It seems that our deniers don't know too much about farming.
I don't know any farmers that tow a few tons around the farm for 200kms in a day.
Why do I say 200kms ?
That's about the reduced range you get from an F150 lightning towing a few tons at highway speeds.
If it wasn't loaded, it has a 400km range . Plenty of range for farm duties.
I'm referencing a F150 lightning as that is the only large 4wd with any testing data available at the moment. No doubt future electric Land cruisers, Rangers etc will be similar.
Further to that , most farms have large power supplies. Certainly larger than the average domestic supply. Many have 3 phase supplies to run dairies, irrigation pumps, shearing sheds etc. Lots of farms, especially dairy and irrigation farms have large solar arrays already. So, they have the capacity to charge evs easily and quickly.
I reckon farmers will be early adopters of these technologies because farmers are always pretty keen to reduce spending. Running electric quads and side by sides and electric farm utes. Way less maintenance and almost no running costs. No doubt they could have one electric tractor and the family car could be electric as well. Obviously the trucks and larger tractors will remain diesel for longer but they could run everything else of electricity easily.
Many farms have plenty of solar already. They could be easily go bigger because of their connection size and the export power to local communities. They have large sheds that could easily host large solar arrays. Small rural communities are under served by their energy providers and experience more disruptions than their city cousins because of the length of the supply infrastructure.
https://www.horizonpower.com.au/about-us/news-announcements/farmers-go-off-the-grid-east-of-esperance/
