John Deere's electric tractor in action

John Deere's electric tractor has taken to the fields as testing continues. Is this the future of farm machinery?

[@thewhat3649]

For some reasons it bothers me so much when the demo guys come straight from their office, almost in a suit, not a single spot on their clothes, and the tractor itself is also spotless, even when on the field.

[@conorhegarty8734]

I understand what you’re saying but it’s probably just for advertising, if they showed up with some lad covered in cows hit getting into a run down tractor that was covered in shit no one would want to buy it because it would look like their own tractor and not a new tractor if you get what I’m saying

[@thewhat3649]

@@conorhegarty8734 i would probably buy more into it if the guys demoing the tractor were actual farmers who know what matters out there. Tractor itself should ofcourse look nice and tidy, but the operator should be someone with years of farming behind them so they know what to compare with the older machines and actually make the whole ad more trustworthy. But this ONLY works with a legit farmer, not an actor dressed up to look like one.

[@normanwells2755]

Even when he is setting up to inject liquid manure. That is like having a guy in a tuxedo demonstrating a chain saw.

[@paulaglet4255]

Got to have replaceable battery packs. Come planting, tilling, or harvest you can't wait for a recharge, you need to WORK!

[@el_Riky]

recharge when you sleep

[@fireofenergy]

You can wait while you sleep. Not like it's going 300 miles... You can also charge during lunch.

[@Davmm96]

@@fireofenergy Still, i think Paul Aglet has a good point. A battery charging in the day, and another one charging at night. You might not do 300 miles, but you'll work 10 hours. There is a reason why engines are tracked in hours and not mileage in this world. Totally green agriculture could also mean converting a poor field to a solar panel field to help you lower the cost of electricity. But the downside of replaceable battery is: They are the heaviest thing in an electric vehicule. Even if the swap is easily done by unplugging 2 cables, it will be like lifting a whole engine out of the tractor...

[@phalanx3803]

​@@fireofenergy hahahaha sleep! your joking right? when bad weather rolls in works has to be done quick. most of the times we have farm hands that take shifts and we keep the tractors running 23 hours a day only stopping for an hour max to do daily maintenance and refill. some times we dont find any farm hands and i have had to go 48 hours straight. and if i remember right JD said it had a 6 hour run time and 4 hour charge time even when where not in the need to beat the weather we run them for at least 14 hours a day. oh and that was off 3 phase here in Australia where lucky to get single phase household power some farms have to run off personal generators.

[@fireofenergy]

@@phalanx3803 Dire circumstances require good ole fossil fuels, however _most_ circumstances will allow for charging.

[@kevinperry581]

So this was over four years ago and this tractor is still not for sale. There are still to many problems that can’t be overcome.

[@ms55938]

Exactly, and how many farmers can afford to take a loss on their expensive diesel tractors and combines to buy electric. So your stuck with paying outrageous prices for diesel to work your crops. My guess is they want to do away with family farms so government run farms can take over.

[@freedomrings1420]

@@ms55938 Exactly, destroy America from within is the only way to destroy America.

[@milliosmiles5160]

@@ms55938 Kill Gates is buying up US farmland at an alarming rate!

[@ndc5544p]

This was a prototype. If you want a tractor that's being sold since 2017 look no further than the Fendt e100 Vario.

[@SilverGleaner]

Only 60 years after Allis-Chalmers built an electric tractor

[@BigCroca]

Lol yeah we all wish allis was still around. :(

[@christyler7391]

If I'm correct,someone built cars to run on water & had a carburetor that'd use half as much gas as standard ones yet government said nope.

[@WisePlagueis]

@@christyler7391 I'm guessing you're talking about the pentone engine, it's a total scam. Pure bullshit designed to prey on people who aren't into mechanics. You can't produce energy from water, it is inert. It's already the byproduct of an energy reaction (hydrogen + oxygen). It's waste. It is fantastic as a *working fluid* (i.e. steam engine), but you need to bring energy from elsewhere (heat). As an energy source, it is as useless as air or dirt.

[@headstashmusic3897]

​@@WisePlagueis "You can't produce energy from water" Ever heard of hydro power? It makes energy from moving water. Been around for quite a while!

[@WisePlagueis]

@@headstashmusic3897 That's not energy from water. That's energy taken from it's movement. The source of energy is gravity, water in your example is simply a working fluid. You could replace it with any liquid. I meant in my reply that you can't get chemical energy out of water like Pentone believed. Water is, as a chemical substance, already too far down a chain of reactions to be of practical use. It is a fantastic work fluid, though : proof of it is that steam turbines are still the main mean of generation in today's power plants.

[@googleuser4009]

Man it pisses me off with all these videos where they show electric machinery and play stupid music. I wanna hear the machine, not that crappy music.

[@warrenbrown8670]

How do these work during harvest time running 24x7 for a couple weeks straight? Do they make a diesel generator to mount on top? How do you charge it in the middle of nowhere, maybe 2 counties away from home? These just seem a completely stupid design. If I were a farmer I'd wait for them to come up with a fusion reactor model or something, but not this.

[@fullraph]

Obviously it's an application specific machine. Just like electric cars, they do not suite everybody's needs. This will not replace it's diesel equivalent tomorrow...

[@tsar01]

We use our John Deeres for snow removal in Canada. How will the cold affect the batteries and we run at least 6-8 hours on average a day. I don't see them as viable yet unless they come up with some alien battery technology. Also Price is a huge factor, If we have to shove out 3 or 4 times the price of a regular tractor plus battery packs and a warehouse with extra workers to change and charge the batteries. Our customers will be paying $5000/driveway instead of $500. Close but not yet there.

[@fullraph]

@@tsar01 The answer is that just like electric cars, this is an application specific machine... And clearly not aimed toward your application.

[@rustyshackleford359]

@@fullraph some people gotta jump on the hate band wagon right away on anything new. You gotta crawl before you can walk. This kinda of tech only gets better with time. Bring it on.

[@Mike-sr2yu]

@@rustyshackleford359 These have been in the works since 2017.. That's five years and their still not in production. Many tractors on large production farms are from 400-650 horsespower. The plows they pull can weight around 25 to 27 thousand pounds.. They are dug into the ground breaking the soil and plow from sun up to sun down.. There isn't a battery or machine made that can do that,,, meanwhile in Neverland Joe Biden's cabinet is praising the high price of gas & diesel saying it will FORCE the American farmer to go green.. The truth is you all are a bunch of morons. For example, it creates 21% more pollution to make Ethanol than to run pure gasoline. Every thing you think you know is actually you don't know a damn thing and that most of you have never worked a day in your life.

[@edshelden7590]

Not really informative. Flashy. How much does this machine cost? What is the life cycle of the battery system. What do the replacement batteries cost? Wah twill a replacement controller cost? What kind of warranty and for how long for this tractor? What Is the life cycle of the tractor? Who will finance this new tractor?

[@lol-vz8kd]

It would cost at least 1.5 millions

[@hebber1961]

Looks like it's made to appease people who have no clue about farming reality. Maybe work as a utility light duty tractor around the yard for small jobs but I can't see it having the power to pull large implements. The unit they were pulling looked very small and they clearly didn't show it for a reason. The charge has to last a long time and farmers can't tie up expensive equipment with a long charge. I assume the initial cost will be crazy. As if John Deere aren't pricy enough already. The idea is nice but I don't see it working with the limited technology we have. You need pulling power. That's why it's a tractor.

[@jonathonrossebo1783]

In practice how are you going to charge the batteries if the tractor is miles away from any building, unless you have charging stations installed by the electric company near the fields 🤔🤨.

[@freedomrings1420]

Take a look at battery powered tools. Cutting a sheet of plywood with a battery powered circular saw eats up ythe battery pretty fast. You might be able to drive around a field for awhile, but put on some chisel plows and let's see how long that charge lasts. 🤔

[@gormauslander]

Yeah, but if it runs for 4 hours and takes 8 to charge, you won't get anything done. You need to be able to change out battery packs as quickly as a fuel up in order for electric tractors to be viable

[@marconius101]

exactly, maybe a big battery pack as front weight. but like this it's quit useless...

[@alek488]

evil Duck biofuel tractors are the answer then

[@gormauslander]

@@alek488 maybe temporarily, but I wouldn't want to create the infrastructure, since solid state batteries are so close

[@mottthehoople693]

lol this is a prototype do you think the first of anything is right to go straight up? Fuck....

[@mottthehoople693]

everyone and their dog is now making electric tractors ..lots even without drivers...better catch up mate

[@rd4660]

“Environmentally sustainable”? Just don’t ask where the lithium in the battery came from, don’t ask about lithium mining practices, and never mind about the eventual waste stream of old batteries. Yep, nothing to see here people. Just buy our line of bulls&it hook, line and sinker.

[@christopherfairs9095]

Where do you think the lithium in your laptop, mobile phone and power tool batteries comes from? There are billions of them in the world and they can now be recycled. Do you believe no lithium is associated with the petrochemical/oil exploration industries? We need to minimise environmental damage associated with all industrial processes and replace them wherever possible.

[@oliverwabwire2836]

@@christopherfairs9095 These are the critical questions that the world chooses to gloss over for now..... anything to give battery a bye! Truth is, this remains the one area where diesels will continue to reign supreme for at least half a century coming.

[@christopherfairs9095]

@@oliverwabwire2836 I think 50 years is stretching the period for diesel dominance. Batteries are already starting to appear in small boats, ferries and excavators. A few short haulage ships are already in operation. I believe battery energy density will continue to grow. It's early days in research programmes, where big investment is being made.

[@freedomrings1420]

Exactly

[@freedomrings1420]

@@christopherfairs9095 NOT TOO BRIGHT, ARE YOU ??? Big difference between building batteries for small items compared to building them for semi trucks, freight trains, cargo ships ,tractors and so on.

[@stephenwilliams383]

Where’s all the electricity going to coming from ?

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

Windmills. Didn’t you see the cartoon ?

[@paradoxdea]

What's the range I wonder?

[@henryhatt9769]

Good luck getting farmers to buy this. Nothing beats good ole diesel

[@abram730]

Not paying for diesel beats paying for it.

[@henryhatt9769]

@@abram730 do you get free electricity?

[@abram730]

@@henryhatt9769 I get some free electricity. The electricity that I pay for is still a fraction of the cost of diesel.

[@henryhatt9769]

@@abram730 ok

[@Stettenbauer]

Not true, in fact many farmers are waiting until it becomes cost effective. Then it will happen pretty quickly...That being said, I also like the reliability of a diesel engine.

[@debi5292]

How much money will farmers loose if the ethanol market is gone? How much will land be worth? Seems like JD is ok with any and all of the climate change lies. Go Woke Go Broke!

[@TofsrudCubing]

I like the diesels

[@lkmetal1977]

And you want humanity extinct before your grandchildren can farm! Such right wing imbeciles talking like 2 year olds!

[@lkmetal1977]

You also like your first cuzzin, I men really love your first cousin.. “Derp, diesel engines go vroom, and I’m a redneck retard, derp!”

[@greathodgy22]

Usless, show me it pulling a deep tiller or heavy disc, not running around on asphalt roads.

[@freedomrings1420]

Put a set of chisel plows behind it in solid ground.

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

Torque shouldn’t be a problem for electric. It’s how long they run and working hours before it’s kaput

[@jamesdigan8859]

Sorry but a farmer won't wait 8 hours to get 4 hours run time a tractor has to be ready at any time

[@johnklumpp7901]

In the early days of petrol-powered vehicles, one had to wait for the delivery of motor fuel (in 2 - 5 Gallon containers) by horse-drawn drays! When the supply ran out it was time to hitch up the bullocks or draft/clydesdale work animals once again. Search out: "Dynamic wireless charging of electric vehicles on the move with Mobile Energy Disseminators"

[@johnklumpp7901]

115 years ago a farmer may have had to wait 10 days for the arrival of a horse drawn wagon to deliver his order of motor spirit contained in 2 gallon demijohns. Future tech means charging in just a few minutes. Current Tesla 3 models have 481 - 560km ranges, but coming vehicles employing an Aluminium-air battery demonstrate an ability to drive 1,100 miles on a single charge. The liquid-fuel powered tractors of 2020-21 are somewhat different from 1950 models. So, WHAT does that teach us? Last century personal computers had 3.5" floppy drives and took hours to render a single Ray-Traced movie frame. Present TVs have built-in computer circuits able to render, in real time, highly compressed internet-delivered video on their screens, and even upscale it to higher definition on the go.

[@freedomrings1420]

@@johnklumpp7901 YOU DON'T ANYTHING ABOUT FARMING

[@2pdlpwr]

John Deere would really be a green tractor!! Make it happen JD

[@richardcowley4087]

No such thing as green energy

[@SMGJohn]

@@richardcowley4087 The hell is that suppose to mean? You trying to tell us renewable are not real? What are you smoking in your crackpipe gramps? Cause I sure as hell could use some right now reading that comments of yours.

[@fanningthebrave4489]

I'm just curious about the run time on the battery

[@hubertgrey5456]

Fanning The Brave 3 hr charge, 4 hr run time

[@kansaskristi]

Not good

[@niniv2706]

Funny clip ... Always funny to hear plumbers and school teachers talking BS on agriculture .

[@benjaminanthony5201]

I heard a siren like noise the other night and I didn’t k ow what it was and it turned out to be my neighbors electric combine

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

Toyota hiybrid/John dear tractor will start an avalanche of John Deere sales . Fuel savings cutting the costs of harvest and seeding

[@BellozeCountry]

Well the solution is to add battery packs as weight, so they can be charged and interchanged as needed. You can then be at least be fully charged conveniently. Another solution is to use all available panels as solar cells that can charge all the time. Just a thought.

[@ryanb7476]

I like the idea of packs but solar cells covering the entire tractor would probably not even add a kilometer or two of range in a work day

[@dtsbabyface9484]

@@ryanb7476 I think if a battery is fully charged the solar panels would help so that the batteries wont drain plus saving time on charging, coz Coz god knows this electric powered cars take forever to be fully charged

[@ryanb7476]

@@dtsbabyface9484 the reason there's no point in solar is the small surface area, even if you got 500 watts up there all day, that's enough to power the tractor for a few minutes. It's like trying to boost a tractor with a double a battery, the cost of the panels would not justify it being worth it, cool concept but not enogh surface area. The only real use I see for solar on a car is for people who park it at an air port for half the year, the solar could maintain the state of charge, but a tractors battery is SO big that it's just not worth it. My model 3 is 75KWH, if i plug into a house outlet which is 1500 watts, it'd take 72 hours to charge it, and a tractor battery most likely is 5-6x the size of my car, and solar wouldn't even provide 1500 watts :)

[@dschoas]

Why not using rapsoil as diesel substitute with an existing tractor? The plant uses the sun light directly to produce the oil. no conversion losses and no CO2 footprint.

[@shubhamwakde7742]

@@dschoas Explain rapsoil as fuel how it works

[@kendavis8335]

They never mention the enormous amount amount of rare earth minerals required to produce one of those tractors or the fact that they are being recharged by a power plant somewhere.

[@hunha991]

It's only going to get better and more efficient in time. Diesel engines have been polluting thr earth for years with very slow progress.

[@kendavis8335]

@@hunha991 you do realize that they use Diesel engine machines to move thousands of yards of material to make just the batteries for that tractor.

[@hunha991]

@@kendavis8335 yes and they used candles while they were inventing the light bulb....

[@Greyzonecompliant]

Is there no one else who finds it funny, that people use the words solar power and "you can/should charge it att night" In adjacent scentences. If everyone charges all their vehicles at night. Nuclear power is the only answers we have today. -No wind last night, well i quess i can harvest tomorrow.

[@kygreenskeeper8326]

How long will the batteries last during that season... We go nonstop all day long... Someone is out of touch with reality I'm afraid.

[@liamdonaldson6449]

Fast charging is coming soon for electric cars. Better, cheaper batteries, longer lasting, charging to 100%, discharging to 100% without degradation, recyclable, smaller, lighter, more powerful, safer. Electric tractors will benefit from such batteries.

[@heatleynoble]

Put a front linkage on that tractor. Pick up a ton or more of extra battery capacity at a time and plug in and go.

[@scottpowell4342]

When the Green New Deal gets passed, I'll have to buy one of these to replace the 50+ year old tractors I farm with now. Somehow, I have a feeling it will destroy my bottom line.

[@mikeaskme3530]

@Scot Powell, only the fearful fears the future, the strong welcomes it. Now what you should fear are large Agribusiness that put small farmers out of business.

[@scottpowell4342]

@@mikeaskme3530 - No Agribusiness can put me out of business. However, if the Government requires me to buy a new tractor that my business simply cannot afford, and I certainly would not be able to afford one, then I'll gave to sell out. Fortunately, the Green New Deal is a farce and I have nothing to worry about. ;-)

[@mikeaskme3530]

@@scottpowell4342 yeah you go on believing Agribusiness cant put you out of business, i am very sure a lot of small farmers thought the same thing, until it happened. But you go on right ahead fearing the future and looking in the past, the future will catch up to you. And there is nothing in the Green New Deal that would require you to purchase something.

[@scottpowell4342]

@@mikeaskme3530 LOL, you know nothing about my farming, but believe they can take me out. Classic. Wrong, but classically funny. And the Green New Deal has a goal of eliminating the internal combustion engine, which is used in all tractors today. After those engines are made illegal, or the sale of the fuel is made illegal, I would be forced to buy something new(-ish) if I wanted to stay in business. True, they can't force me to buy, they can just force me to quit. But I'd really feel bad for the big farmers who have $500,000 worth of debt on equipment may be made obsolete overnight. Hopefully, we'll just keep easing into less emissions, like we've been doing for years.

[@mikeaskme3530]

@@scottpowell4342 the goal should be to eliminate the internal combustion engine, it should be a goal of every country and every car manufacturing company and would should have policies in place to do just that. No amount of easing is going to save the planet and the health of its inhabitants no matter how much you or anyone else wishes. Governments across the world should have polices, research and incentives in place to transition as fast as possible. The country that does this, will be the country that seizes the future and i want the US to be that country, even with all its problems i still believe in this country. We should not fear the future, we should stare it at it boldly seize it. Like our government did with the space race, we leaped into the unknown and we secured it, why are you and others like you so scared of the future is the question i would liked answered.

[@francomtz7115]

That guy plugging in the 🚜 has no clue about growing a crop..

[@freedomrings1420]

Exactly

[@KisSzuszi]

I know it's electric but 1:56 in the middle has a V8 engine with straight pipe 🙄

[@xpepos]

That's a cogeneration plant making electricity and heat from cow's poop.

[@mihailucian409]

Chinese battery cells + Tesla synchronous AC motor = Love ( JD)

[@thescandinavian303]

No facist Chinese made partis.

[@justone3243]

Without the sound of a real motor you need to play shitty music 😁

[@freedomrings1420]

LOL, good one.

[@bluesteel5841]

Hate to replace the battery on this. Can only imagine the cost. If your battery runs out you will have to run 1000 yards or more of extension cable to it to charge it back up..

[@niniv2706]

Your comment is not a joke ... Try to replace a 1000 liters diesel tank with electrical output ... Using today's best batteries ... There is no way it can be achieved . These videos are set to present VIRTUE and swoon the liberal left ignoramuses . Electricity and electric motors do present Torque curve advantages ... Prob is two folds ... 1- Electricity is NOT green energy . 2- Batteries are the COST of the tractor and better present this piece of shit tractor as a Fifth of a tractor ... Because this is on paper what would be needed to replace a 400hp 1000liters diesel tank unit in 2022 . I even read a comment that said ... "Recharge as you sleep" ... LOLOLOLOL ... That state employe LEECH does not understand what farming is about . Just toofunny ... No way I could explain farming to this idiot . Good day Blue Steel ... Be safe and Farm on !

[@Mike-sr2yu]

You'd have to keep a portable generator on the back of your truck and park it next to the field.. The only people that think this is a good idea are people who've never farmed or driven a truck in their lives.

[@jayblazek]

The Electric tractor is great, but unless you want to have a full day elapse between recharging you would need a 500 volt level 4 supercharger, which are not what the electrical grid in rural america supports, and only exists on the freeway for TEsla and Volvo semi trucks

[@mattlf9120]

Why not just a diesel electric drivetrain? They've been doing that successfully on locomotives for one hundred years. It would eliminate the recharge time that nobody has, all while being a natural IVT transmission.

[@toddcampbell9578]

My 2 cylinder is very efficient for the amount of work I can do on a gallon of diesel fuel.

[@headstashmusic3897]

"very efficient" is relative. For an electric vehicle, energy efficiency is estimated at 90% efficient, while a gas engine is 30-35% efficient, and diesel around 40%

[@toddcampbell9578]

@@headstashmusic3897 everyone acts as there isn't environmental effects from EV......

[@headstashmusic3897]

@@toddcampbell9578 Yeah right. Pretty sure most people grasp that everything we make has a pollution footprint. You're falling for the logical fallacy of false equivalence, meaning something doesn't have to be 100% perfect to be better than what its replacing.

[@boomer1049]

@@headstashmusic3897 how about the factory that are spewing out pollution like mad making these batteries??? And when all these toxic batteries need to be dispose of?? Woke that's what this is!

[@philallsopp42]

The torque on these must be terrific. Reminds me of the electric / autonomous combines they had in the movie Interstellar...

[@em4703]

Yea the torque will put to shame the meanest diesels for sure, not even close. It's the batteries that are the issue, they need to be made easily interchangeable once they deplete. The cost for so many batteries to have around and the tools for change and charging will still make people to stay with diesel for a few more decades at least.

[@richardcowley4087]

@@em4703 more than a few decades, a complete waste of time and effort

[@niniv2706]

@@richardcowley4087 - Thank you . Batteries are only FUEL TANKS ... Electricity is NOT green energy in most Nation worldwide . Tractors operate around the clock and down time is $$$ ... The tractor displayed here would drive the cost to produce ... 10X . It is Utopia using today's technology . Two things to address before presenting such VOMIT to plumbers and civil servants ... Electricity produced ONLY from renewable source ... Utopia at the moment . Batteries that will cram more than a mere useless 1000Kwh outputs, that are cheap and replaceable in a few minutes . The Joules/hours reserve of electricity is ... Just too low for an adequate industrial usage . A 1000 liters diesel tank ... That can be filled in 5 minutes ... To return to work ... To replace is impossible mathematically with today's battery technology . Millions of $$$ cannot even compensate adequately in 2022 . But ... It is virtuous to present flying cars and Universal peace to profanes .

[@richardcowley4087]

@@niniv2706 batteries are not what they are cracked up to be and are no use in agriculture very polluting there is no such thing as "green energy" Energy can neither be created nor destroyed Energy can only be converted from one form to another Ergo, there is only energy No such thing as clean, green, dirty, renewable energy, they do not exist No such thing as temperature, it is only more or less energy

[@niniv2706]

@@richardcowley4087 - Thank you for saying it . Good day Richard . Note of importance ... We would gladly use a technology that would replace carbon fuels ... Most farmers would ... It simply is Utopia at the moment and these clips are presented to plumbers and accountant as virtue signalling . Later Richard :)

[@marcelnadeau3966]

At 1:11, CO2 neutral, emission free, what a crock of BS. What did it take to build it? Tell the true story.

[@ShaunDobbie]

You put stupid music on it... I wanted to hear the tractor.

[@TheSebjons]

Theres nothing to hear lol

[@chris77777777ify]

This is BS. Roads require bitumen, a by product from making diesel, what next concrete all the roads.

[@krazyhartin]

What will the range be? Tractor weight? will it be heavier compared to a diesel variant? Battery Amp Hours? Charging time? How much range, when hauling/towing and powering machines via PTO and hydraulic lines? All these need answers.

[@Alrukitaf]

Nikola

[@krazyhartin]

@@Alrukitaf Keep dreaming, stay deluded and breathe in the cobalt pollution. :)

[@Greyzonecompliant]

No answers in the video, but hey at least they played crappy music.

[@krazyhartin]

@@Greyzonecompliant Well, I may have asked too soon. They're still researching and prototyping their electric tractor.

[@krazyhartin]

@@johnogara3029 So, 16 hours to charge, and can do 4 hours of light work; maybe 2 hrs of hard work but probably less. Really not great at all.

[@_P0tat07_]

Oh god the sound of it. Sounds like a cheap electric drill. That high pitched wizzing noise.

[@Leopold5100]

better than the terrible noise and exhaust of diesel engine

[@johnklumpp7901]

Nay Sayers should note that the batteries we see being used presently represent ONLY a transitional stage in on-going development of vehicle batteries for electric power. Under development are different batteries. Future batteries, coming soon: Charge in seconds, last months and power over the air -7 October 2020 Grabat graphene batteries- charged to full in just a few minutes, and can charge and discharge 33 times faster than lithium ion. Laser-made micro supercapacitors- laser-burnt electrode patterns into sheets of plastic resulting in manufacturing costs, and effort, massive reducted. The result is a battery that can charge 50 times faster than current batteries, and discharge even slower than current supercapacitors. Ryden dual carbon battery- lasting longer, and twenty times faster to charge than lithium, and it can be made in the same factories where lithium batteries are built. Aluminium-air battery- drive 1,100 miles on a single charge.

[@rustyshackelford3934]

“Nay sayers” don’t place battery technology at the forefront of their skepticism.

[@normanwells2755]

It must be available now, right?

[@oldbloke100]

another fairy tail from fairy land

[@scottrayhons2537]

The only green deal I see here is it's going to take alot of green money to pay for it. Count me out.

[@SMGJohn]

John Deere needs a nuclear powered tractor.

[@fdk7014]

Why is it so noisy? That's just wasted energy

[@grandpaandlucas7054]

what fuel do you use to make the the electricity to charge the tractor.

[@normanwells2755]

Coal fired steam is more practical than electricity to power tractors with the infrastructure and technology currently available. Maybe someday that will change but don't force a transition that could kill hundreds of millions if it fails.

[@switchbranch8411]

What’s with the killing hundreds of million comment? Do you even have an argument as to why that would happen

[@normanwells2755]

@@switchbranch8411 How would you farm, right now, without diesel? Without diesel, and no practical alternate form of energy or full size alternative powered tractors and combines on the market, people will starve if oil (and coal and gas) are banned as fast as some people want.

[@gabrielbereza1793]

@@normanwells2755 nobody wants to ban oil or gas. This is just the beginning of electric, maybe in 200 years we will be able to create super fast charging and long lasting batteries so we wont need to use fossil fuel anymore.

[@normanwells2755]

@@gabrielbereza1793 Actually some do.

[@freedomrings1420]

@@normanwells2755 Someone with some common sense, thank you. Most people commenting on here don't have a clue about farming.

[@sm6wet]

What is the whining noise? EV cars don't sound like that.

[@michaelc2509]

Whats the cost of the electricity vs diesel?

[@ottakileon]

can someone give me track ID of track from the beggining?

[@metalmicky]

Where’s the six furrow reversible ?

[@joserizaldob.patino3293]

Fuel is more increase hike with no future of suffer people .😞

[@Mach5Johnny]

If only Tesla made their cars sound like a jet engine like this puppy!

[@heine0085]

Oh what horrible music

[@tedb.5707]

HATE the techno-trash sound-track.

[@kimyoung1093]

That sound just isn’t right coming from a tractor

[@maxivk5168]

Fuck of electric, DIESIEL IS THE FUTURE, no charging or battery bullshit, just diesel

[@kennethhunt248]

I'm not impressed. 2 minute video showing mostly irrelevant stuff. Some dude in an office is not trying to convert us to buy this thing. Why not a video of it really working for more than a second here or a millisecond there. BAD ADVERTISING

[@rodneyratermann9978]

Simply a concept, we won't see for a while. Rural power grids can't handle a fleet of these. Not mention they going to be ridiculously expensive.

[@AntimatePcCustom]

4 hours runtime? :P oh well. still a few years away. maybe it's better to build a gantry over every field instead used for everything. done with electricity. seeding, cultivating, harvest, plowing and watering. everything. that might be the future instead.

[@vf19blue]

Aussie battery company has had good success with charging batteries up to 85% in 6 minutes (25kw/hr and 1000 cycles). It won't be long now until its on a scale needed for heavy loads over extended time.

[@ak-2036]

What is its price

[@jesusperdomo9432]

Excelente. Creo que a los implementos también los pueden incluir motores eléctricos para que tengan tracción en suelos húmedos y reducir el atascamiento

[@waynestruckshorts]

I like it

[@yampowergroindia567]

Price..?

[@randyp3675]

Maybe I will be able to afford it in about 20 years then its used and half ass affordable.But good to see happening.

[@markentz9901]

Again with the damn music

[@boomer1049]

It fell flat on its face!

[@pineforest7528]

Electric engines can never equal diesel power.

[@xsardas1999]

Ye becouse they are better on the go...

[@BRUtahn]

Are you a dinosaur? Electric engines are way better.

[@freedomrings1420]

@@BRUtahn LOL, you don't know anything about engines or motors. They are electric MOTORS .... NOT electric engines. LOL 😆

[@Mark1O37]

As hard as you try electric vehicles just don’t work no matter how big or small it just seems like we’re going backwards. Surely we should be looking into large scale seaweed/algae farms offshore to produce biofuels?

[@trentonmoy1926]

Mark E combustion engines are extremely inefficient compared to electric motors. Electric is the future and it’s coming if you like it or not.

[@phalanx3803]

@@trentonmoy1926 electric motors may be efficient but battery's are impractical. 1 you have to take the tractor all the way home to recharge 2 they take hours to charge at that size that's if you have power in the first place some farms here in Australia run off personal generators our farm only gets household single phase power and we live fairly close to a country side city. a normal tractor on average can run up to 14 hours and with an appropriately sized tanker and pump can be refilled in 10 mins in the field this is something battery's are gonna have trouble trying to accomplish for a long time we most likely wont live to see it.

[@johnklumpp7901]

@@phalanx3803 Batteries may be replaced, in certain uses, by direct beamed energy just as tractor drivers can be replaced, in certain fields, by self-driving machinery. Mining is in a transition to self-drive ore trucks. In 2016 John Deere was trialing its GridCON Sesam cable-electric autonomous 300kW tractor which carried a 1,000m cable drum on the front with an intelligent guidance system to keep that cable free from contact with tractor, or implement. Your great-great grandfathers once depended on oxen and the draft horse. Early powered-machinery in use on farms had steam-powered stationary traction engines drawing cable towed "balance" plows from one side of a field, and another to pull it back again. Who still plows by this type of system today? Progress means change.

[@garyposthuma9607]

More electric junk

[@patrickcombs3567]

Nice concept tractors. Lets see how it fairs in the real world. I bet not as good as promised and it'll cost 4 times as much as a tractor now in the long run.

[@christopherfairs9095]

You are correct, it will certainly cost more. This is a prototype and the next generation of tractors will become cheaper and driverless, with no need for a cab. That technology is here now. An electric tractor would need much less maintenance and could run day and night, without disturbing neighbours on farms close to urban areas. They should have the ability to take themselves to a charging point for induction charging.

[@flodurkeng]

chachachacha.......

[@sidekick9409]

Yeah right

[@JonROlsen]

Now if we can feed people instead of cows...

[@normanwells2755]

Cows can feed people using forage that people can't digest and poor quality grain that people won't eat.

[@freedomrings1420]

@@normanwells2755 I can live on beef and milk .... but I can't and won't live on soy.

[@ihsanali558]

Guess price ???

[@russtbinder]

What are the top few barriers to this being the norm?

[@vf19blue]

Energy density in the batteries, and fast charge times. That's about it. Think of the savings in fluids and filters alone over an ICE. I'm very excited, don't get me wrong, nothing sounds as sexy as a V12 diesel fire up, but the torque from electric motors is on a whole new level of sexiness :)

[@ryen7512]

@@vf19blue energy density isn't a problem. You could store a few hundred kWh easily on a tractor of that size. Its more about cost right now, and battery prices are coming down slowly but surely. A battery of sufficient size should last through the day, then just charge it overnight. Like I say the only issue is cost.

[@richardroberson9277]

Power to recharge the thing in the middle of nowhere on a 200 amp normal breaker. Need 400amps+

[@warrenbrown8670]

@@ryen7512 except they run nonstop 24x7 during parts of the season. Crews take turn driving day and night. The pack needs to be like a quick swap, and even then, I guess they'd need to haul a diesel gen to the field to charge the other while running.

[@freedomrings1420]

@@warrenbrown8670 Most people on here commenting don't have any idea about farming.

[@michaelahern6347]

The people that need to farm can't buy them

[@pravinyadav4888]

Muje Lena Hain Kaha milega ye tractor 60 hp

[@peterferguson5883]

Talk the torque.

[@bflorin-ioan7786]

I have a question: If I have a fuel-powered tractor can I change the engine to an electric motor?

[@stephenbolinder3589]

IO rather doubt that. It's more than changing out an engine the entire power train is different and you don't supply hydraulic power to other equipment from the tractor. It's all-electric.

[@heatleynoble]

There's a Canadian firm that does it to big articulated. But then powers with a generator. Batteries are not big enough for high hp stuff yet.

[@rustyshackelford3934]

Stephen BoLinder - Hydraulics cannot be replaced with electronics for safety reasons and many others.

[@christopherfairs9095]

@@heatleynoble look online. There are batteries large enough to power ships and trains.

[@richardcowley4087]

@@christopherfairs9095 Not true !

[@mottthehoople693]

so...........3 years later where is this tractor now?

[@Leopold5100]

thanks, I didn't realise this is from three years ago; get it done now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@heupelsgolfball5292]

@@Leopold5100 we don't need this. Becuase you won't be able to work as large as equipment in the usa that we need. The battery to pull the biggest machines in the industry will have to be the size of a full 9r to last a full 14 hour day in the usa we dont take lunch breaks like pussys we eat lunch on the go like real men

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

@@heupelsgolfball5292 we don't need tractors horses have done the job fine for years sound familiar buy a electric tractor that goes for longer or get two and if you're worryd about cost look at any broad acre budget for fule and there is plenty of room to move

[@freedomrings1420]

LOL, somebody woke up and buried it. 🤣

[@freedomrings1420]

@@Leopold5100 NOT TOO BRIGHT, ARE YOU???

[@oystein8371]

No type 2 or ccs charging?

[@aresivrc1800]

Very good.

[@firdauszainudin7118]

That sounds though.

[@chrisl4709]

I hate subtitles

[@no_more_free_nicks]

Annoying music ..........

[@jerryjohanan1940]

The thing is can that tractor work 14 18 hours in one day without having to stop the charge like a real farm not every 8 hours then you got to plug it in overnight if you can't work longer than 14 hours it's not worth it it's junk

[@SachinPatil-xb8ps]

60hp catagry still avilabal

[@Onealfarm9967]

Won’t be to good when them battery’s have to be replaced also if that thang caught on fire there’s not a fire extinguisher strong enough to put it out nor a fireman

[@lpdirv]

Not sure why they have not pursued hybridization for peak power filling. Since the weight of the batteries is not a penalty it makes so much sense.

[@Eyreng89]

Lol

[@saleemhakam4763]

Good tractor

[@dannydigittydog5116]

Rather use biofuel

[@BRKawat]

OK

[@tjab1715]

Can’t wait to buy one for my residence!!!

[@JosephRawsthorne31]

They can do a trailer that can have a faster charger built in.

[@freedomrings1420]

LOL, NOT TOO BRIGHT, ARE YOU???

[@JosephRawsthorne31]

@@freedomrings1420 what sort of comment is that 😂😂

[@freedomrings1420]

@@JosephRawsthorne31 Read YOUR COMMENT... NOT TOO BRIGHT.

[@JosephRawsthorne31]

@@freedomrings1420 clearly you didn’t get raised up right, if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say it 👌🏻

[@freedomrings1420]

@@JosephRawsthorne31 Obviously you weren't raised up right to have common sense. You still can't explain that idiotic comment of yours about a trailer with a charger built in. LOL 😆

[@pankajbajaj9578]

Now available in showrooms in india

[@MisterBenne]

beside this massive unelegantly not good looking hunk, its (yet) just inefficient. Needs more electric to built than it serves its power. Alone to build this gobbet wastes more CO2 than it saves! And i doubt we have enough natural resources to even producing so many batteries. Licium lasts no longer 50y.