[no-dr-onboard]

> It sure beats a gas-powered UTV since I never have to fill it up or choke on exhaust.

I don't know much about this site or the article author, but I have a hard time believing that this is anything but a dramatic exaggeration.

I own a farm. I (and no one I know) would never seriously rely on an electric vehicle for utility. In general the batteries just aren't there and the rate at which they lose capacity is just too high to justify the cost. For $7,000 you could have a used UTV/SXS or a quad with a trailer in most markets. Both would handily outdo this Alibaba amalgamation.

I won't even get into all the horror stories about uncaught grounds and battery safety for things on that site or the fact that preferring electric to ICEs is more of a virtue signal than net benefit for the planet. Cool experiment though.

[pedrocr]

Toro and John Deere have been selling electric versions of their UTVs for decades now. They work great too. Plenty of farms use them and there's plenty to like in the EV models even with just lead-acid batteries.

[TheRealPomax]

You might want to cruise the comments for the several people linking to the "one year later" article, which does a pretty good job showing these to be non-issues.

[Schroedingersat]

>In general the batteries just aren't there and the rate at which they lose capacity is just too high to justify the cost.

That's a great way of saying 'I've never heard of LiFePO4 batteries.'