Agricultural Engineering
Smart and Efficient: An Opportunity for Automotive Suppliers?
Agricultural engineering faces intense efficiency and sustainability pressure: higher yields with fewer resources, extreme operating conditions, and stringent uptime requirements. This is where automotive suppliers can excel.
This white paper shows how to monetize your powertrain, E/E, software, and HMI expertise in agricultural machinery — despite lower volumes, with rational buyers and predictable sales cycles.
Key takeaways from the white paper:
- Entry paths: Powertrain (drop-in fuels/HVO, hybrid, BEV < ~100 kW), thermal and energy management, E/E architecture, ADAS/autonomy, HMI.
- TCO-driven use cases: Electrification for yard and low-power applications; efficient combustion with drop-in fuels in higher power classes.
- Digital levers: Sensors, data fusion, and AI for condition monitoring, precision farming, and practical driver-assistance functions.
- Robust, not over-engineered: Control concepts that work under dust, vibration, and continuous load — including platform approaches to handle variant diversity.
- Compliance confidence: Functional safety (ISO 25119/26262), EU Machinery Regulation 2023/1230, and emerging cybersecurity requirements.
- Execution: A compact 5-step roadmap from pilot to series — including partnering, industrialization, and service/aftermarket setup.
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