• adude007@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    These types of companies may not have tons of disposable income to invest in this but as they need new tools it will probably phase in.

    • Eyron@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      It probably depends on the batteries, battery market, and repair market. We don’t really expect batteries to last a decade. The repairability of these tools is a concern.

      Meanwhile, it’s pretty common to repair gas tools. Sometimes from multiple broken ones. Powering the gas tools is similarly simple. None of it requires a company to continue to develop their proprietary product to run.

      This is an industry and a market that has been around for decades. I suspect the limited part supply and limited repairability of the electric tools is going to limit their practical lifetime compared to the existing ones on the market.