John Deere 8RX EVT Electric Variable Transmission 

so this is basically the same system as a traction motor on a diesel electric locomotive which is GREAT

John Deere has moved the mark forward, yet once again, and it's always been my philosophy: "If you're not moving forward, you're really moving backwards." The new EVT proves the old adage, sometimes less is more -- less noise, less heat, less maintenance, while its compatible with more horsepower, and it has the potential to be more efficient, something that everyone's interested in today's competitive marketplace. "Nothing Runs Like A Deere" 🦌 👍 🇺🇲

Tilliage Man Sam - nice to see you again.

Looks like john deere just put a train in the field with tracks on it and a hinge in the middle to steer, oh and a nice cab to go with it . This looks like the best thing for deere since the 8 speed power shift.

Joskin slurry tanker are allready compatible with the electric outpout for a year now. It had 2 electricaly powerded axels to help with traction.

This thing could be a lightning magnet. I manage a 20,000 ac farm in Georgia and we are all John Deere. IVT transmissions give alot of trouble we have them repaired and keep going. Last year our 8R230 with a 12 row exact emerge high speed all electric drive planter attached was struck by lightning one night during planting season. Bill to repair the damage was $173,000.00 for both pieces and 3 months time down. Technology is a must for large farms but it comes at a large cost.

I really question the statement “major reductions in maintenance and diagnostics”

Great video and great power train concept! I didn’t realize JD “tillage Sam” went to work for Kibble Equipment. Seems like an excellent employee pickup to enhance an excellent dealer. Kudos!

Would be interested to see if this can be used to power air seeder carts. Seems like an obvious application. Also, instead of ballast weights, batteries could be integrated to boost power, reduce fuel costs and smooth out power demands. Seems like this electrification is ideal for harvesters as well. Interesting times ahead.

Sam. Well done. From Buffy

I'll make a statement now. Sometime soon there is going to be partially self propelled implements. Grain carts and tillage comes to mind first. With having powered wheels/tracks, it would significantly reduce the usage on the tractors and could possibly lead to lower hp numbers to pull/power larger implements. The LeTourneau overland train comes to mind

Electric Fans on planters, electric seed meters (we have that already), Electric Fert Metering (we have that already). Power to the back is the future, I wish it had a CVT PTO on the back, set the desired pto RPM and let tractor do its thing. Good times

I was hoping you were going to take it for a spin so we could "hear" how quiet it is..!

The biggest sellingpoint for me would be that the EVT is hopefully more reliable than the IVT in higher HP tractors....I worked for a company that had a 8370R witth IVT, the transmission broke I think three times...now they have a Fendt................. :(

Wind is insane up there.

Take video by the highway, that's a great idea Sam!

Can you do a sound comparison on the evt to a ivt

Maybe this thing could power up a farm/home operation during a power outage?!?! No need to buy a backup generator?!?! Love the blooper at the end Sam!!!

Can these tracks be used in the forrest with uneven surface. with rocks and bushes arround. Can that create trouble for the tracks? Can it with tracks climb a 5 foot wall of ice and snow? Or is it best used on the fields??

So is this kind of like Hybrid drive? is this similar to how a train engine is powered?

Man if that thing shits itself out of warranty you'll need a 3rd mortgage on the farm .

I want this for my sprayer

IH pioneered electric powered implements in the '50's, hydrostatic transmissions in the '60's, & row crop 4wd 2+2 88 Series tractors in the '70's, hurtz 2B 1st, just say'n. The JD's R purty for half a mil.

Yeah , what an amazing technology. Can you explain me why fendt can make a 673hp tractor with vario and jd tractors which are above 410hp are still powershift ? 😂

Chet will demo it for us please..

Is this something like a locomotive?

wonder if you can do anything past putting fuel in the machine without needing an official JD service technician to program the computer to accept the change....

Is that THE tillage man Sam?

Land drive for trailers is one use

I've asked numerous people from John Deere but I can't seem to get a straight answer.... How is the Power to the ground efficientcy compared to an IVT or an E23. Knowing the IVT is the worst and the E23 is the best right now. Where does the EVT fit in? Better than the IVT (I hope) but worse than the E23? Or maybe better then both?

Tillage man Sam jumped ship from Midwest to Kibble!!! What's Zach gonna do???

Right 2 Repair

More electronics...great idea ! Until they start to fail ,and they will, sooner or later no one knows when. One has to wonder what the projected life span is , according to the engineering department, everything does have a expected life span.

Future demo by Millennial Farmer, Zach Johnson???

No more Deere on my farm until we have RTR.

Thanks John Deere as if you guys do t complicate things enough

I bet the sticker would leave you dumbfounded.

What's "tillage sam" doing?! That's not a tillage implement 🤔

The flrst thing you will notice...the price tag thats off the charts, the 8rx is the most over priced product they have ever released.

Nexat is way ahead of this.

8rx lacks reliable back tracks unless they make it 4 wheel steering

I'm being chased around by a drone

So a copy of what belarus did about 10 years ago?

That's a sweet tractor. Nothing runs like a Deere. If it ain't green... It ain't mean!!!

Are you and @goodworkstractors brothers