Kubota unveiled a concept model of its autonomous fuel cell tractor at the Hydrogen Energy Park event during the Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai in late September. The company released a video of the tractor in action.
“In the agricultural sector, while decarbonization is required as a response to climate change, severe labor shortages and population aging are worsening worldwide, making the simultaneous achievement of decarbonization and labor savings an urgent social issue,” the company said in a news release.
“We have developed an autonomous fuel cell tractor that integrates technologies for configuring and controlling hydrogen fuel cell systems optimized for tractors, along with autonomous driving and remote operation capabilities. The concept behind this model is to simultaneously achieve environmental sustainability, operational efficiency, and labor saving. Since only water is discharged during operation, it is environmentally friendly and is also designed for operation without operators onboard via autonomous driving and remote control, and exhibits the functions and values required for next-generation agricultural machinery in a concrete form.”
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