Ideas for EV farm machinery

Hillhater said:
The guy with the peak hat and small moustache, looks familiar,....but strangely out of place .?? :shock:

I have no idea about the tall man. Vladimir Lenin is 4th from right hand (in a coat with big buttons)
 
Obviously,
given the energy consumption of, let's say, 30 kWh per 1 ha, the battery-powered tractor will need to squeeze out 1 Tesla battery per 3 ha :(
 
John Deere's chief commercial officer Tim Sherstyuk said research on quick charging was focusing on minutes, similar to filling up a vehicle with diesel fuel.

Our technology is able to decrease the irreversible chemical reactions that happen during charging, so that the same batteries can be charged fast without compromising cycle life.
Deere's eAutoPowr transmission in cooperation with Joksin Germany was awarded the only Gold Medal by the AGRITECHNICA Innovation Commission jury in 2019. The two brushless electric motors are virtually wear-free and powertrain durability exceeds any other concepts previously offered in the industry. eAutoPowr can provide up to 100kW of electrical power, with either 700V direct current (DC) or 480V variable frequency three-phase alternating current (AC) as available option. In addition, the maintenance costs are significantly lower. The drive axles allow a traction increase ... https://www.tvh.com/en-us/node/43192/john-deere-transmission-eautopowr

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Deere wouldn't be developing a brushless electric option for their new 8R, 8RT Series Tractors if it wasn't economically profitable. Current retail prices for the diesel 8R Series tractors are $166,000 to $267,000 and $230,000 to $262,000 for 8RT Series tractors. Shipments to dealers of the new diesel 8Rs are expected this summer. ... https://www.deere.com/en/tractors/row-crop-tractors/row-crop-8-family/

Progresses Marches On ... there's always one Big JD Producer-Operator in a country-province-state-county that has to be the first one when a brushless electric 8R eAutoPowr option becomes available ... maybe as soon as 2022 (wishful thinking or a possibility)??
 
Hey. Good on the OP for wanting to give this a try.
I know this is mostly an electric motor type of forum but when it comes to reducing CO2 I say let’s not limit our options.
My suggestions to consider would be:

- dedicate a portion of your land to growing an seed oil crop and supplementing your diesel with that (hope you don’t have one of those fancy computerized tractors)

- find a good source of bio-diesel

- set up an anaerobic digester to produce methane from ag waste and run the tractor on that

- figure out how to get the tractor to run on PV produced hydrogen.

In all seriousness, figuring out how to set up a hydrogen or methane powered tractor /generator and fill station shouldn’t be your concern, industry should have figured that out 20 years ago. Kind of like progressive sawmills figuring out how to use sawdust for energy instead of fossil fuels.


If all else fails, just swing by the local university and grab about 20 or 30 students majoring in Political Science or some other equally useless major and throw them in the field to work - at least they would be doing something productive lol.
 
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