It's underpowered for the task it needs to solve, and the value of the solar panels on top of the roof seems somewhat questionable.
Fun project regardless
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My solar-powered motion lights haven't even been able to fully charge in months here, sometimes dying fully. There's no way my tractor could survive that (I also think the battery weight required would make it unusable in my fields as it would be more prone to sinking than my current diesel one). Hopefully we get there some day.
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Looks like there are also open source solar tractors! (hm I think I'll post this one to the EV community)
wait i've seen this tractor in real life... weird to have ih pop up here years after the fact.
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Agrivoltaics and a tractor with trolleys. Diesel backup when you urgently need something done and the sun doesnt care.
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we cant rely on motorized agriculture anymore, even if we somehow converted all tractors to solar, we would eventually run out of soil
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