Engineering:Electric tractor
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Electric tractors are powered by electric batteries, or, in the case of plug-ins, by an electric power cable.
Advantages
Electric tractors offer several advantages over diesel tractors. An electric motor needs less maintenance than a diesel motor, which has hundreds of moving parts. Electricity can offer cost savings over diesel fuel. Greenhouse gas emissions, estimated at 53 tons per year for a typical diesel tractor, are drastically reduced.[1]
Manufacture and use
Electric tractors are manufactured by a German company, Fendt, and by two US companies, Solectrac and Monarch Tractor.[2][3][4][5] John Deere's protoype electric tractor is a plug-in, powered by an electrical cable.[1] Kubota is prototyping an autonomous electric tractor.[6]
See also
- Tractor
- Climate-smart agriculture
- Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture
- Electric vehicle
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brackney, Susan (2021-09-02). "Electric Tractors Are The Future Of Farming" (in en-US). https://www.hobbyfarms.com/electric-tractors-are-the-future-of-farming/.
- ↑ Gaines, Tharran (2021-11-28). "An electric tractor may be in your future" (in en). https://www.agriculture.com/machinery/tractors/an-electric-tractor-may-be-in-your-future.
- ↑ Weisbrod, Katelyn (2022-07-13). "A New Project in Rural Oregon Is Letting Farmers Test Drive Electric Tractors in the Name of Science" (in en-US). https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13072022/a-new-project-in-rural-oregon-is-letting-farmers-test-drive-electric-tractors-in-the-name-of-science/.
- ↑ Garvey, Scott (2021-02-10). "Development of Fendt’s e100 electric tractor continues" (in en). https://www.grainews.ca/machinery/development-of-fendts-e100-electric-tractor-continues/.
- ↑ Doll, Scooter (2022-08-09). "Foxconn to manufacture electric tractors for Monarch at newly acquired Lordstown facility" (in en-US). https://electrek.co/2022/08/09/foxconn-electric-tractors-monarch/.
- ↑ Szymkowski, Sean (2020-01-29). "Autonomous, electric tractor could be the future face of smart farming" (in en). https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/autonomous-electric-tractor-future-farming/.
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