America’s most common crop, corn, is grown on 82.5 million acres. That’s a whole lot of land, and there are a whole lot of diesel-burning tractors and farm implements outContinue Reading
Hydrogen (H2) has many industrial uses — making ammonia, refining oil, steel production, food processing, etc. It is now finding a new use, which is, powering of the farm tractors.Continue Reading
International Tractors Ltd-owned Sonalika Tractors has become the first manufacturer to commercially launch a field-ready electric tractor for the domestic market with an introductory price of ₹5.99 lakh (ex-showroom). NamedContinue Reading
India’s utility scale solar capacity reached 29.7 GW by September 2019, growing 25% y-o-y. A review of the EPC data shows two interesting trends- Contrary to popular perception, share ofContinue Reading
California-based Solectrac, has decided to make electric tractors as they are 5 times more efficient, 2000 times quieter and have 8 times less operating cost than diesel tractors of comparableContinue Reading
Solectrac, based in Northern California, produces battery-electric tractors for agricultural and utility applications. These tractors enable farmers to power critical machinery with solar, wind, or other clean, renewable energy sources.Continue Reading
Escorts Limited becomes the first and the only company in India to receive the CMVR certificate for electric tractors. CMVR stands for Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. After exports, theContinue Reading
India loses agriculture produce worth several hundred crores of rupees every year to weeds. While removing weeds manually is laborious, use of chemicals to destroy them is hazardous to environmentContinue Reading
