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If the factory offers the battery powered version, then there'd be no need to switch to the hand method when you make contact with the ground.
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I wasn't as clear as I hoped. A lightweight drill will set the jack pad firmly. In fact, if needed, it will raise the TM perhaps half an inch - but not more. You would need a heavyweight drill only if you haven't levelled the TM, and have to lift the entire TM using the jacks.
When I pull into a campsite, I level the TM on a few scraps of board that I carry on the tongue. Having done so, a lightweight drill is fine for setting the jacks, and I never get out the hand crank and "switch to the hand method". Others of us don't pre-level, preferring to use the jacks to lift the TM into level position. If you are in this group, that's fine. To each his own.
I agree with you, I would hate to lift the TM using the hand crank. Perhaps TM will offer optional electric jacks in the future. My personal feeling is that the cost, the weight, the battery drain (for those of us who dry camp), the complexity and associated failures (these jacks are right down in the water, salt, and mud kicked up from the road) would not be worth it. To me, levelling on boards, then using my $10 drill, is much easier and more reliable. YMMV.
Bill