Electric tractors: why the skepticism and is it justified? When you ask farmers about their dream tractor, not many of them will mention an electric model. Some might be surprised to learn that electric tractors exist at all. A degree of skepticism is understandable. It is hard to imagine that a battery-powered machine could ever generate power equivalent to a diesel engine. Yet that is precisely what some manufacturers claim their electric tractors can do. Emerging technology While the tech...