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Rob McNaughton

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
14 total appearances

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CountryWide
Hybrid and electric tractors from China

Initially, the product offering is 10 units.

CountryWide
Hybrid and electric tractors from China

That's ranging from 50 horsepower all the way up to 350 horsepower, three of which are hybrid, the 160, the 260 and the 350.

CountryWide
Hybrid and electric tractors from China

Well, what Zoom Lion have done is, the architect is similar to what they would have done in locomotives, so it's an

CountryWide
Hybrid and electric tractors from China

to Zoomline, but it's certainly, what they use is an engine running a generator, and what that does is it gives you consistency of power, so you don't have, you're not relying on electricity all the time, it's just connected, so you have huge torque from down low in the rev range all the way up to the height.

CountryWide
Hybrid and electric tractors from China

30%, yeah.

CountryWide
Hybrid and electric tractors from China

Yeah, 30%, north of 30% savings on the fuel.

CountryWide
Hybrid and electric tractors from China

Zoomland are targeting between โ‚ฌ500 and โ‚ฌ750 per horsepower.

CountryWide
Hybrid and electric tractors from China

Bear in mind, the technology is advanced and there's a lot of moving pieces in it.

CountryWide
Hybrid and electric tractors from China

And to make it competitive and to compete with diesel, traditional diesel tractors, and especially being Chinese, even though that stigma is now leaving and people are accepting Chinese products.

CountryWide
Hybrid and electric tractors from China

The price range of that is exciting for us.

CountryWide
Hybrid and electric tractors from China

I'll be north of โ‚ฌ130,000.

CountryWide
Hybrid and electric tractors from China

It's not the road that Zoom line have taken with battery technology currently in its current state.

CountryWide
Hybrid and electric tractors from China

To get an 18-hour shift, it's not achievable at this moment in time.

CountryWide
Hybrid and electric tractors from China

However, Zoomline are going this hybrid road, and it looks like, certainly for the short to medium term, that is their route to market.