Charging
Charging: Swappable battery; AC charging
Autonomy: autonomous.
A few hundred built by Foxconn at Lordstown, Ohio; company closed and assets bought by Caterpillar (April 2026).
Machine record
Machine record
| Make | Monarch Tractor |
| Class | agriculture |
| Type | tractor |
| Country | United States |
| Powertrain | battery-electric |
| Charging | Swappable battery; AC charging |
| Autonomy | autonomous |
| Status | closed |
| Notable deployments | A few hundred built by Foxconn at Lordstown, Ohio; company closed and assets bought by Caterpillar (April 2026) |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
In context
Where it fits
Listed in Electric Agriculture Equipment. Machines are compared on battery size, how they charge in the field, runtime against the duty cycle and autonomy - the factors that decide whether a machine class can run on batteries or still needs hybrid, trolley or hydrogen power.
| Model | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| e100 Vario (Fendt) | tractor | in production |
| LXe-261 (Kubota) | tractor | in production |
| E504ET-3 (Lovol (Weichai)) | tractor | in production |
| T4 Electric Power (New Holland (CNH)) | tractor | in production |
| SKE 50 Electric (Rigitrac) | tractor | in production |
| Tiger Electric (Sonalika) | tractor | in production |
| 5ML autonomous orchard tractor (John Deere) | tractor | prototype |
| EPower (John Deere) | tractor | prototype |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- MK-V (Monarch Tractor)
- Sources
- ElectronsX equipment dataset; manufacturer specifications and operator releases
- Updated
- 2026-10