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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Is a battery powered tractor really something possible at this point? Don't those things spend all day running? It looks like they put in 30% more power than a Tesla. Wouldn't it only last for like, an hour, given it's size?
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Looking at the article, at full power it would use 300kWh from a 130kWh battery, so roughly 26 minutes? I think they have a long way to go....
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Need to know how many gallons/hour the tractor consumes. Since diesel contains about 38kWh/gal we could make a rough guess. But keep in mind the electric motors are more efficient at using the energy, for example a Tesla can drive 5 km per kWh this is 2x or better versus the average gas burner.
My guess is the battery packs in an electric tractor would be too big too heavy and too expensive to make it viable currently.