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Article: Neuton Battery-Powered Mowers Draw Sell-Out Crowds at Clean Air Mower-Exchange Events Nationwide, Appear in Two Museum Exhibits, Win 94% Approval Rating.
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- September 2, 2008
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Battery-Powered Lawn Mowers Emerge as Bright Spot in Tough Season for Outdoor Power Equipment
VERGENNES, Vt. -- With sales of gasoline-powered walk-behind mowers down over 16 percent from 2006 to 20081, a lone bright spot has emerged in the consumer lawn care marketplace: battery-powered lawn mowers. Amidst shrinking sales for a number of fossil fuel-powered consumer products, the newly redesigned Neuton battery-powered lawn mower is celebrating its best single season since the line was introduced in 2003.
"The summer of 2008 will go down as the tipping point for battery-powered outdoor power equipment," said Ned Van Woert, President of Neuton Power ...