Electric Tractor Costs and Ownership

The purchase price of an electric tractor is the number everyone quotes and the least useful one on its own.

This section deals with everything that sits around it. Charging equipment and any electrical supply work are a separate cost that can be significant. Electricity cost depends on a farm's actual tariff and measured consumption, not on multiplying battery capacity by a headline rate. Servicing changes rather than disappears. Battery ageing creates a long-term risk that belongs in the model rather than in the small print.

You will find methods here rather than figures. Any specific number published today would be wrong somewhere and out of date quickly, so instead these guides show how to build a calculation from your own records: your hours, your fuel invoices, your tariff, your downtime.

The section also covers grant and funding routes, and how to check what is currently available without relying on outdated scheme lists.

One consistent warning runs through all of it. A business case that only works on optimistic assumptions is not a business case. Test yours against a poor year before committing.