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Mobility
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Autonomous drive shifts Into Gear
T
he number of people sharing
the planet continues to climb
toward 9.7 billion by 2050,
according to projections by the
United Nations. Guaranteeing
universal access to basic needs—
clean air, water and food—is the
only means to prevent human
conflict and environmental disaster.
Climate change is compounding
the problem, making the allimportant increasingly urgent
Finding more sustainable ways
to sow and reap what we eat while
limiting the impact agricultural
production has on finite resources
will be key to our long-term
success as a species. For now, we
cannot grow new land or harvest
more water, but forward-looking
multinationals, such as leading
Autonomous
vehicles are important
because increasingly
you need to be able work
the field 24 hours a day,
seven days a week”
Richard J. Tobin,
CEO, CNH Industrial
capital-goods producer CNH
Industrial, are already introducing
innovative machines to get higher
yields from the field.
CNH Industrial has developed
two concept autonomous tractors
that are ploughing a new furrow
in precision farming. They were
previewed in August at the 2016
Farm Progress Show in Iowa and
will be taken on and off the road
around the U.S. over the next few
CNH Industrial is leading the way in autonomous drive for farming
months to gauge customer reaction.
The New Holland T8 NHDrive™
concept looks like a conventional
tractor, while the Case IH Magnu