guards extend along the sides to increase durability, and a front bumper provides deck protection and a convenient tie-down location.
- This model has the strongest frame in its class, with heavy-duty reinforced handles, supports and stays, and durable cables.
- Strong, lightweight, nine-inch wheels offer excellent maneuverability, durability and performance.
- Large, easy-off 2.1 bushel grass bag.
- The HRC-BE comes equipped with a 12Ah lithium-ion battery, which can power up to 45 minutes of run time, depending on mowing conditions. The model has two battery bays, allowing users to add a second optional battery for additional run time. This second 12Ah battery extends run time up to 1.5 hours.
- Li-ion battery features unique spring-loaded terminals. This patent-pending design helps maintain battery life by providing a tighter connection between the battery and lawn mower, reducing the potential for damage from misalignment.
- MSRP for the all-new Honda HRC-BE lawn mower $1,999.
- The HRC model is supported by a two-year residential warranty and a two-year commercial warranty.
Honda HRN, HRX, and HRC Battery-Powered Walk Behind Lawn Mowers:
Shared Features for Power and Performance
Building on the proven performance of Honda gas-powered lawn mowers, the HRN, HRX and HRC battery-powered models deliver latest-generation performance—redefining Honda in the lawn and garden (L&G) market and expanding the company's outdoor power equipment portfolio for consumers and commercial users. While most battery-powered lawn mowers sacrifice cut quality for longer run times, Honda HRN, HRX, and HRC battery-powered, walk-behind lawn mowers produce a clean cut on the first pass. The all-new mowers, powered by air-cooled, brushless electric motors, are built to accommodate either one or two lithium-ion batteries, depending on the model.
Electric Motors: The Driving Force
Air-cooled, brushless electric motors are the force behind the all-new Honda battery-powered HRX, HRN and HRC walk-behind lawn mowers. Honda is offering two motors, the 1.5 kW (comparable to the Honda GCV 170-cc internal combustion engine) and the 2 kW (comparable to the Honda GCV 200-cc internal combustion engine). The motors feature a forced air system that drives fresh air over key components inside the motors, allowing them to stay cooler and perform well in demanding outdoor operating conditions. The motors provide high torque that maintains RPM to let the lawn mowers tackle the toughest mowing conditions, powering through thick or tall grass while maintaining a clean, even cut without bogging down or stalling. In addition, the motors are designed to combine high-power delivery with mid-level power consumption while providing a superior cut and bag fill.
Battery Chemistry and Technology: Steady, Consistent Source of Power
The all-new Honda battery-powered HRN, HRX, and HRC walk-behind lawn mowers are built to accommodate either one or two lithium-ion batteries, depending on the model. Lithium-ion batteries provide steady, consistent power throughout the operating cycle, regardless of the state of charge. The 8 ampere-hour (Ah) and 12Ah batteries are built with Honda patented floating contacts—a design that helps maintain battery life, especially in a rugged environment, by providing a tighter connection between the battery and lawn mower, reducing the potential for damage from misalignment.
Charging Systems: Charging Ahead
The battery-powered, walk-behind HRN, HRX and HRC lawn mowers come with a 2Ah overnight charging system that charges batteries to full charge within 4.5 to 6 hours, depending on the capacity of the battery. A rapid 8Ah charger option, reducing charging time by approximately 75 percent, is available for purchase.
Blades, Mulching and Bagging: Leaves the Grass Smoothly Groomed
Grooming a lawn to a smooth finish involves controlling the blades of grass before, during and after cutting. The exclusive Honda MicroCut® Twin Blade system, with two blades and four cutting edges, is designed to lift the blades of grass before they are cut, contributing to a clean cut for every blade of grass and resulting in an overall even and healthy finish for the lawn. Honda offers this unique system that makes two cuts on the blades of grass and re-snips the cut blades of grass into smaller pieces as the blades spin. New, optimized blades on the Honda battery-powered models reduce weight and drag, using less energy to maintain battery life and mowing time. For those who mulch, finer grass clippings decompose quickly and contribute to soil health. For those who bag grass clippings, smaller snips of grass take up less space in the grass bag, allowing longer mowing between bag changes. The results: best-in-class cutting performance, an easy, comfortable mowing experience and an efficient use of energy. The battery-powered walk-behind Honda HRN, HRX and HRC lawn mower models all include this exclusive blade system. In addition, the large capacity grass bags are balanced and easy to empty, saving time and effort. LED headlights provide visibility for early morning and late evening mowing.
Cutter Housing: The Dome Makes the Difference
The cutter housing is a key design element that contributes to a clean cut and reduces drag on the lawn mower, and Honda has carried over design technologies from the proven cutter housing on its gas-powered lawn mowers to the all-new battery-powered models. The dome shape and smooth interior of the cutter housing efficiently direct cut grass to the bag or to the ground as mulch. In both cases, the cut grass is swirled under the deck as the twin blades snip the cuttings into smaller pieces. The circular cutter housing is not interrupted by wheel tracks, creating a smooth path for the small cuttings to drop to the ground or go into the bag. This smooth delivery of clippings helps prevent unsightly clumps of cut grass from remaining behind, resulting in a smooth, well-groomed lawn.
Parts and Service: Repair and Replace Boosts Sustainability
Honda battery-powered lawn mowers are designed with the same durability, quality, and reliability as its gas-powered mowers with high-quality components and bearings. Equally important, Honda has designed the battery-powered walk behind lawn mowers with components that can be repaired and replaced. While many battery-powered products must be thrown away when they stop working, the Honda common deck parts and motors are serviceable, saving money for the owner and contributing to environmental sustainability. Each lawn mower is sold with a battery and charging system; additional standard and higher-power batteries and rapid charging systems also are available. Honda lawn mowers are fully supported through the company's nationwide network of servicing dealers.
Honda Lawn Mowers: History in Brief
Countdown from the Beginning
It was 1978 when the Honda business, then known as the Power Products Division, expanded its lineup to incorporate products for the growing lawn mower market. That year, Honda launched its HR21, a high-quality, high-performance, gas-powered walk-behind lawn mower, and the company's first lawn mower model for the U.S. market. Honda quickly expanded and advanced its lawn mower lineup to incorporate a number of residential and commercial gas-powered models powered by Honda engines, winning consumer and industry awards and earning a legendary reputation for superior cut quality, reliability, fuel efficiency, user-friendly features, and long-lasting performance.
The ensuing decades were not without change for the outdoor power equipment industry. In 2023, stricter environmental regulations, shifting customer preferences and the need to align local manufacturing resources around other high demand products caused Honda to cease production of its HRN, HRX, and HRC models—its entire lineup of gas-powered lawn mowers. One year later at Equip Exposition in October of 2024, Honda Power Sports & Products unveiled an all-new, pre-production lineup of battery-powered walk-behind lawn mowers: HRN, HRX and HRC models that maintain their recognized brand names.
Today, the all-new Honda HRN, HRX and HRC battery-powered walk behind lawn mower lineup redefines Honda in the L&G market, expanding the company's outdoor power equipment portfolio for consumers and commercial users while supporting the Honda vision and mission for a balanced, diversified product portfolio.These all-new battery-powered walk-behind lawn mowers will be available and on sale in November 2025 at selected Honda Power Equipment dealers.
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About Honda Power Sports & Products
Honda Power Sports & Products, a business unit of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., markets a complete range of outdoor power equipment, including generators, walk-behind lawn mowers, pumps, snow blowers, tillers, string trimmers, outboard marine engines and small, general-purpose engines for residential, commercial and rental applications. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., also is the sole distributor of Honda motorcycles, scooters, ATVs and Side-by-Sides in the United States, conducting the sales, marketing and operational activities for these powersports products through independent authorized Honda retail dealers.
Honda is the world's largest manufacturer of engines for a diverse array of automotive, powersports, marine, aerospace and power equipment products. The company offers a complete line of small, general-purpose engines that supply smooth and dependable power for a broad range of products for industrial, commercial, rental industry, and consumer applications. Additionally, Honda engines are some of the quietest and easiest to start of their kind, even in harsh commercial and construction environments. Such attributes have made Honda engines the popular choice for original equipment manufacturers looking to add value to their own brands.
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