Drive and control system for an electrically-powered lawn mower

An electrically-powered lawn mower includes electric drives that power the wheels of the mower. Each drive includes an electric motor disposed in a housing that drives a motor shaft connected to a pinion gear. Rotation of the motor shaft causes rotation of an output axle having an axis of rotation that is offset from and parallel to the motor shaft axis of rotation. Each electric drive of the lawn mower is substantially bilaterally symmetrical about a plane passing through its motor shaft axis of rotation and its output axle axis of rotation. Each electric drive is connected to a control system via a communication network. The control system may include, for example, a steering wheel and pedal, a joystick, or control levers for providing operator input to the electric drives.