Viability of Alternative Fuels to Decarbonize the World’s Largest Agricultural Tractor Market

2024-26-0065

01/16/2024

Event
Symposium on International Automotive Technology
Authors Abstract
Content
India is the market with the highest sales of agricultural tractors and the market with the highest number of agricultural tractor park, as well. Even though taking into account the lower average power of Indian agricultural tractors compared to regions with considerably larger field sizes, their cumulated diesel fuel consumption reaches a significant size. The possible use of alternative powertrains like battery-electric, especially considering the lower power of the Indian tractor market, seems feasible, but might be struggling with challenges in terms of charging infrastructure and the possibly resulting lower productivity due to required charging times. Therefore AVL proposes to investigate the use of alternative fuels for internal combustion engines, a topic which is also being discussed by other global tractor OEMs. In that context the focus is typically on higher tractor powers due to current storage limitations of battery-electric systems and other alternatives.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2024-26-0065
Pages
8
Citation
Hofer, F., Arnberger, A., and Kruth, R., "Viability of Alternative Fuels to Decarbonize the World’s Largest Agricultural Tractor Market," SAE Technical Paper 2024-26-0065, 2024, https://doi.org/10.4271/2024-26-0065.
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Published
Jan 16
Product Code
2024-26-0065
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English