Comments: - - A couple of things here: who checks the seed depth when planting? How many years do the batteries last? What do replacements cost?
If farmers don't see this as a threat, they probably didn't see massive corporate farms as a threat either.
I’m a tried and true Deere fan but I’m not sure about this thing!!! Takes all the romance out of playing in the dirt!!!
Would've liked to see how fast it could go with the tillage gear working as at the speed it was going it would take all year to work up 1 big cropping farm
This is great I hate mowing my lawn and if a big machine could do it that would be great. I saw how butchered the little machines do because they are too small and follow the terrain too close. Maybe a big electric tractor isn't practical for most but great for those whom can use it.
If they can make things like that powerful enough to push through rough terrain, or able to do any task, it would be revolutionary, if a farmer has two tractors, one like this, and another that is a normal compact or something, they could absolutely conquer the fields
You can't get parts for equipment now can you imagine how difficult it's gonna be for parts from this thing and then on top of it really Long way to go with the technology
Remember the guy in Finland who blew up his Tesla when he found out how much it was going to cost him to replace the batteries. The materials for the batteries have as much of a carbon foot print as the fuel version but no one cares it's green isn't it.
Lets say we are using an average of 200kw (270hp) for 12 hours in order to till our land, thats 200,000watts multiplied by 12 hours, that results in a total of 2,400 kilowatt hours of battery capacity in order to last the whole time, the largest battery on an electric car in production right now is 100kwh, so unless it is 24 times the capacity of that then the battery will not last, this is assuming 100% efficiency with the electric motors and no energy lost through the tyres, drivetrain or through rolling resistance, so how is this viable unless the battery is really that big, but then you get to seeding or tillage when you need to run 24 hours a day, then what?