FARM Connexion reports the electric future of MB-Trac.

32 years after it was withdrawn from the Mercedes Benz catalog, the MB Trac still has a formidable aura with farmers and agricultural equipment enthusiasts, so much so that it still enjoys a good price on the European market. occasion. Alfred Fisher, formerly an engineer for the famous brand with the star, intends to revive the myth of this tool-carrying tractor which he regrets having been forced to abandon, for other more profitable machines. But man, science infused, plans to make the Phoenix fly again, even if it will cause some drastic changes.

What we know about his project, supported by a consortium of local start-ups, is that the future MB Trac that he aims to rebuild in an old disused factory located near Gaggenau, not far from where these gears were once produced should not make much noise. Exit the sweet melody of the Mercedes diesel block. Alfred, having studied the subject of electrification within the auto branch of the Stuttgart manufacturer, prefers to listen to the chirping of birds and the mooing of fleckvieh cows rather than to hear the purr of a 6-cylinder punctuated by the whistle of a turbo. ” What do you want, we are getting old. We love comfort! And then, what’s the point of choosing a Harman Kardon audio system if you can’t take advantage of it? he tells us. ” My MB Trac will be an e-MB Trac. Mean by this that it will be fully electrified« .

However, Alfred is quite stingy with technical information. Do not expect to get more details from him on the electric motors used, the autonomy or the prices. “You’ll see, it will have enough juice to tease an MB Trac 1600 or 1800 turbo diesel throughout a working day”, he comments, insisting that, in order not to slack off after 12 hours of work , he will not need to considerably weigh down his tractor in batteries. ” No need for 10 tons of batteries to work all day. We put battery packs stuffed with watts via super-chargers and supply logistics via powerful drones, which will land on the tractor’s fifth wheel to interchange those that are empty with full ones. Thus, Alfred intends to divide by 3 the number of batteries needed to drive his tractor, reducing the overall cost.