Get to Know First Green Industries, maker of electric construction equipment!

Robert Betancourt
August 21, 2026

Photos: The MINI Z and ELISE 700 at CALSTART, remote-controlled EV tractors, can be operated by cell phone

Robert Llewellyn’s Everything Electric First Green started in 2017 in Slovenia.

• It was an electric mini–Skid Steer

• ELISE the daughter wanted to use her cell phone to operate the machine and the remote-control skid steer was tested by Robert Liewellyn on YOU TUBE “fully charged”, in England 2017. Robert is now still on You Tube as Everything Electric today.

• 2020 First Green opened a dealership/supplier in Ashville North Carolina with Marcus Seus. It has expanded to several dealerships across the United States.

• January 2025 was a big year for First Green as its remote-controlled skid loader obtained the European Defense Contract. A seventh line “DEFENSE” which included mine clearing with remote controlled from 30 meters away. This gave rise to many CAB-LESS designs and portable chargers with optional ten-minute battery swaps.

• George Bahnke assumed First Green United States in January 2025