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No, it's a lawn tractor. I don't think the "small tractor" category has good electric options at the moment. Solectrac made inroads, but are now basically dead
by VHRanger 2y ago
No, it's a lawn tractor.
I don't think the "small tractor" category has good electric options at the moment. Solectrac made inroads, but are now basically dead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTDxMZfj6yk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTDxMZfj6yk
The issue with Solectrac I see are twofold:
1. Non hot-swappable batteries. Means you have to stop work to recharge, instead of charging and working in parallel and swapping batteries (like you can do on the T6)
2. Hydrostatic transmission for appendages. I understand why they did this - to leverage existing engineering on front loaders, etc. But if you're designing an electric tractor from scratch if would make more sense to have brushless motors right around the connection to the appendage (or even in the appendage and simply connecting wiring when you switch the tool).
Overall I think lawn tractors are there for electric, but not for the one step bigger there (small excavators, small tractors, etc.)