(Waterloo, IA) A day after rolling out its high-tech autonomous tractor at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, John Deere has announced the vehicle will be built in Waterloo. Deere’s largest production complex employs about five thousand workers at its Waterloo Works facility in northeastern Iowa. Driverless tractors are aimed at helping farmers who face growing labor shortages. The company says farmers need technologies to help them do more with less. Many current tractor models already have auto-steer systems that use G-P-S to guide them during planting, tilling, and other fieldwork. John Deere hasn’t said when production of the driverless tractors will start.
John Deere To Build Autonomous Tractor At Waterloo Plant
By Tom Robinson
Jan 6, 2022 | 6:59 AM
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