Jahmy Hindman on electric vehicles
From The Truth About John Deere and Data Driving Farm Decisions with Jahmy Hindman · · TheTruthAboutAg
“I don't have a lot of hope for a full battery electric rig anytime soon. It would take the equivalent of 33 Model 3 Tesla battery packs to run an 8-hour tractor... and that battery pack would cost four to 5x what the tractor costs today to put it together. So, it just doesn't pencil.”
On , Jahmy Hindman, Senior VP & CTO at Deere & Company, spoke about electric vehicles during The Truth About John Deere and Data Driving Farm Decisions with Jahmy Hindman on TheTruthAboutAg.
About Jahmy Hindman
Jahmy Hindman, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Deere, appeared on the podcast "The Truth About Egg" in April 2026 to discuss agricultural technology and data. Hindman described the growing density and resolution of farm data as a "bigger data problem" and a "compute opportunity," noting that Deere uses embedded GPUs, such as those from Nvidia, in products like autonomous tractors and See & Spray machines. He stated that the company's data policy allows farmers to control their data and determine its use, adding that Deere does not share customer data with third parties. Hindman also discussed the subscription model for equipment, saying it lowers upfront hardware costs and gives farmers the option not to renew a license if the service does not work for them. On the topic of energy and sustainability, Hindman said he does not expect a fully battery-electric agricultural vehicle "anytime soon," citing the large number of battery packs required to run a tractor for eight hours. He expressed support for biofuels, describing the "circular economy" of growing crops that are turned into fuel used to grow more crops. Hindman also commented on global agricultural output, stating that the world is no longer concerned with growing enough food and that the industry's challenge is finding ways to consume the surplus to keep the sector healthy.