Company:Solectrac
| Solectrac, Inc. | |
| Industry | Agricultural |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | Stephen Heckeroth |
| Headquarters | Santa Rosa, California |
| Website | solectrac.com |
Solectrac is an American tractor manufacturer based in Santa Rosa, California. It manufactures electric tractors for agricultural uses. The tractors are made as a zero-emission alternative to diesel tractors and can be charged by renewable energy, like wind and solar, and provide all the power of a comparable diesel tractor.[1]
History
The company was established in 2012 by Stephen Heckeroth. On the first Earth Day in 1970, Steve began his journey toward addressing the negative effects of burning fossil fuels.[2] Then in 1990, encouraged by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Zero Emissions Mandate, he turned his attention to transportation.[3] He then began designing and building various types of electric vehicles and in 1992 founded MendoMotive and Electrac.[4][5]
In 1995, he was commissioned to build an experimental electric tractor for Ford and New Holland.[6][7] The following year, Heckeroth was commissioned by a Japanese company (EFRIG) to build an electric tractor to be used in the critical processes of removing land mines left behind after wars.[8]
In 2012 he founded Solectrac LLC to take small farm electric tractors into commercial production. In 2013 Solectrac received a $500,000 grant from the Indian US Science and Technology Fund (IUSSTF) to develop four all-electric tractor prototypes.[9]
Ideanomics has a 100% stake in the company following an investment in 2020.[10]
See also
- Monarch Tractor
References
- ↑ DeVault, George; Higginson, Charles. "Electric Lawn Mowers and Electric Tractors" (in en). Mother Earth News. https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/electric-lawn-mowers-electric-tractors-zmaz06aszraw.
- ↑ Wilson, Winter (13 November 2020). "Electric Tractors Can Revolutionize Agriculture". CleanTechnica. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/11/13/electric-tractors-can-revolutionize-agriculture/.
- ↑ Buss, Dale (10 March 2021). "Solectrac Creates Place In The Sun For Electric Tractors". ChiefExecutive.net. https://chiefexecutive.net/solectrac-creates-place-in-the-sun-for-electric-tractors/.
- ↑ Chang, Brittany. "This $45,000 electric tractor joins a growing segment of eco-friendly work vehicles — see the "eUtility"". Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/solectracs-45000-eutility-electric-tractor-2020-11.
- ↑ "eUtility Electric Tractor is powered by a battery, not diesel". SAE International. https://newatlas.com/environment/solectrac-eutility-electric-tractor/.
- ↑ "Solar Tractors for Agriculture - electric tractor". tractor9.com. http://www.tractor9.com/solar-tractors-for-agriculture.pdf.
- ↑ "Electric tractors hit Canadian fields with a whir" (in en). 4 April 2019. https://www.producer.com/crops/electric-tractors-hit-canadian-fields-with-a-whir/.
- ↑ "The Case for the Electric Tractor". phy.tufts.edu. http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mhonarc/elec-trak/msg13791.html.
- ↑ "Santa Rosa electric tractor startup targets vineyard market". The North Bay Business Journal. 30 March 2021. https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/article/industrynews/sonoma-county-startup-solectrac-builds-electric-tractors-for-vineyard-manag/.
- ↑ "Ideanomics continues their blockbuster growth reporting EV revenue growth of over 600% in FY2020" (in en). InvestorIntel. 2 April 2021. https://investorintel.com/markets/cleantech/cleantech-intel/ideanomics-continues-their-blockbuster-growth-reporting-ev-revenue-growth-of-over-600-in-fy2020/.
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