Trends and Future Perspective of Electrification in Agricultural Tractor-Implement Applications

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 16; no. 18; p. 6601
• Main Authors: Mocera, Francesco, Somà, Aurelio, Martelli, Salvatore, Martini, Valerio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2023
• Subjects: Agricultural equipment and supplies industry; Agricultural industry; Agricultural land; agricultural machinery; Automation; Climate change; Efficiency; Electric power systems; Electric vehicles; Emissions; Energy storage; Environmental impact; Farm tractors; fuel cell vehicles; Fuel cells; Germany; Greenhouse gases; hybrid electric vehicles; Hybridization; hybridization factor; Hydraulics; Machinery; Magneto-electric machines; Non-Road Mobile Machineries; Pollutants; Powertrain; Productivity; Supply and demand; Tractors; Trends; United States; United States; Germany

The worldwide growing demand for food is pushing the agricultural field towards new innovative solutions to increase the efficiency and productivity of cultivations. In this direction, agricultural mechanization plays a crucial role, and tractors are among the most important actors. Agricultural tra...