Which manufacturer to launch the first electric tractor

[Johnnyboxer]

John Deere or Agco badge?

Which one will be first to market for retail sale ?

Would you buy an electric tractor?

JLR going all electric

 

[NHMatt]

It’s not quite arable spec, but the Solectrac was the first I think.

 

[startinghandle]

I would say JCB are working on it now behind closed doors

 

[JimbobHally57]

Maybe hydrogen powered tractors are going to be a more practical solution. I understand that the transport industry think hydrogen will be more practical than electrical power.

 

[BRB John]

I'd happily get a electric tractor if there was a 40% grant on them... there's plenty of jobs around the yard that a small tractor could easily replace a diesel and even jobs like spraying, tedding, raking, fertilising and even topping grass could easily be done with Electric.

 

[melted welly]

Siku been banging them out for over a decade.

 

[Fish]

Fendt e100 vario, been around for about 3 years.

 

[BRB John]

Not commercially, its been delayed to 2024

 

[solo]

Countryfile had an electric ford tractor featured some time ago. I don’t know if it was commercially available though.

 

[BRB John]

Yeah that's the problem a lot of them are just tech demos and there is no plans to put them in to mass production mainly due to the lack of battery tech.

 

[Exfarmer]

The very first tractors were electric powered ranging from the 1880’s Zimmerman tractor to the 1920’s Major Mcdowalls 12.5 hp Scottish model. More recently Allis Chalmers made an experimental fuel cell model.
The Russians did though probably have the only real attempt in the1950’s . They are believed to have produced up to 300 wheeled and tracked models before giving up
There is little new

 

[daveydiesel1]

Wonder what the price premium will be though

 

[Johnnyboxer]

Wonder what the price premium will be though

With high end electric cars at £100k

I can expect electric tractors to be 40% higher than the equivalent diesel one

 

[Tomr10]

Valtra

 

[sjt01]

Tried this, but lift capacity inadequate for our box scraper. Had plenty of pull though.

Now going to try one of these for scraping out, got a non-working one at a decent price so when we collect it tomorrow I will have another project!

 

[robs1]

With current tech and batteries it wont happen, hydrogen far more practical

 

[sjt01]

With current tech and batteries it wont happen, hydrogen far more practical

Hydrogen is far too inefficient, you lose 3/4 of the energy making the hydrogen, compressing it and then getting back to electricity. Worst case with batteries is 1/4 loss.

 

[robs1]

Hydrogen is far too inefficient, you lose 3/4 of the energy making the hydrogen, compressing it and then getting back to electricity. Worst case with batteries is 1/4 loss.

That may well be true but the battery required to power a 200 hp tractor for 8 hours isnt available atm, if the tech changes perhaps or just stay as we are with diesel

 

[sjt01]

That may well be true but the battery required to power a 200 hp tractor for 8 hours isnt available atm, if the tech changes perhaps or just stay as we are with diesel

Better off with biomethane

 

[Lakesdigger]

Rather than being solely electric it's more likely to be an alternative fuel possibly even running some kind of generator to charge batteries so it'll be a hybrid of some description. Cnh or agco be my guess for first.