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New Holland’s T4 Electric Power utility tractor. (Photo courtesy CNH)
Machinery

CNH puts full-electric utility tractors on deck

New Holland T4, Farmall 75C due out early 2024

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Heavy equipment firm CNH plans to get two new all-electric utility tractor models onto at least a few dealer lots in 2024 — including one it bills as a first in the tractor market. CNH’s New Holland Agriculture arm said Monday its T4 Electric Power model, “the first all-electric utility tractor with autonomous features,” will […] Read more
Editorial: Beware of the electric hunters
News

Editorial: Beware of the electric hunters

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According to the Ontario government, the future is electric. If you’ve watched television or browsed online lately, advertisements for Ontario’s electric future have been plentiful. Putting the cart before the horse, the ads have been running for several months, long before Energy Minister Todd Smith finally laid out the province’s plan to achieve its electric […] Read more
GM’s fully electric 2024 Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 should be arriving on dealers’ lots early in 2024.
Machinery

BEV Sierra truck to debut in 2024

Fully electric truck by GM features 754 horsepower

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Glacier FarmMedia – GM continues to move toward its goal of offering a zero-emissions fleet of vehicles by 2035 and abandoning the internal combustion engine. The latest announcement in its BEV (battery electric vehicle) development program is a full-sized, fully electric Sierra pickup that will begin delivery to dealers in early 2024. It will join […] Read more
View of the site where the gigafactory for electric vehicle battery production by Volkswagen Group’s battery company PowerCo SE will be built in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada April 21, 2023.
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Opinion: Distracted by shiny objects

Public investments in the Volkswagen battery plant should have been earmarked for agriculture

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The federal government is investing up to $13.7 billion in subsidies for Volkswagen to build a new electric vehicle battery plant in the St. Thomas, Ont., area. It’s an investment that supporters say paves the way for a green technology transition, bettering the environment as a whole, while providing much-needed jobs to thousands. Detractors have […] Read more
Preproduction 2023 models of Ford’s F-series Super Duty pickup trucks. (Ford.com)
Machinery

Ford to keep AM radio, CEO says

Amid rising concerns, Canada's premier automaker will not drop AM

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Ford Motor Co. has gone back on its plan to phase AM radio out of its vehicles. Ford CEO Jim Farley made the announcement Tuesday via Twitter, after company officials said last month that AM would be dropped from new non-commercial vehicles. “After speaking with policy leaders about the importance of AM broadcast radio as […] Read more
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Machinery

Potential loss of AM radio in vehicles a concern for farmers

Many farmers rely on AM range, signal; U.S. lawmakers launch legislation

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Canadian farmers are expressing concern about the possibility of their access to AM radio disappearing. Ford, which has been Canada’s best-selling auto brand since 2009, has stated it plans to stop putting AM radios in non-commercial vehicles by 2024. The automaker’s decision follows those of companies such as Tesla, Mazda and Volkswagen, which have removed […] Read more
A General Motors illustration featuring a display version of its 2024 Silverado EV pickup, due for release in the fall of 2023. (Media.GM.ca)
Machinery, Markets

GM buyouts cut 5,000 jobs, CFO says

Not much more room seen to raise prices

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Reuters — About 5,000 General Motors salaried workers took buyouts to leave the company, putting the company well on the way to hitting a US$2 billion cost-cutting target, the automaker’s chief financial officer said Tuesday. GM shares were trading down nearly two per cent at midday, even though CFO Paul Jacobson said demand for GM’s […] Read more
Ford’s F-150 Lightning Lariat. (Ford.com)
Machinery

Ford hikes electric F-150’s price again to battle high costs

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Reuters — Ford Motor Co. has raised the base price of its popular F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck again, the automaker’s website showed on Thursday, the latest in a series of price hikes aimed at offsetting high costs. The base variant of Ford’s electric F-150 truck now starts at $59,974, excluding shipping and taxes, up […] Read more
Last December, CNH Industrial unveiled a prototype of its soon-to-be-released battery-electric, autonomous tractor. It was presented as a New Holland, but it will also be available as a Case IH when commercially released in late 2023.
Machinery

CNH introduces the T4 Electric Power

Electric and autonomous utility tractor about to hit the market

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Glacier FarmMedia – Last fall, CNH Industrial, parent company of Case IH and New Holland, announced the pending introduction of the agricultural equipment industry’s first battery-electric, fully autonomous tractor. A prototype version of it was on display for the first time at a media day in Phoenix, Ariz., in early December. It wore New Holland […] Read more
Last December, CNH Industrial unveiled a prototype of its soon-to-be-released battery electric, autonomous tractor. It was presented as a New Holland, but it will also be available as a Case IH when commercially released in late 2023.
News

Opinion: A reality check on big tractor electrification

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John Deere’s chief technology officer put the brakes on the expectation for speedy electrification of large farm equipment. Speaking at the recent Consumer Electronics Show, Jahmy Hindman was one of four John Deere executives who delivered the keynote address at the yearly coming-out party for new technology. It was the first time an agriculture company […] Read more

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