In 2025, the development of intelligent tractors in the agricultural field will prominently feature the core directions of electrification, intelligence, and networking.
The specific analysis is as follows:
Electrification
Diverse technical routes: At present, China's new - energy tractors have formed a pattern of parallel development of three technical routes: hybrid, pure - electric, and hydrogen - fuel cell.
Hybrid power is represented by enterprises such as Zoomlion and Shandong Lingong.
Their products use a diesel - engine + electric - motor dual - power system, which has the advantages of long battery life and a 30 - 40% reduction in fuel consumption, and is mainly suitable for field operations.
The pure - electric route is promoted by enterprises such as Zoomlion and Zhongke Yuandongli. It has a more than 60% reduction in operating costs and intelligent advantages, making it the first choice for protected agriculture and southern paddy fields.
The hydrogen - fuel - cell route is led by enterprises such as Dongfeng and Weichai. It has the characteristics of zero emissions and fast refueling, and is currently mainly used in demonstration projects and operations in extremely cold regions.
Policy - driven development: The 2024 Implementation Opinions on Agricultural Machinery Purchase and Application Subsidies clearly states that the subsidy proportion for new - energy agricultural machinery has been increased from 30% to 35%, and electric tractors are the key support objects.
At the same time, the Promotion and Appraisal Outline for Electric Wheeled Tractors is about to be introduced, which will solve the "license" problem of electric tractors, greatly reducing the purchase cost and stimulating market demand.
Intelligence
Improvement of intelligent driving level: Some domestic manufacturers have achieved L2 - level intelligent driving and ISOBUS II - level implement control. For example, Weichai Lovol can accurately complete operations with high straight - line requirements such as sowing, ditch - digging, and film - covering, with an operation accuracy of ±2.5 cm.
Enterprises such as YTO Group are also laying out multi - level unmanned systems such as remote control, automatic driving, and intelligent operation. The LF2204 unmanned tractor can achieve over - the - horizon remote control based on a 5G private network.
Application of agricultural - specific sensing technology: Agricultural - specific sensing technology has become crucial. Tractors can integrate sensors for crop detection, soil monitoring, etc., to achieve real - time data collection and analysis, providing support for precision agriculture. For example, the intelligent tractors of YTO Group are integrated with soil - monitoring sensors.
Deep integration of intelligence and Unmanned: Based on Beidou navigation, AI vision, and 5G communication, L4 - level unmanned tractors have been put into commercial use. It is expected that by 2030, fully autonomous operation will be achieved, which can reduce labor costs by more than 40%. At the same time, data - driven precision agriculture can achieve intelligent decision - making such as variable - rate fertilization and precision sowing through real - time collection of operation data and farmland information, significantly improving agricultural production efficiency.
Networking
Precise operation scheduling: The Beidou navigation system can achieve precise control of tractors. For example, in Jimo District, Qingdao, tractors equipped with the Beidou navigation system can achieve a straight - line error of ±2.5 cm, and the sowing row - spacing deviation is less than 1 cm.
The Guangxi provincial agricultural machinery platform integrates the data of 600,000 agricultural machinery units, reducing the dispatching response time from 24 hours to 20 minutes and increasing the agricultural machinery utilization rate by 30%.
Heterogeneous equipment integration: China is promoting the localization adaptation of the ISOBUS (ISO 11783) international standard.
In Pingyuan County, Shandong, during complex planting, through a customized communication kit, data intercommunication between John Deere tractors and domestic precision seeders has been realized, increasing the sowing qualification rate to 98%.
Sharing - economy model: Platforms such as "Didi Agricultural Machinery" in Shanxi integrate more than 400 pieces of equipment. Farmers can call with one click, and the system automatically matches the nearest agricultural machinery operator, solving the pain point of small - plot operations.
The Hello Tractor platform in China and Africa relies on Internet of Things data to generate equipment health scores, realizing dynamic insurance pricing and reducing the rental cost of Kenyan farmers by 20%.
