Jean Zeid 06:53, February 27, 2024

Every morning, Jean Zeid delivers the best in terms of innovation.

This Tuesday, he is interested in the first electric tractor from the Brest-based company Seederal.

This Tuesday morning, the electric tractor does its first kilometers.


One year after fundraising of 1.2 million euros to develop its electric agricultural tractor, that's it, the first prototype of an electric tractor from the Brest-based company Seederal is ready to begin a long trial period to refine its concept .

You understood, this tractor does not have the means to go to Paris to block the ring road, but it dreams of becoming the first 100% electric tractor of medium power, around 160 horsepower with acceptable autonomy. So it's What is an acceptable autonomy for a tractor? It's a full day of work.

This would be the first agricultural vehicle produced by the company.


The electric car market is booming.

Why this delay for electric tractors?


It's true that we're not in the age of electric tractors in the fields.

There is already a question of economy of scale, we produce more cars than tractors.

These sectors do not have the same weight.

And above all, the power of the batteries and the autonomy of these vehicles are obstacles to the democratization of these tractors of the future.

There are many projects for biogas tractors or electric tractors with low autonomy, but nothing concrete yet to disrupt this sector.


And the prototype you are talking about will go further.


Already if it reaches with a full day of independent work, it will already be a major step forward.

He doesn't have a gearbox either, he already offers that.

And its manufacturer promises more: unprecedented comfort in the fields in terms of noise and vibrations even with 26 tonnes at the rear.

With this weight, it still has power, even at low revs.

If the industrial phase is not for tomorrow, the technical promises are there.


When will these tractors of the future be commercialized?


This first technical success will allow the start-up to further hire engineers with the aim of industrializing the production of this 100% electric tractor in 2025, whose investors include farmers with the aim of reducing their dependence on fossil fuels.

A machine which will now be tested in the fields before its final version 5 in two years.