John Deere electric tractor (1RE), gator, zero turn mower, and stand on mower was on display at the 2022 Equip Expo! Tractor Time with Tim tells all about these concept machines! Industry news with TTWT!
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Good vid content Tim. Dumbest power source idea to be revisited again. For the village idiots who would entertain buying a battery power lawnmower to match their Tesla – what widespread commercially available viable generation power source would you standardize on to power this electronic gadgetry?
"Not going to name any brands". Shows picture of the brand 🤣
What was the planter you used forn corn planting?
You didn't interview Monica like all the other You Tubers did AHAHAHAHA
Thanks Tim..
Mike M.
no just no
An electric tractor is going to be use dependent. Cost is also going to be something to overcome.
Will have to watch Tim use one and test it out 1st.
Not sure why this presentation had so many favorable comments. I haven't heard one word on the electric performance of any of these machines. The paint, lights, decaling may look great but what can they do. I m very negative on doing everything electric. I don't believe individuals are seeing the inconvenience and cost that this wonderful new plan of power will have. Is there a place for electric, yes I believe so. We already have many items that are electric but to sell it on every application is just plain foolishness.
There a place for everything, even EV. Everyone has their opinion and $.03 opinion is that at populated events, indoor statiums, and in cities and suburbs will thrive better than in rural America.
The electric gator reminds me and my little son (now almost 18) deciding to "more power" his power wheels gator. That little thing screamed up and down the alley until the motor burned up.
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Tim, thank-you, for this video on electric implements. If you think about it – electric motors are more efficient than combustion and I'm very interested as these evolve! We just bought a fully electric vehicle (car) – it is our commuter vehicle. Before this we had a plug-in hybrid which also was our commuter vehicle – we got the equivalent of 56.7 mpg through 98,000 miles! Not bad! Thanks again!
Battery powered equipment certainly has its place in certain conditions. Look at golf carts for instance. They have been in use for many years. I have a kobalt (40v) pole saw. On one battery you can limb an entire tree top and then some. But there’s still some limitations. At the same time, for the government to ban engines under 25 hp (or any hp) is pure foolishness.
Thanks for sharing, I'm not ready to jump yet, once we realize the impacts the manufacturing of the batteries on the climate and the toll on our infrastructures the plungers will change their thoughts. Take care be safe.
The battery technology is still not where it needs to be for these electric vehicles and electrical equipment equipment the motor technology is not even up to par I don't know why everybody's going crazy over electric knee hickles and let goes on a letting Evy's allow this they are not wor they need to be for everybody to be going crazy over
Tim, you sound more skeptical than cautious 😉 It will take a while for some of the answers you seek to filter through to you. Eg, battery swapping in larger vehicles has been largely replaced with fast charging. Smaller mowers (for example) won't be large enough to manage the equipment for fast charging though and looking at Ryobi who are up to Gen 3 mowers for their battery zero turns are using swappable lithium batteries, but as you know from your use of Stihl battery gear, there will other applications around the property of those batteries, eg camping power, lighting, and the like. What I'm waiting for are the large gas-powered autonomous mower I saw recently to go electric and induction charging. Can you imagine, once you set it up with boundaries etc it will just go and go and then charge itself, and repeat all day long, acre after acre.
Should be more power and torque to the blades.The first electric golf cart was custom-made in 1932, but did not gain widespread acceptance. In the 1930s until the 1950s the most widespread use of golf carts was for those with disabilities who could not walk far. So electric has been around.
Like all the electric vehicles at this time. They are Fn stupid. Someday we may have a grid capable of charging all of them but not yet. Regardless, current technology makes these throwaway vehicles, just like laptops without removable batteries only worse because, although you may be able to replace the battery, you may not be able to find one. You get old "oh that model is out of production" routine and then if you do find one it's almost the cost of a new vehicle. I pitty all the suckers that get stuck with these at end of life. I drive all my vehicles for a long time so I don't plan on buying battery vehicle of any sort for a long time. Sounds like I'm against batteries but I'm not. Battery tools are great since the batteries are easy to change. However, they are still way more expensive than wired tools. But the convenience is worth it. But cars & the like, not till they come up with standardized connections with a set of sizes that can be used in all vehicles from any manufacturer and better technology, they just aren't ready for prime time!
Some things just can’t be made better. Junk
Back in the early 80's I worked at a Maintenance job and used a battery powered cushman truck, I used it 8 hours a day 5 days a week
sorry just not a fan of all that california bs or any one who suports the communist party of the U.S.A
Electric just isn't 'there' yet as far as battery capacity. Fortunately there will be fuel even when states like CA go insane and ban the sale of new combustion engines. And when getting fuel becomes a problem….. I'm moving!
Umm, no. Period, end of story. If the fuel to create electricity is being shut down, what makes anyone believe there going to be a power source to charge [fuel] said electric…anything. I appreciate the information Tim, but there was ever a road to nowhere, this would be it.
It’s interesting to see how electric technology is developing, along with new and emerging applications. Thanks for your observations and insight. Blessings.
No, just no.
Well, even further back than 1999. Think about the old school diesel electric subs from WW2 or even WW1. But…the key is, as you noted, how long, and how hard, can one of these electric vehicles be worked? For a full blown field tractor I suspect it's far from being there, in terms of the hp-hours (think pulling a disc or planter for 14 hrs a day). But, just like with cars, the short range, low hp-hours use case can be done on battery. Something like a Leaf can handle a 10 mile each way daily commute. Just don't ask it to road trip 500 or 1,000 miles though. Gas or diesel will be far, far better in that case, and still be close enough to the all electric in the short use case to take the overall win, IMO. That said, if the use case is exclusively short range / low hp-hours, then all electric would hold the advantage.
Nothing will ever be as dependable or reliable as diesel equipment. This woke movement in this country is a joke, construction, farming, shiping,railway, ect will never be solely electronic. Wake up!
I'll pass……and if I did live in Communist California…..I'd move out. I don't think it's possible within the next 100 years to ever fade out gas and diesel engines with battery technology.
I think that plenty of folks would be better off with an electric tractor, just on grounds of maintenance.
I still want my diesel 1025r
cool, but price range. now if they get wet may short out catch fire. or an electrical short happens over time. have they rain 🌧 soaked them let say your hauling to a job site mother nature says not today. will it still work later or has the electrical gremlins started?
Cummins corporation is going to hydrogen instead of diesel by 2030 or at least that’s their hope, there’s also rumors of a conversion kit that you can turn your diesel Cummins into a hydrogen vehicle around the same time. I think John Deere would be better off to do a highbred first, otherwise they should just buy batteries from Tesla corporation like Chrysler is going to do.
They have been making electric golf carts for a long time
We had a GE Elec-Trak back in the 70's worked great until the batteries died. Then was too expensive to replace them. The down side of the direct drive blades is that if you hit something bad, you bend the shaft on the motor. I think electric is perfect for compact or sub compact tractors, all of the extra weight of the batteries is a feature for a tractor.
They have battery powered fork truck s , however they do not have extra power for what people need, batteries are another thing they put off hydrogen gas , flammable to sparks, I operated them for 10+ years. It's great the thought behind it tractor wise ,but feasibility is a total different catalog
Tim, this was a very good video. You are the first person to put some logic into why Deere would be doing this. I saw some other YouTubers trying to cover this but they didn't do a good job in my opinion.
What the most annoying sound?
I'm from California!!
Amount of money thrown at these projects are astronomical. I can't see it for my blinders Tim! I'm so sorry!! At this point there are no economical answer for such non sense. California's i feel sorry for them. I can't see how legally they can take their engines away. That is not the America to me! Some can't afford such a change!!!!! It does not make economical since and it don't make logical. This is a mere silly question for those that want a throw money at a item more then once in machine life and find it in a dump once its end of life cycle occurs. Let's take cordless drills. It is just as cheap buy new drill then replace batteries. It tells me people don't care how far/ their purchases last! Thank you for sharing Tim.
I’m skeptical to say the least. As an electrician, I welcome the work. But California needs to build nukes. How can two of the biggest states be mandating all this stuff, while struggling to keep their grids powered. I guess I’m just acting out and bitter over being “mandated” to embrace something, from hypocritical liars.
all technology takes time to evolve through feedback and fixing bugs just like software development.
i love the new tech, does it fit every role right away, nope, did ic engines? nope took quite a while for people to switch off of reliable horses.
how many tries did it take humans to build structures to live in. i think what cali is doing is idiotic, when you have the technology and infrastructure in place or nearly in place then do mandates bbut till then carefull planning and do all you can to encourage adoption. just my .00001 cents worth haha
Great video, very interesting. Keep us posted!!!!
Great video, very interesting. Keep us posted!!!!
A backhoe on a near silent electric hydraulic system whether it's a dedicated excavator or a tractor is exactly what you want for burying things at 3am. I'm sure these will be a life sentence saver for many in the new Green Wild West of Cali.