The Honda HRN-BV battery-powered, walk-behind lawn mower is built for convenience and versatility for residential applications, with innovative features that help create a smoothly groomed lawn. Designed, tested, and assembled in the USA, the model features a 1.5 kW motor and a single battery bay.
- Designed with Honda Smart Drive Speed Control, a variable speed system that allows the operator to make real-time speed adjustments while maintaining a natural, comfortable hand position on the handlebars.
- Speed control ranges from 0 mph to 3.8 mph with five different settings that can adjust the starting position to fit individual preferences.
- Equipped with the Honda 3-in-1 System with Clip Director® for superior cut quality in tough mowing condition—whether mulching or bagging—along with rear discharge.
- 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.
- Dual-lever height adjustment system offers seven cutting heights ranging from 1.0” to 4.0”.
- A heavy-duty, 21-inch steel deck optimizes air flow for superior mulching and bagging.
- Eight-inch wheels provide excellent traction in a variety of mowing conditions.
- An easy-fold, quick-release handle provides for convenient height adjustment (two mowing positions for user comfort) and compact storage.
- Large, easy-off 2.0 bushel grass bag.
- Comes equipped with an 8Ah lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery, which can power up to 30 minutes of run time or about ¼ acre, depending on mowing conditions. Optional 12Ah batteries also are available to extend run time up to 45 minutes.
- 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 HRN-BV lawn mower is $899.
- The HRN-BV carries a three-year residential warranty and a 90-day 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 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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