Fran Infante

Founder of Voltrac. Hardware believer. Skier and triathlete.

[Fran Infante @fran_inf]

@Andercot @deeptechweek Way forward! As part of the week Voltrac with friends will organise an event as well focusing on hardware to proof Europe can!

[Andreas Klinger 🦾 @andreasklinger]

🇪🇺 EUROPE STAND UP TALL!
VOLTRAC – a ai-autonomous heavy-duty tractor just came out of stealth!

Nicknamed THOR – usecases are farming and defense!

This is a beast ⚡️
- It can carry 4ton+
- Operate 8-20 hours and hotswap batteries
- One farmer can easily supervise multiple tractors remotely
- It's stronger, but also cheaper (buy & operate) than competitors

AND most importantly – they are at-farm repairable because it's kept intentionally as simple as possible.
"70% less components" so that farmers can repair at farm vs expensive shops – plus hot-swap for redundant batteries and motors

The closest thing I saw so far is the Chinese Honghu T70 which is imho a more complex machine (good luck repairing) and more expensive at comparable strength.

Btw the founders got an insane background – quantum and machine learning expert meets aerospace engineer. Google X quantum researcher meet Destinus lead engineer (literally).
They picked this because it's important to make farming economically sustainable in Europe and they have family in these industries.

And additionally, this bull can be used at the frontline. Remote controlled or autonomous. 24/7 operate-able with hot-swaps of batteries.

This can be used to bring equipment to contested areas without risking a human driver – or even to evacuate wounded troops.

Crazy stuff! Retweet appreciated.

Hats off to @thubregtsen, @fran_inf and team!

PS: Disclaimer: big fan, small investor – in that order.