Patent ID: 8286721

Claim:
A power hoe, comprising: an electric motor, which actuates soil cultivation tools; at least one battery intended to power said motor; and means for determining an electric power supplied to said motor by said at least one battery, as a function of at least one information item representing a charge level of said battery or batteries, so as to provide: a normal operating mode, in which said motor is supplied with a first electric power for making the power hoe move by rolling over the soil cultivation tools and for making the cultivation tools cultivate the soil; a higher operating speed functionality, in which said motor is supplied with additional power compared to said first electric power, for a limited time period and as long as a corresponding higher speed button is held pressed by a user; and a downgraded operating mode, in which the electric power supplied to said motor, which actuates said soil cultivation tools, is limited to a level below said first electric power, and enables only the movement of said power hoe using said actuating soil cultivation tools, and wherein said means for determining stores at least one of the information items selected from the group consisting of: a number of switches to at least one of the operating modes; or an operating time in at least one of the operating modes.