In a bid to protect environment, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday announced that he will launch an all-new electric tractor in India soon.
At the launch of the 'Go Electric' Campaign earlier on Friday, the minister said, "I'll be launching an electric tractor in the next 15 days." Gadkari also made a case for making it mandatory to use EVs for all officials in government ministries and departments.
In December last year, Sonalika Tractors launched its electric tractor in the country called the Tiger. The Tiger has been designed in Europe, while the overall development has been carried in-house. The Tiger comes with a state-of-the-art IP67 compliant 25.5 kW natural cooling compact battery. As per the company, the tractor demands only one-fourth of the running costs in comparison to the traditionally used diesel tractors. It can be fully charged in just 10 hours using a regular home charging point. It has a top speed of 24.93 kmph and is capable of delivering a battery backup of 8 hours.
As far as price is concerned, It is also available with a fast-charging system which juices up the vehicle in just 4 hours. The tractor costs ₹5.99 lakh (ex-showroom).
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