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On this week's MyAgLife in Technology episode, Monarch Tractor's James Simons showcases the versatile Mark V dairy pusher, highlighting its labor-saving efficiency, subsidy opportunities and significant CO2 emissions reduction.Supporting the People who Support AgricultureThank you to this month's sponsors who makes it possible to get you your daily news. Please feel free to visit their website.2025 Crop Consultant Conference - https://myaglife.com/crop-consultant-conference/

What if a tractor could change the future of farming? In this episode, Monarch Tractor CEO Praveen Penmetsa reveals how electric, autonomous machines such as electric tractors are reshaping sustainable agriculture—one farm at a time. With 500+ robots already sold, in excess of $20M revenue for 2024 and a bold energy-data-autonomy platform, Monarch is solving one of the toughest innovation puzzles in Agtech. Praveen shares hard-won lessons on risk, policy advocacy, and what it takes to lead an industry transformation.  Tune in for real talk on scaling sustainable farming system change, and building a mission-first company with global impact.--- Hey Climate Tech enthusiasts! Searching for new podcasts on sustainability? Check out the Leaders on a Mission podcast, where I interview climate tech leaders who are shaking up the industry and bringing us the next big thing in sustainable solutions. Join me for a deep dive into the future of green innovation exploring the highs, lows, and everything in between of pioneering new technologies.Get an exclusive insight into how these leaders started up their journey, and how their cutting edge products will make a real impact. Tune in on…YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leadersonamissionNet0Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7o41ubdkzChAzD9C53xH82Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leaders-on-a-mission/id1532211726…to listen to the latest episodes!00:00 – From concept to $20M+ revenue02:15 – Early roots in automotive innovation04:38 – Two breakthrough moments in agtech07:49 – COVID's surprising impact on farming10:53 – Designing value beyond the tractor15:17 – “Audacity is our moat”19:05 – Attracting top-tier mission-driven talent23:58 – The power of policy & partnerships31:00 – Scaling hardware and platform revenueUseful links: Monarch Tractor's website: https://www.monarchtractor.com/                Monarch Tractor's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/monarch-tractor/               Praveen Penmetsa's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveenpenmetsa/Leaders on a Mission website: https://cs-partners.net/podcasts/Simon Leich's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/executive-talent-headhunter-agtech-foodtech-agrifoodtech-agritech/

This quarter of the Future of Agriculture podcast is made possible by Case IH: https://www.caseih.com/en-us/unitedstatesCNH Ventures: https://www.cnh.com/en-US/Our-Company/VenturesToday's episode features Michele Lombardi. Michele is the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at CNH and the Head of CNH Ventures. He is responsible for developing and implementing the Company's long-term business strategies and in-house capabilities, tied to inorganic growth. Through this work, he holds Board positions in several of the independent technology companies in which CNH has invested, such as Monarch Tractor, Stout Industrial Technology and Zasso.Michele and I talk about how he's thinking about the future of agricultural technology, some wins and lessons from his experiences in this industry, what it means to be a strategic investor, and how he handles the convergence of startups and the large established brands he represents at CNH. Michele joined CNH in 2008. Prior to his current role, he was Head of Global Mergers and Acquisitions from 2019 – 2021. His international assignments with the company have included: Executive Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand; Head of the Iveco brand for the Asia Pacific Region; Head of the Iveco China branch; Managing Director for CNH Industrial South East Asia & Japan.Brought to you by Case IH: Case IH designs, engineers and produces cutting-edge farm equipment based on a comprehensive understanding of farmers' needs, wants and challenges, integrating these insights into their development and manufacturing.For example, take their Model Year 25 Magnum tractor. The new Magnum is purposefully designed to answer farmers' needs in every design and engineering choice. Improved horsepower for pulling heavier loads, faster. Bundled, integrated and ready-to-go precision tech for greater accuracy in the field. And a transmission farmers can tweak for improved control and performance in different tasks. That kind of design thinking is exactly where the future of ag is headed, and that's why you'll be hearing me talk to the folks at Case IH at different points throughout this quarter about what they do and how they're working to push the ag forward.

Futuristic EV Designer Sports Car w/ Nikita Bridan of Oilstainlab   - AZ TRT S06 EP02 (263) 1-26-2025              What We Learned This Week Oilstain Lab creates high end retro futuristic designer sports car - in EV models EV Car Designers for Gearheads who hate EVs All the capabilities of a sports car, on a liteweight carbon fiber frame, + sound & an electric motor Inspired by the race cars of Italy & classic 1960s sports cars     Guest: Nikita Bridan, Co-Founder, CEO Nikita Bridan is co-founder & chief executive officer of Oilstainlab. A car design strategist with 15 years of OEM and startup experience, Nikita has worked with world-renowned brands including Lyft, Cruise, GM, Toyota, Genesis, ONE, and more on electrification, platforms, and strategy. In 2019, Nikita co-founded Oilstainlab with his twin brother, Iliya, as an automotive design consultancy service and playground, and developed it into a boundary-pushing, custom vehicle manufacturer. Nikita lives his life as fast as the cars he builds, once being pulled over at 140mph in Arizona and getting off with a warning. Nikita earned bachelor's degrees in Transportation Design from the Istitudo Europeo di Design in Italy and the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, where he now serves as an instructor to the next generation of designers.   Leading a New Generation of Automotive with Oilstainlab Co-Founder Nikita Bridan The future of automotive design is in the hands of twin brothers, Nikita and Iliya Bridan.  The founders of Oilstainlab have turned heads worldwide with their automotive creations, most notably the Half-11, its half Porsche-half Formula 1 race car that pays homage to the golden age of motor racing.  The Bridan  brothers are motor maniacs who credit to Gran Turismo for fueling their passion for car design from a young age. The brothers dropped out of high school at age 14 to pursue a design education and would eventually earn degrees in Transportation Design from the Istitudo Europeo di Design in Italy and the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena.  During their career they have worked for world-renowned car brands including Toyota, Scion, Lexus, General Motors, Honda, Acura and more, bringing 6.5M cars to the road, securing 13 patents, and winning multiple awards including Motor Trend “SUV of the Year.”  In 2019, the brothers went into business for themselves. They opened Oilstainlab as a design consultancy and playground with clients ranging from EV start-ups, space vehicles, movie vehicles, hydrogen start-ups, and more.   In 2024 the brothers unveiled their first car, the HF-11. The HF-11 is the perfect mix of speed, comfort and intelligence. It offers 650 horsepower 12000RPMs and a top speed over 200 mph. The all-carbon fiber bodywork forges a radical shape obsessively honed for extreme velocities, while the interior offers all the comforts of modern-day vehicles. The company will keep turning heads with maniac design, world class advisory council going into 2025…and changing automotive landscape.         Notes:     Seg 2   Oil stain lab is a boutique, sports car designer, using an EV format. They start their design with the driver in mind, then sketch it out and think with an inside out strategy. They wanted to build a high-end retro futuristic 1960s motorsports inspired type car. These cars are expensive with future tech.   1960s sports cars were dangerous and cool. The last era of sports cars before car regulations were changed in the early 1970s.   The second step is a computer design. The car body uses a light carbon fiber frame. They also enhance their car with the idea and sound of combustion in an electric EV car.   It has a flat skateboard type platform designed very different than an actual sports car. Normally EV battery is at the bottom, but Oilstainlab put the EV battery where the engine would be. Lightweight car of 2000 pounds.   Compact and efficient, using a 911 Porsche as a model.Power train is in the back of the car, which is challenging.   Comfortable EV sports car, two seater with a manual transmission.   Has an audio signature, which is very important, creates real sound of 110 decimals. Oilstainlab is building cars for gear heads, not a traditional EV nerd type. Building EV cars for people who hate EVS.   Goes up to speeds of 200 mph, 0 to 100 in 5 seconds. Plus the driver can enjoy switching gears.     Seg 3   Twin brothers Nikita and Iliana created the company. Originally from Ukraine, then moved to Italy when they were teenagers. Eventually settled in California and created Oilstainlab.   Prior, they were auto designers for 10 years. Started Oilstainlab in 2019 with the design idea. In 2020 they started to actually manufacture cars. Fall of 2024 they came out with their HF 11 model.   Brothers were inspired by the 1960s motorsport cars and your famous Italian sports cars like Ferrari and Lamborghini.   They wanted to bring in the Hollywood flair of storytelling and branding. Think of Steve McQueen movies with the height of the sports car from 1967 through 1972.   1972 was the end of an era, with new emission standards that killed good designs. The 1960 sports cars were a wild west of innovation. Collectors still want these cars with their combustion engines.   Oilstainlab is bringing back that spirit within the next generation of car design. Building an EV car with power. Building an EV car for the EV hater.   There are challenges in this, with how heavy the car is and where to put the battery.   Aspark Owl, a $3 million car, claims to be the fastest EV in the world. It weighs 5700 pounds. Also has no noise or vibration, so it does not catch the nostalgia of a sports car.   Oilstainlab has a light car, manual transmission, plus that classic combustion sound. They replicate the experience, creating a bridge to the past with a future style sports car.   Car cost $1 million and their typical clients age from 40 to 60 years old. Using the 1960s car design, purity of a driving experience.   When they built the prototype, they were thinking about the driver first. They hired sports car drivers like JR Hildebrand, and Rick Noob to test. These guys were racecar drivers.   The 1960s cars were planned to be obsolete, the design will age out.   Post 1972 with the economic and fuel crisis, cars were mass produced. No more exotic designs, no real soul, they all look the same. Cars companies simply did not spend as much on research and development.     Seg 4   Thunderbolt has that combustion field type engine with their EV launch in April 2025   We will have a carbon fiber tub and re-create the excitement of the experience.   Oilstainlab is backed by an investor who has experience in Green tech and is an entrepreneur.   Oilstainlab is loved by the car maniacs, and they see themselves as maniacs too.   Cool EVS can help the entire EV market and change an image Oil stain lab is making a halo product for the entire industry.   They have advisors who review and drive the car – who are surprised when the EV sounds like combustion for the gearheads, creating a shock when people drive it, not even realizing it's an EV car.   Collectors want the sound of an original car, but also lightweight and manual driving for the unique experience.   Oilstainlab with their design is reconditioning the mind of what is possible with an EV car.   Their new Thunderbolt design will have swap ability, for the maniac ethos, with new engineering.   All goes back to how they were inspired with the famous sports cars of Italy, like Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Pagani. Italy is the Mecca of auto passion, culture, and approach to how a sports car should be done.       Seg 1   Past Clips (2) from related shows on EVs:   Best of Clean Energy, EVs & Battery Power AZ TRT S05 EP15 (230) 4-14-2024    What We Learned This Week Steve Zylstra of AZ Tech Council on Clean Energy Daniel Tonkopiy of Delfast Bikes on EV bikes Praveen of Monarch Tractor on AI, EVs & Farming Mark Hanchett of Atliss Motors on EV Trucks & Batteries Clean Energy - many Tech Co's working on zero emission plan Delfast E Bikes – smart bike, connects to E Bike, range of 220 miles on 1 charge, & speed of 50 mph, can drive on all different terrain  Monarch Tractor is AgTech working towards a future with Clean Farming Atlis Motors is an Energy Company - Apple of energy – vehicle is their ‘I-Pod' Revolutionizing the Electric Battery - Lithium, cobalt, copper w/ a Lifespan – 1 million miles or 10 years + Full Show: HERE         EV Charging at Home w/ Broc TenHouten of Intrinsic Power AZ TRT S05 EP05 (220) 2-4-2024  What We Learned This Week Intrinsic Power - Next Gen EV Charger EV Charging in your home will be standard Electrical Panel upgrade to handle new tech Electric Grid not prepared for consumer demand & EV charging needs EV Infrastructure for charging stations as EV Cars w/ longer range are the Future   Full Show: HERE         Biotech Shows: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Biotech-Life+Sciences-Science     AZ Tech Council Shows:  https://brt-show.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=az+tech+council *Includes Best of AZ Tech Council show from 2/12/2023   Tech Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Tech-Startup-VC-Cybersecurity-Energy-Science    Best of Tech: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=best+of+tech     ‘Best Of' Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Best+of+BRT      Thanks for Listening. 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In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at how the latest round of interest rate cuts will impact dealers' flooplan payments. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman talks autonomy with Monarch Tractor. Also in this episode, some additional insights on when we might see full autonomous adoption and AGCO reports a drop in 3Q revenue and a big cut to production plans.

Chris is the Founder and President of L&A, his third start-up in the AgTech space. He previously founded Robodondo, which was acquired by Motivo Engineering in 2017, then built & rapidly grew Motivo's B2B AgTech business into their primary vertical and led early market research for the technology that would become Monarch Tractor. Chris left Motivo in 2019 to cofound Stout Industrial Technologies, establishing their core technical team, strategic industry partnerships, intellectual property, and overseeing the completion of the initial series development of the Stout Smart Cultivator before continuing his relentless pursuit of creative destruction with his most capable team yet. — This episode is presented by Corteva Agriscience. Learn more HERE. — Links L&A - https://www.laudando.com Chris on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/laudando/ Join the Co-op - https://themodernacre.supercast.com Modern Acre Newsletter - https://themodernacre.substack.com

Al Steier sat down with Mark Schwager, President and Co-Founder of Monarch Tractor, to discuss their groundbreaking innovation: the world's first fully electric, driver-optional, autonomous tractor. They explored how this technology is revolutionizing sustainable farming by making it more economically viable. https://www.monarchtractor.com/ Munro Live is a YouTube channel that features Sandy Munro and other engineers from Munro & Associates. Munro is an engineering consulting firm and a world leader in reverse engineering, costing and teardown benchmarking. Munro Home of Lean Design https://leandesign.com/ We would really appreciate it if you subscribe to our channel. The more subscribers we have, the more opportunities we will be able to bring to you! For more behind the scenes content: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MunroLive_Pod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/munrolive LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/munro-live Inquiries: munrolivemedia@leandesign.com

Despite the rampant disinformation and a huge number of skeptics online, the planet is indeed facing serious climate chaos. Carbon emissions are at an all-time high, greenhouse gases continue to warm up the earth, and climate change severely destroys biodiversity. Ecologist and author Mark J. Easter joins Corinna Bellizzi to discuss how regenerative farming can address this alarming global problem. They talk about what it takes to adopt better farming practices to produce nutritious organic food without causing a destructive impact on the environment. Mark also explains how the same regenerative approach is needed for producing animal products and why the burning of fossil fuels must be halted as soon as possible.About Guest:Mark J. Easter (Fort Collins, CO) is an ecologist who has conducted research in academia and private industry since 1988. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1982 and a M.S. in Botany from the University of Vermont in 1991. Easter authored and co-authored more than fifty scientific papers and reports related to carbon cycling and the carbon footprint of agriculture, forestry, and other land uses. He contributed analyses to multiple reports published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In 2018 he was named a fellow of the Colorado State University School of Global Environmental Sustainability. Besides his scientific work, Easter co-founded the organization Save The Poudre and is a founding board member of the organization “Save the Colorado.” He works with these organizations to help restore rivers to healthy conditions and protect rivers from water development. He loves to read, cook from his garden, hike and ski in wild places, and spend time with his wife, Leslie Brown and their dog, Bonny. Additional Resources Mentioned:How Regeneration Can Change The Future Of Farming And Winemaking With Carlo MondaviFarm To Table Pioneer Champions Sustainable Farming with Monarch Tractor - featuring Alice Waters, Founder of Chez PanisseRegeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation with Paul HawkenProforestation featuring Dr. William Moomaw, lead architect of the first 6 IPCC reportsThe Blue Plate: A Food Lover's Guide to Climate Chaos by Mark J. EasterJOIN OUR CIRCLE. BUILD A GREENER FUTURE:

Chief Farming Officer, Co-Founder, Carlo Mondavi is a fourth-generation winegrower who has dedicated his life to permaculture, biodynamic and regenerative farming practices, along with a hands-off winemaking approach in the cellar. In 2016, Carlo founded the Monarch Challenge, an effort focused on elevating farming by eliminating herbicides and powerful chemicals from farms in Sonoma, Napa and beyond. The Monarch Challenge led Carlo to meeting his fellow co-founders; it is the origin and namesake behind Monarch Tractor. https://www.monarchtractor.com/carlo-mondavi https://nexuspmg.com/

AgroVision, based in Los Angeles, raised $100 million, achieving a $1 billion valuation, with Aliment Capital leading the funding round. AgroVision specializes in growing, packing, shipping, and marketing superfruits using branded labels and integrating proprietary genetics and data analytics into its operations. Monarch Tractor raised $133 million in a Series C round, co-led by Astanor Ventures and HH-CTBC Partnership, focusing on fully electric, driver-optional smart tractors and the WingspanAI platform for data, vehicle tracking, and crop image collection. These funding rounds aim to rejuvenate the agtech sector, which has seen $2.3 billion raised across 365 deals this year, a decrease compared to previous years.Learn more on this news visit us at: https://greyjournal.net/news/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Huszonöt sosem látott kép az egyik legfontosabb űrteleszkóptól Rakéta     2024-07-28 08:30:06     Tudomány Világűr NASA A Chandra Röntgenteleszkóp egyike a NASA Nagy Obszervatóriumainak a Hubble és más űrtávcsövek mellett. Küldetése alatt már több mint 25 ezer felvételt készített, a legújabban bemutatott 25-öt születésnapja alkalmából tette közzé az űrügynökség. Eltűnt a Reddit a keresőkből ICT Global     2024-07-28 09:11:43     Infotech Reddit A világ egyik legismertebb fóruma, váratlanul eltűnt szinte minden keresőmotor találati listájából, kivéve egyet. Hamburger helyett Tarte flambée – Már "zöldebb" az olimpia is PlanetZ     2024-07-28 08:00:29     Tudomány Olimpia Párizs Hamburger Zöld forradalom a 2024-es párizsi olimpián. A fenntarthatósági erőfeszítések új hulláma kerül a középpontba a 2024-es párizsi olimpia kapcsán is, amely újradefiniálhatja a játékok jövőjét WebXray: a keresőmotor megmutatja, hogyan követnek nyomon online ITBusiness     2024-07-28 12:12:10     Infotech Google Facebook Amazon Az online világban töltött idő alatt folyamatosan nyomon követnek minket. A Google, a Facebook, az Amazon és több száz más webhely is rögzíti a keresési kifejezéseket, egérkattintásokat és webhelylátogatásokat. Az átlagember számára mindezt nehéz megérteni, elfogadni, ráadásul az adatgyűjtés csak egy része törvényes. A WebXray, egy keresőmotor, ame Érdemes lesz hajnalban kelni: Öt égitest fog együttállni Mínuszos     2024-07-28 10:33:20     Tudomány Világűr Mars Július 30-án hajnali fél négykor szabad szemmel is látható csillagászati jelenséget lehet majd megfigyelni a keleti égbolton, ahol öt égitest, a Fiastyúk csillaghalmaz, a holdsarló, a Mars, a Jupiter és a Bika csillagkép vörös csillaga, az Aldebaran kerül közel egymáshoz. Ezt követően augusztus 4-én és 5-én a Mars a Bika Mohos csitrivel találkoztunk a Bakonyban 24.hu     2024-07-28 14:19:24     Tudomány Bakony Mitől több a valódi erdő egy parknál vagy fásításnál? Erdőökológus segítségével és rengeteg fotón mutatjuk be a helyet, ahol élő és holt együtt tartja életben az egyik legsokoldalúbb élőhelyet. Globális informatikai leállás: negyedmillió számítógép még mindig üzemen kívül van Liner     2024-07-28 12:13:57     Infotech Egy héttel a Crowdstrike által okozott globális számítógépes leállás után a helyzet ugyan javulóban van, de még mindig nem állt helyre teljesen a rend. Jó hír: nincs szétesőben az idei ősz ígéretes üstököse és várhatóan szép fényes lesz Csillagászat     2024-07-28 12:26:17     Tudomány Nemrégiben megjelentek olyab hírek, hogy az idén ősszel látványosnak ígérkező C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)-üstökös magjának szétesése már elkezdődött és teljesen felaprózódhat a szeptemberi napközelsége előtt. Azonban az új megfigyelések szerint nincs szó a mag széteséséről és tovább fényesedik a csóvás égi vándor. Mindenképp érdemes megfigyelni e Olyat csinált a Google mesterséges intelligenciája, amitől leesett a matematikusok álla TechWorld     2024-07-28 12:36:03     Infotech Olimpia Mesterséges intelligencia Google Old Érmet szerzett a matematikai olimpián! Bizonyít, cáfol, komplex feladatokat old meg magától a Google mesterséges intelligenciája, a DeepMind. Ilyen eddig nem volt. Miután a Go játéktól a stratégiai társasjátékokig mindenben legyőzte az embereket , a Google azt állítja, hogy a DeepMind nevű mesterséges intelligencia matematikai feladatok megoldásába Új, offline WhatsApp-funkcióval állt elő a Meta Startlap Vásárlás     2024-07-28 06:39:02     Mobiltech Apple A Meta egy olyan új funkciót tesztel, ami sokak életét megkönnyítheti: egy Apple-féle AirDrophoz hasonló fájlmegosztási szolgáltatást. Áttörés a mezőgazdaság robotizálásában: fenntarthatóbb agrárium önvezető traktorral newtechnology.hu     2024-07-28 05:33:55     Cégvilág Befektető Robot A mezőgazdaság régóta érdekli a robotika területét, de eddig viszonylag kevés átfedés alakult ki a két szegmens között. Ez most nagyot változhat a Monarch Tractor révén, ami egy új befektetői Két üstököst fedezett fel egy magyar csillagász hirado.hu     2024-07-28 05:20:00     Tudomány Világűr Júliusban két új üstököst is felfedezett Sárneczky Krisztián kutatásvezető csillagász. Használatában Kína, teljes körű bevezetésében az USA a világelső Mínuszos     2024-07-28 04:33:50     Infotech USA Kína Mesterséges intelligencia Felmérés Egyesült Királyság Kína világelső a generatív mesterséges intelligencia (generatív AI) alkalmazásában egy globális felmérés szerint. A Coleman Parkes Research Ltd. kutatása megállapította, hogy a kínai üzleti döntéshozók szerint vállalataik nyolcvanhárom százaléka használja a technológiát. Ez az arány az Egyesült Királyságban hetven százalék, az Egyesült Államokban h A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Huszonöt sosem látott kép az egyik legfontosabb űrteleszkóptól Rakéta     2024-07-28 08:30:06     Tudomány Világűr NASA A Chandra Röntgenteleszkóp egyike a NASA Nagy Obszervatóriumainak a Hubble és más űrtávcsövek mellett. Küldetése alatt már több mint 25 ezer felvételt készített, a legújabban bemutatott 25-öt születésnapja alkalmából tette közzé az űrügynökség. Eltűnt a Reddit a keresőkből ICT Global     2024-07-28 09:11:43     Infotech Reddit A világ egyik legismertebb fóruma, váratlanul eltűnt szinte minden keresőmotor találati listájából, kivéve egyet. Hamburger helyett Tarte flambée – Már "zöldebb" az olimpia is PlanetZ     2024-07-28 08:00:29     Tudomány Olimpia Párizs Hamburger Zöld forradalom a 2024-es párizsi olimpián. A fenntarthatósági erőfeszítések új hulláma kerül a középpontba a 2024-es párizsi olimpia kapcsán is, amely újradefiniálhatja a játékok jövőjét WebXray: a keresőmotor megmutatja, hogyan követnek nyomon online ITBusiness     2024-07-28 12:12:10     Infotech Google Facebook Amazon Az online világban töltött idő alatt folyamatosan nyomon követnek minket. A Google, a Facebook, az Amazon és több száz más webhely is rögzíti a keresési kifejezéseket, egérkattintásokat és webhelylátogatásokat. Az átlagember számára mindezt nehéz megérteni, elfogadni, ráadásul az adatgyűjtés csak egy része törvényes. A WebXray, egy keresőmotor, ame Érdemes lesz hajnalban kelni: Öt égitest fog együttállni Mínuszos     2024-07-28 10:33:20     Tudomány Világűr Mars Július 30-án hajnali fél négykor szabad szemmel is látható csillagászati jelenséget lehet majd megfigyelni a keleti égbolton, ahol öt égitest, a Fiastyúk csillaghalmaz, a holdsarló, a Mars, a Jupiter és a Bika csillagkép vörös csillaga, az Aldebaran kerül közel egymáshoz. Ezt követően augusztus 4-én és 5-én a Mars a Bika Mohos csitrivel találkoztunk a Bakonyban 24.hu     2024-07-28 14:19:24     Tudomány Bakony Mitől több a valódi erdő egy parknál vagy fásításnál? Erdőökológus segítségével és rengeteg fotón mutatjuk be a helyet, ahol élő és holt együtt tartja életben az egyik legsokoldalúbb élőhelyet. Globális informatikai leállás: negyedmillió számítógép még mindig üzemen kívül van Liner     2024-07-28 12:13:57     Infotech Egy héttel a Crowdstrike által okozott globális számítógépes leállás után a helyzet ugyan javulóban van, de még mindig nem állt helyre teljesen a rend. Jó hír: nincs szétesőben az idei ősz ígéretes üstököse és várhatóan szép fényes lesz Csillagászat     2024-07-28 12:26:17     Tudomány Nemrégiben megjelentek olyab hírek, hogy az idén ősszel látványosnak ígérkező C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)-üstökös magjának szétesése már elkezdődött és teljesen felaprózódhat a szeptemberi napközelsége előtt. Azonban az új megfigyelések szerint nincs szó a mag széteséséről és tovább fényesedik a csóvás égi vándor. Mindenképp érdemes megfigyelni e Olyat csinált a Google mesterséges intelligenciája, amitől leesett a matematikusok álla TechWorld     2024-07-28 12:36:03     Infotech Olimpia Mesterséges intelligencia Google Old Érmet szerzett a matematikai olimpián! Bizonyít, cáfol, komplex feladatokat old meg magától a Google mesterséges intelligenciája, a DeepMind. Ilyen eddig nem volt. Miután a Go játéktól a stratégiai társasjátékokig mindenben legyőzte az embereket , a Google azt állítja, hogy a DeepMind nevű mesterséges intelligencia matematikai feladatok megoldásába Új, offline WhatsApp-funkcióval állt elő a Meta Startlap Vásárlás     2024-07-28 06:39:02     Mobiltech Apple A Meta egy olyan új funkciót tesztel, ami sokak életét megkönnyítheti: egy Apple-féle AirDrophoz hasonló fájlmegosztási szolgáltatást. Áttörés a mezőgazdaság robotizálásában: fenntarthatóbb agrárium önvezető traktorral newtechnology.hu     2024-07-28 05:33:55     Cégvilág Befektető Robot A mezőgazdaság régóta érdekli a robotika területét, de eddig viszonylag kevés átfedés alakult ki a két szegmens között. Ez most nagyot változhat a Monarch Tractor révén, ami egy új befektetői Két üstököst fedezett fel egy magyar csillagász hirado.hu     2024-07-28 05:20:00     Tudomány Világűr Júliusban két új üstököst is felfedezett Sárneczky Krisztián kutatásvezető csillagász. Használatában Kína, teljes körű bevezetésében az USA a világelső Mínuszos     2024-07-28 04:33:50     Infotech USA Kína Mesterséges intelligencia Felmérés Egyesült Királyság Kína világelső a generatív mesterséges intelligencia (generatív AI) alkalmazásában egy globális felmérés szerint. A Coleman Parkes Research Ltd. kutatása megállapította, hogy a kínai üzleti döntéshozók szerint vállalataik nyolcvanhárom százaléka használja a technológiát. Ez az arány az Egyesült Királyságban hetven százalék, az Egyesült Államokban h A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Best of Clean Energy, EVs & Battery Power AZ TRT S05 EP15 (230) 4-14-2024    What We Learned This Week Steve Zylstra of AZ Tech Council on Clean Energy Daniel Tonkopiy of Delfast Bikes on EV bikes Praveen of Monarch Tractor on AI, EVs & Farming Mark Hanchett of Atliss Motors on EV Trucks & Batteries Clean Energy - many Tech Co's working on zero emission plan Delfast E Bikes – smart bike, connects to E Bike, range of 220 miles on 1 charge, & speed of 50 mph, can drive on all different terrain  Monarch Tractor is AgTech working towards a future with Clean Farming Atlis Motors is an Energy Company - Apple of energy – vehicle is their ‘I-Pod' Revolutionizing the Electric Battery - Lithium, cobalt, copper w/ a Lifespan – 1 million miles or 10 years +       Seg 1   Clip from 10/30/2022 – w/ Steve Zylstra, President / CEO AZ Tech Council Replay Seg. 4 – on Clean Energy and tech FULL SHOW: HERE   Guest: Steve Zylstra, President / CEO AZ Tech Council https://www.aztechcouncil.org/ https://www.aztechcouncil.org/kfnx_july2021/   Steve Zylstra of AZ Tech Council joins BRT to talk all things technology in the Valley. The Arizona Technology Council is one of the largest technology-driven trade associations in North America, with over 850 members and growing, the only organization specifically serving technology companies statewide. They protect innovators and truly believe that technology moves all of us forward; and are dedicated to the future of Arizona.   Steve Zylstra advocates for AZ tech, as well as his recurring writing about the industry. Steve, and the Council are a major source for updates on technology, business growth, and what legislation is being drafted.     Seg 2   Clip from 9/18/2022 – w/ Daniel Tonkopiy, CEO, Delfast Bikes     Replay Seg. 4 – on VC Funding and competition FULL SHOW: HERE   Guest: Daniel Tonkopiy, CEO, Founder, Chairman Delfast Bikes https://us.delfastbikes.com/ Daniel Tonkopiy is founder and chief executive officer of Delfast, Inc. Daniel is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of successful business experience. His previous entrepreneurial endeavors include best.ua, a Ukrainian business reviews service; X-Rift, an augmented reality mobile game; and Million Dollar Startup, a Kyiv-based startup school. In 2014, Daniel set out to transform the future of transportation and combat climate change with Delfast's innovative E-bikes. He has since grown the company into a disruptive global e-bike leader that holds a Guinness World Record for greatest distance (228 miles) traveled on a single charge. In addition to Delfast, Daniel also serves as a business and entrepreneurial mentor for MiniBoss School, Startup Ukraine, and the Central Asia FLEX business program. He is an author, a former radio host, and is a dynamic and sought-after speaker inspiring entrepreneurs and sustainability enthusiasts globally at more than 50 conferences to date. Daniel holds a Bachelor's degree in International Economic Relations from Kazakh Economic University.   Delfast Bikes ECO-FRIENDLY - No air emissions and subsequently ― negative impact on environment. SIGNIFICANT RANGE - In-house developed Battery Management System allows to travel up to 370 km on a single charge. RELATIVELY CHEAP - We help to save your money for expensive fuel and insurance. LESS STRESS, MORE FREE TIME - Delfast bike is the best choice to avoid annoying traffic jams. CONVENIENCE - You can easily switch on bicycle mode and do sports when you want; and use e-bike mode when you are tired.       Seg 3   BRT S03 EP23 (122) 6-5-2022 – Monarch Tractor Brings AgTech to Farming w/ Praveen Penmetsa   Guest: Praveen Penmetsa - CEO of Monarch Tractor https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveenpenmetsa   https://www.monarchtractor.com/leadership.html   Praveen Penmetsa has nearly two decades of hands-on experience in translating creative visions into products for startups to Fortune 50 companies alike. He co-currently serves as founder and CEO of Motivo Engineering, a product-engineering firm with clients in the Mobility, Energy, AgTech, and Aerospace sectors. Praveen holds an MSME in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.     Monarch Tractor: Working Toward a Future With Clean Farming Labor shortages, climate change, and food safety concerns create a multitude of challenges for farmers. Monarch Tractor provides a farmer-first approach to innovation, making each decision with our end user and their biggest challenges in mind. Our dedication to solutions for the farmer also means healthier solutions for the planet, for the consumer, and for the global food ecosystem.   Clip from Seg. 2 - FULL SHOW: HERE       Seg 4   https://brt-show.libsyn.com/episode-52-brt-s02-ep05-01-31-21-vehicle-20-tech-meets-transportation   Guest: Mark Hanchett CEO & Founder of Atlis Motor Vehicles  - from 1/31/21 Seg. 2https://www.atlismotorvehicles.com/ Electric vehicles history, and the inspiration for Atlis Motors. Atlis is an energy company, the Apple of electric vehicles and the truck is their I-Pod. Electric trucks, engine battery, and battery design. Where (and how) is the battery produced? Full Show: Here      Tech Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Tech-Startup-VC-Cybersecurity-Energy-Science   Best of Tech: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=best+of+tech     Investing Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Investing-Stocks-Bonds-Retirement     ‘Best Of' Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Best+of+BRT     Thanks for Listening. 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On this episode of Table Talk, I visit with three leaders in the autonomous vehicle space. Dan Chatman, UC Berkeley professor; Gokul Hemady, CEO of Glydways, an autonomous transit vehicle developer; and Angela Richards from Monarch Tractor. High speed testing and deployment of AVs is coming to a community near you!

Sam Abidi, Chief Commercial Officer, Monarch Tractor joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss Monarch's autonomous MK-V tractor and how the growing labor shortages are accelerating the adoption of autonomous tractors on farms around the world. The conversation begins with Sam discussing how Monarch Tractor is approaching autonomy. From day one we were thinking about how you could build an autonomy kit that could go on a tractor, that can essentially reach a price point that most farmers can use, and where we landed is that you need to do a bottom up build of the tractor — that tractor is called the MK-V. – Sam AbidiWith the global economy shifting to a labor light economy, due to a growing labor shortage, autonomy applications on farms is rapidly accelerating. If you actually go talk to some of our farmers, many of them are coming to us because it is an alternative to having no one do that job. – Sam AbidiMonarch takes a farmer frugal approach to autonomy as they know every dollar counts on a farm. The farmer frugal approach enables Monarch to charge farmers $800 a month to unlock the autonomous capabilities of the $90,000 MK-V tractor, which is less the equivalent labor cost. In the future as the model evolves, Monarch is exploring the possibility of introducing a tractor-as-a-service model for select regions around the world. If this model comes to fruition, Monarch will not hold the asset (tractor) on their balance sheet. Instead they will look to a partner to hold the assets (tractor) as it is not an effective use of their capital to hold tractors on their balance sheet.Today, Monarch has a financial services agreement with CNH Industrial Capital America to provide financing for the MK-V tractor. The Monarch MK-V is an all-electric tractor with a swappable battery that can run 14-hours. Financing is an important part of farm economics. – Sam AbidiWhen a Monarch tractor is deployed on a farm, farmers control all the applications of the autonomous tractor with their proprietary WingspanAI digital platform. If you automate a tractor and you have a dozen tractors or two dozen tractors running the farm and then you connect those to a digital platform, that essentially tracks everything from when they are dispatched to what they are doing to how well they are doing it, you have essentially digitized the farm. – Sam AbidiThe data that Monarch's autonomous tractors are gathering will enable the company to create new revenue streams in the future by monetizing the rich amount of data that the tractors gather on a daily basis. To scale, Monarch has a partnership with Foxconn to manufacturer the MK-V at their Ohio facility. The decision to engage Foxconn for manufacturing was made from the lessons that the founders learned from their years in the automotive industry. Wrapping up the conversation, Sam shares his vision for the future of Monarch Tractor.Recorded on Tuesday, November 7, 2023--------About The Road to AutonomyThe Road to Autonomy® is a leading source of data, insight and commentary on autonomous vehicles and logistics. The company has three businesses: The Road to Autonomy Indices, with Standard and Poor's Dow Jones Indices as the custom calculation agent; Media, which includes The Road to Autonomy Podcast and The Road to Autonomy's This Week In The Index; and The Road to Autonomy Research and Consulting Services.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We spent a lot of time here on Decoder talking about electric vehicles and the future of cars and we're usually talking about passenger vehicles or maybe cargo vans. But there's another huge industry that can also reap the benefits of electrified transportation: agriculture.  I co-hosted the Code Conference this week where I had the opportunity to hangout onstage with Monarch Tractor CEO Praveen Penmetsa. Honestly, this was one of my favorite conversations of the entire event.  We are utterly reliant on farming as a species, and farming is utterly reliant on tractors. If we don't have tractors, we don't have food. But electrifying farms is hard, and Praveen explained how he and Monarch are trying to tackle that challenge. The ambition is to compete in an open way with closed platforms like John Deere, and Praveen said his goal for the Monarch platform is to be the Android of agriculture.  Links:  Electric robot tractors powered by Nvidia AI chips are here John Deere turned tractors into computers — what's next? John Deere commits to letting farmers repair their own tractors (kind of) Monarch Tractors to be manufactured by Foxconn Foxconn begins rolling first Monarch electric tractors off assembly lines in Lordstown A sneak peek into Monarch Tractor's vision-based AI technology CNH Industrial, Monarch Tractor agree electrification technologies deal Transcript: https://www.theverge.com/e/23659941 Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge and is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Today's episode was produced by Kate Cox and Nick Statt. It was edited by Callie Wright.  The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Editorial Director is Brooke Minters and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jesse Allen stops by the Monarch Tractor lot during the Farm Progress Show to learn more about their electric, autonomous tractor lineup with Monarch's President, Mark Schwager.

When you're born into a winemaking dynasty, there's a lot of momentum to carry on the family business. But also a lot of pressure to make your own mark. Carlo Mondavi is the co-founder and Chief Farming Officer at Monarch, creators of the Monarch Tractor, an electric smart tractor that may offer a better and safer product than conventional diesel tractors. Today he joins Siobhan Montoya Lavender and Ross Kenyon to discuss. The conversation begins with Carlo's heartfelt motivation behind creating the Monarch Tractor. Witnessing the devastating loss of biodiversity caused by conventional herbicides, Carlo was inspired to find a regenerative agriculture solution that would reduce herbicide usage while ensuring a safer, more eco-friendly farming experience. The Monarch Tractor provides a more mechanical solution than one that deeply changes the microbiota. But sometimes it's hard to change minds, and offering a better solution rather than finger-wagging can often be a better way to proceed. With or without subsidies, can the Monarch tractor succeed in changing one of the most common farm tools used? Tune in to this episode to explore the efforts of Monarch Tractor to change farming and learn about their story to become the Tesla of farming. Connect with Nori ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Purchase Nori Carbon Removals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nori's website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nori on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our other podcast, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Carbon Removal Newsroom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Carbon Removal Memes on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Carbon Removal Memes on Instagram Resources: Monarch Tractor Carlo's Instagram Carlo's Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/support

This week cohosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman explore the various robotic and automation solutions that were on display at the 2023 World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA. The episode features interviews with representatives from Monarch Tractor, Agtonomy, Carbon Robotics and Farmwise. Mike also discusses new solutions from Tevel Aerobotics, Farm-NG, Amos Power, Nexus Robotics, Bluewhite, Beewise, and Guardian Agriculture.

Despite agriculture being a major contributor of carbon dioxide, the industry has largely been left out of the EV revolution. But that is beginning to change. “Charging Ahead: Manufacturing the EV Future of Agriculture” looks at new innovations in EV technology that are helping farmers cut fuel costs, reduce oil dependency and improve their carbon footprint. Hosted by Monarch Tractor President and Tesla manufacturing pioneer, Mark Schwager, this session will focus on the development and manufacturing of EV machines that are leading farmers and the agriculture industry toward a more sustainable future. Watch now.

As climate change continues to worsen, the future of farming is at stake. Fossil fuels used in farming equipment contribute to global warming and devastating forest fires destroy crop quality. The best way to mitigate these adverse effects is by transitioning to regenerative methods. Joining Corinna Bellizzi is Carlo Mondavi, Co-Founder and Chief Farming Officer of Monarch Tractor, the world's first fully electric autonomous tractor. Carlo explains how their invention, combined with sustainable agricultural practices, helps farmers from all over reduce their carbon footprint, improve field safety, and streamline operations. He discusses what it takes for regenerative farming to reach mainstream status, giving the planet a breath of fresh air – and a huge chance to increase its longevity.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://caremorebebetter.com Follow us on social and join the conversation! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/caremorebebetter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebetter Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability PodcastCare More Be Better answers only to our collective conscience and aims to put more good into the world. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show: https://caremorebebetter.com/donate.

During this #TechBackstage conversation, the last one of 2022, host Eddie Hudson chats with Mark Schwager, President of Monarch Tractor, about how technology - hard and soft - can shape the present and future of agriculture. 

Join Corinna Bellizzi for press event coverage of Monarch Tractor's launch in early December 2022 at their Livermore, California facility. In today's coverage you are introduced to Alice Waters as we are invited to think about the source, quality, and flavor of the food that graces our plates and nourishes our bodies each day. Alice shares what it was like to dine in France in the 60s and how that impacted her food journey. She invites us to think about source, about locality, and to love farmers. You'll also learn about her recent work to bring farming to schoolchildren as we seek to inspire and educate young people around the globe.We also meet Robert Henson, President of the wine and spirits division at Constellation Brands - a world leader in the alcoholic beverage space. They now own the Mondavi winery brand, and therefore have history with the Mondavi family (more about that in part 3). The reason this story is so critical is simple. Early adopters and big advocates are central to the success of any new technology. Before we wrap up today's episode we hear from the CEO and co-founder of Monarch Tractor, Praveen Penmetsa. Praveen shares the story of farmers in India and the reality of farming today. A perspective that there's no future in farming is shared, with Monarch Tractor playing part in the resurrection of the faltering profits seen in the world of agriculture.Elaine Chukan Brown once again operates as the MC for the event. About Alice Waters: Alice Louise Waters is an American chef, restaurateur, and author. In 1971 she opened Chez Panisse, a Berkeley, California restaurant famous for its role in creating the farm-to-table movement and for pioneering California cuisine.Waters has authored the books Chez Panisse Cooking (with Paul Bertolli), The Art of Simple Food I and II, and 40 Years of Chez Panisse. Her memoir, Coming to my Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook was published in September 2017 and released in paperback in May 2018.Waters created the Chez Panisse Foundation in 1996, and the Edible Schoolyard program at the Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley. She is a national public policy advocate for universal access to healthy, organic foods. Her influence in the fields of organic foods and nutrition inspired Michelle Obama's White House organic vegetable garden program.Biography Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Watershttps://www.chezpanisse.com/About Constellation Brands' Robert Henson, EVP and President of Wine + Spirits DivisionRobert Hanson is Constellation's executive vice president and president Wine + Spirits Division, reporting to President and Chief Executive Officer Bill Newlands. Robert is responsible for leading the Wine & Spirits Division's operations and commercial business, ensuring it aligns with the company's long-term growth strategy. He is a member of the executive management committee.Connect with Monarch Tractors:https://monarchtractors.comhttps://www.instagram.com/monarch_tractor/About the day's MC: Elaine Chukan Brownhttps://wineindustryadvisor.com/2019/01/21/elaine-brown-wine-communication-artistLove the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://caremorebebetter.com Follow us on social and join the conversation! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/caremorebebetter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebetter Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better

Join Corinna Bellizzi for press event coverage celebrating the launch of Monarch Tractor, the first all-electric, fully automated tractor with the ability to operate driverless (fully autonomous). You'll hear directly from Carlo Mondavi, Chief Farming Officer and co-founder. Elaine Chukan Brown, the wine expert and acclaimed wine writer MC's the event and is also featured. This serves as part 1 of 3 of our coverage of this event, culminating in a one-on-one interview with Carlo Mondavi himself.About Carlo MondaviCarlo Mondavi is Chief Farming Officer of Monarch Tractors. Carlo is an expert viticulturist with experience in Organic, Biodynamic, and Permaculture Farming. He is a fourth generation winegrower from the world-renowned Mondavi family and is co-founder of Raen Winery, as well as a partner at Continuum Estate. Carlo is the co-founder of the Monarch Challenge, an effort focused on elevating farming by eliminating herbicides and powerful chemicals from farms in Sonoma, Napa and beyond. The Monarch Challenge is the namesake of Monarch Tractor.Carlo Mondav has put the Monarch Tractor to work at his own RAEN winery. Founded In 2013 with his brother Dante, RAEN stands for “Research in Agriculture and Enology Naturally,” which speaks to the core ethos of Carlo's farming & winemaking practices: to farm at the highest level and in unison with nature. RAEN implements permaculture, biodynamic and organic farming practices in its vineyards. Carlo Mondavi is an advocate in the wine industry for the sustainable farming practices he follows at RAEN. During his journey, he founded the Monarch Challenge in 2017 to bring awareness around clean farming practices, which ultimately led to the solution of the Monarch Tractor.https://monarchtractors.comhttps://www.instagram.com/monarch_tractor/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, & share! https://caremorebebetter.com Follow us on social and join the conversation! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/caremorebebetter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebetter Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability PodcastCare More Be Better answers only to our collective conscience and aims to put more good into the world. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show: https://caremorebebetter.com/donate.

The CEO and co-founder of Monarch Tractor explores the use of connected, autonomous and electric-vehicle technology in agriculture, details how a V2G-enabled Toyota Prius sparked a big idea, and highlights the start of production with Foxconn.

In this week's North American Ag Spotlight Chrissy Wozniak speaks with co-founder and president of Monarch Tractor, Mark Schwager. Mark shares more about the world's first 100% electric, driver-optional, intelligent tractor, and about being Awarded California Energy Commission Grant for “Vehicle-to-Building Technologies for Resilient Backup Power".Mark has over a decade of experience leading manufacturing organizations and has developed over 16 million square feet of manufacturing space. Mark previously served as head of the Tesla Gigafactory, leading the project from concept phase to construction. He also led the operations planning team and built the business systems for Tesla's Fremont factory and led the manufacturing program for Tesla's collaboration with Toyota for the Rav4 EV.Released November 3, 2022 - SACRAMENTO, CA:Monarch Tractor and Farm Electrification Consortium Partners Awarded California Energy Commission Grant for “Vehicle-to-Building Technologies for Resilient Backup Power"Consortium, including Monarch Tractor, Gridtractor, Rhombus Energy Solutions, Current Ways, and Polaris Energy Services, will demonstrate On Farm Mobile Microgrids for intelligent bidirectional charging of electric tractors and support for critical electric loads during power outages  Monarch Tractor, maker of the industry's smartest, fully electric autonomous tractor, and its Farm Electrification Consortium partners have received a $3 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to accelerate electrification of agricultural equipment and demonstrate the ability of batteries in on-farm equipment to keep critical electrical loads running during power outages that are initiated with greater frequency due to wildfires. The consortium is comprised of Monarch Tractor, Gridtractor, Rhombus Energy Solutions, Current Ways, and Polaris Energy Services. "With grid shutdowns, hardworking farmers lose significant time, resources and money in a business where America's growers already struggle to see the profits of their hard labor," says Praveen Penmetsa, CEO and co-founder of Monarch Tractor. "Our tractor's ability to provide exportable power and act as a mobile generator will help keep the lights on for California's farms even when the grid is down." In addition to emergency scenarios, the consortium will develop and demonstrate technology to enable farmers to employ tractors to respond to conditions on the power grid by charging and discharging batteries to supply irrigation pumps and other on-farm loads in response to dynamic prices and demand response events. The consortium will develop hardware, software and communications technologies to link tractors and charging equipment to fleet operation centers and grid management systems. "Farm equipment electrification can not only provide dramatic savings for growers but enable them to take control of their energy," says David Meyers, CEO of Gridtractor. "For the grid, agriculture is one sector in California with the electrical infrastructure already in place to support rapid EV adoption. With the backing of the CEC, this project will support building, deploying and testing the technologies required to take advantage of that opportunity."  Monarch Tractor's award-winning MK-V tractor is transforming agriculturSponsored by Tractors and Troubadours:Your weekly connection to agriculture industry newsmakers, hot-button industry issues, educational topics, rural lifestyle features and the best in true country music. Brought to you by Rural Strong Media.Listen now at https://ruralstrongmedia.com/tractors-and-troubadours/ Unconventional Ag is the industry source to discover how to differentiate products and processes and take advantage of emerging markets related to specialty oilseeds, grains, and their bi-products.Visit us at - https://agr.fyi/uag

In this episode, the IoT Integrator Wire editors talk with Praveen Penmetsa, CEO and Co-founder at Monarch Tractor based in Livermore, California. He's an expert in building teams that develop and scale the next generation of robotic solutions for mobility, food, and automation. His company, Monarch Tractor, is the manufacturer of the world's first fully electric, driver-optional, smart tractor, which uses a trifecta of electrification, automation, and data analysis tools. By utilizing smart technology on a fully electric tractor platform, Monarch Tractor intends to be a leader in the digital transformation of farming.

In this episode, the IoT Integrator Wire editors talk with Praveen Penmetsa, CEO and Co-founder at Monarch Tractor based in Livermore, California. He's an expert in building teams that develop and scale the next generation of robotic solutions for mobility, food, and automation. His company, Monarch Tractor, is the manufacturer of the world's first fully electric, driver-optional, smart tractor, which uses a trifecta of electrification, automation, and data analysis tools. By utilizing smart technology on a fully electric tractor platform, Monarch Tractor intends to be a leader in the digital transformation of farming.

Carbon-heavy agriculture is responsible for 11% of greenhouse gases worldwide. That's where Mark Schwager and his team at Monarch Tractor roll in, with the world's first electric, autonomous smart tractor. Monarch sees its tractor as the future of sustainable agriculture, allowing growers to apply precision farming while cutting their diesel costs to virtually zero. Co-Founder and President of Monarch Tractor, Mark Schawager talks with host Donna Loughlin about the need for more automation and EV in agriculture in this week's episode. Schwager has an impressive engineering and factory line pedigree. He previously served as head of the Tesla Gigafactory, leading the project from concept to construction. Now he's applying his deep engineering and production background to the farm. Join us as we explore the future of cleaner and more efficient farming! Before any world-changing innovation, there was a moment, an event, a realization that sparked the idea before it happened. This is a podcast about that moment — about that idea. Before IT Happened takes you on a journey with the innovators who imagined — and are still imagining — our future. Join host Donna Loughlin as her guests tell their stories of how they brought their visions to life.  JUMP STRAIGHT INTO: (03:27) - From performing arts to business and technology - “I think life is an evolution, and I think that was my passion at that time and by the time I started learning things like high school calculus and physics, I kind of started gravitating more towards it, even though I went to a special high school for performing arts.” (05:25) - Mark's calling to the EV sector - “While I was here on the West Coast, I was staying with a friend's parents and they handed me a newspaper clipping about a tiny little company trying to make electric cars called Tesla, and I was like, ‘Okay, that's for me.'” (09:42) - Building Tesla's Gigafactory - “So basically, Elon said let's ramp it up as fast as possible, and so all of the areas of the supply chain were basically able to accommodate a doubling of production, but not battery cells. And so that essentially was the inception of getting cell manufacturing under Tesla's control.”    (16:55) - Mark's light bulb moment - “Having worked around automated processes basically for my entire career in manufacturing, looking back even further than that, I mean, factories have been getting automated since the 80s, but none of that was really there in the farming space.”   (23:10) - Mark's philosophy at Monarch Tractor - “We don't see ourselves as an electric, autonomous tractor company. We see ourselves as folks who are automating farm operations. And from that standpoint, we're actually very focused on the quality of the operations and our ability to serve the farmers' needs much more than the vehicle.” (27:18) - The Foxconn and Monarch Tractor partnership - “We believe that we can drive our competitive advantage from working with Foxconn and industrializing our vehicles with them. We can't do it on our own, but the pooled resources across that factory give us the chance to do that.” (29:00) - The continued need to scale farming up - “​​There's going to be like 10 billion people by the middle of the century on the planet. How are we going to feed them? The only way is by making our farmland more productive.” EPISODE RESOURCES:  Connect with https://www.linkedin.com/in/markwschwager (Mark Schwager) on LinkedIn Learn more about https://www.monarchtractor.com (Monarch Tractor) Read Forbes' https://www.forbes.com/sites/edgarsten/2021/09/20/driverless-battery-electric-tractors-coming-via-company-led-by-tesla-vet/?sh=5c326a7e2526 (Driverless Battery Electric Tractors Coming Via Company Led By Tesla Vet) Watch Energi Media's interview with Mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhiYRqe26O8 (Electric tractor (driver optional) set to revolutionize farming) Read The Business Journal's...

Monarch Tractor provides a farmer-first approach to innovation. This became more and more clear when Praveen Penmetsa - CEO/Founder of Monarch joined Agriculture Now to share their story, big wins, challenges, and plans for the future. Monarch Tractor recently secured $61M in Series B Funding to accelerate production and deployment of their smart, driver-optional electric tractor. Praveen shares why he believes investors continue to put their trust in his company based on both their incredible technology and on-the-ground approach where farmers have input into how the tractor operates in real world applications.

Praveen Penmetsa is the CEO of Monarch Tractor, all electric, driverless tractors that are going to revolutionize the way all commercial farming takes place. ➡️ Watch this episode on YouTube ➡️ Episode Highlights: beattheoftenpath.com The importance of Praveen's work cannot be overstated, the very future of humanity depends on developing smarter solutions to manage our farmland. Praveen has gotten over 80 million dollars in funding for his company, and his personal story is so inspiring. Learn how he left India to come to the US, where his talent for engineering led to him building a number of exciting products, ultimately creating his game-changing new company that will change how farming takes place around the world. When you learn what these tractors can do, you'll be as blown away as I was.

Today's guest is Chris Whitney, Chief Digital Officer at Monarch Tractor in California. Monarch Tractor are leading the digital transformation of farming. Monarch believes in putting farmers first with their smart electric tractor enhancing existing farm ecosystems. Monarch helps farmers by addressing labor availability, meeting consumer demands for sustainability and providing actionable data-driven farming insights. Monarch enables economically competitive organic and beyond farming through intelligent electro-mechanical solutions that replace harmful chemicals. While driven by bleeding-edge technology, the Monarch Tractor still plows, tills and hauls better than any other tractor in its class. The Monarch Tractor will both spur and enable future generations of farming technologies. They have the technology and the team to develop, build and scale the Monarch to digitally transform farming around the world. In the episode, Chris will discuss: His background and what attracted him to Monarch Tractor, Their interesting work using AI and Robotics in the Farming sector, His role and current projects the team are working on, Use cases of the impact they are bringing to the industry, Why Monarch Tractor are a great place to work, The future of AI and automation in the Farming industry

Crossing the Chasm to AI, EV, GPS, Space & Incubators Best of Tech 2022 - BRT S03 EP31 (130) 7-10-2022   Clips from Previous BRT Tech Shows in 2022   Things We Learned This Week Crossing the Chasm book (1990) has become part of the lexicon for Tech Industry knowledge, mass influence on Tech CEOs last 25 years, constant references - Chasm – early market vs. mainstream market 5 Stages of Adoption – Innovators, Early Adopters, Early Market Pragmatists, Late Majority, Laggards Spirit Electronics is veteran and women owned tech companyproviding satellite components to Aerospace and Defense industries Monarch Tractor is AgTech working towards a future with Clean Farming Farmer Jobs &Farmer Safety – tech assistance, more data, lower costs, less time on the tractor, more efficiency, & not around chemicals Knightscope makes AI Security Robotsthat monitor business & provide a physical deterrence to lower crime, bring peace of mind 24/7/365 & have already logged over 1 mil hours of service with paying clients across the U.S. in busy parking lots/structures, shopping malls, hospitals & corporate campuses Tech Incubator:startup incubator is a collaborative program for startup companies — usually physically located in one central workspace — designed to help startups in their infancy succeed by providing workspace, seed funding, mentoring and training. AZ State supporters of Tech: AZ Tech Council, The Flinn Foundation, NAU, ASU, UA, CEI Gateway Tech, AZ Bio, NACET – Moonshot, AZ Advances, & many funding VC & Angel groups – ATI, Desert Angels, Canyon Angels Onsemi & Fresscalewere a spinoff of Motorola, IPO in 2000, & makes tech for cars, power steering and AI sensors, plus more Skyline Robotics is a venture-backed AI, robotics, & industrial automation at-heights company. Ozmo is the premier industrial tool in automated window cleaning. By combining the expertise of engineers with inventive artificial intelligence technology, to design a robot that serves as an essential tool for building facade maintenance     Notes: Clips from Previous BRT Tech Shows in 2022   BRT S03 EP28 (127) 6-26-2022 – Crossing the Chasm & Tech Adoption w/ Geoffrey Moore Guest: Geoffrey Moore http://www.geoffreyamoore.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffreyamoore/ https://twitter.com/geoffreyamoore   Bio: Managing Director, Geoffrey Moore Consulting Venture Partner, Wildcat Venture Partners Chairman Emeritus, TCG Advisors, Chasm Institute and The Chasm Group Member of the Board of Directors of several pre-IPO Companies Books – Crossing the Chasm, Zone to Win, Inside the Tornado, The Infinite Staircase, Escape Velocity & more… Geoffrey Moore is an author, speaker, and advisor who splits his consulting time between start-up companies in the Wildcat Venture Partners portfolios and established high-tech enterprises, most recently including Salesforce, Microsoft, Autodesk, F5Networks, Gainsight, Google, and Splunk.   Clip from Seg. 3 - FULL SHOW: HERE     BRT S03 EP18 (117) 5-1-2022 – AZ Bio & Tech Incubators w/ Russ Yelton   Guest: Russ Yelton, Pres., Yelton & Associates Immediate Past Chairman, AZBio Board of Directors http://www.yeltonandassociates.com/ https://www.azbio.org/azbio-board-of-directors/russ-yelton https://www.linkedin.com/in/russ-yelton-46a9412/ https://twitter.com/ryelton   Russ Yelton Bio: Russ Yelton served as Chairman of the AZBio Board of  Directors from January 2015 to December 2017.  He has been an active board members since being elected in 2009. He is currently president of Yelton and Associates.  The firm provides economic development services as well as early stage business solutions. Yelton and Associates has experience both domestically and internationally and has assisted thousands of entrepreneurs to raise funding and bring their products to a variety of markets. The firm  also has a long history of assisting municipalities with the development of co-work, incubators and accelerators as well as loan funds, student focused entrepreneurial programming as well as shared facilities.   Clip from Seg. 3 - FULL SHOW: HERE     BRT S03 EP12 (111) 3-20-2022 –  Topic: Semiconductors & Cars w/ Rohan of On Semi   Guests: Rohan Raghunathan –  Product Line Mgr – On Semi https://www.onsemi.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohan-raghunathan-1542a94   Rohan graduated from ASU with a degree in Electrical Engineering, and also attended Cornell Univ for his MBA. Prior to working at On Semi in 2019, he was at Pwc as a Management Consultant in tech, and a Product Engineer at Microchip. He also had his own startup called Bioscope.     Onsemi: Through both acquisition and robust internal development, onsemi has achieved leadership positions in several markets and technologies that fuel its growth, including automotive, industrial, and cloud power. In 2021, to better reflect its broad technology portfolio, differentiated product lines, and market leadership, ON Semiconductor rebranded itself as onsemi. Though there is a new look and feel, the company's roots are foundational. In 1999, Motorola spun off its standard products semiconductor business into an independent company called ON Semiconductor. Motorola had been a pioneer in transistors, especially for commercial applications. In fact, a Motorola transponder relayed the first words from the moon to Earth in July 1969. Motorola also pioneered the automotive electronics industry, from the first mobile radios in police cars in the 1940s to automotive electric controls and semiconductors in the 1970s.   Clip from Seg. 4 - FULL SHOW: HERE       BRT S03 EP21 (120) 5-22-2022 – Fighting Crime & Providing Security using AI Robots by Knightscope w/ William Santana Li   Knightscope – More coverage, at a lower price. Augment your existing security program at a fraction of the average rate for one 24-hour security post. The Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs) are Made in the USA – Designed and Built in Silicon Valley by Knightscope – and offer security patrols as well as a physical presence that deliver real-time, actionable intelligence anytime and anywhere, giving you and your security team the ability to detect and react faster.   Knightscope security robots bring peace of mind 24/7/365 and have already logged over 1,000,000 hours of service with paying clients across the U.S. in busy parking lots/structures, shopping malls, hospitals and corporate campuses. Let them bring that experience to your doorstep. Eye-level, mobile surveillance provides unprecedented deterrence capabilities, increased awareness with a conspicuous physical presence, and high-quality evidence to prosecute criminals. The results speak for themselves. William (“Bill”) Santana Li has served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) since April 2013. Mr. Li is an American entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience from working in the global automotive sector and founding and leading a number of startups. From 1990 to 1999, Mr. Li held multiple business and technical positions at Ford Motor Company across four continents.   Clip from Seg. 2 - FULL SHOW: HERE   BRT S03 EP23 (122) 6-5-2022 – Monarch Tractor Brings AgTech to Farming w/ Praveen Penmetsa   Guest: Praveen Penmetsa - CEO of Monarch Tractor https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveenpenmetsa   https://www.monarchtractor.com/leadership.html   Praveen Penmetsa has nearly two decades of hands-on experience in translating creative visions into products for startups to Fortune 50 companies alike. He co-currently serves as founder and CEO of Motivo Engineering, a product-engineering firm with clients in the Mobility, Energy, AgTech, and Aerospace sectors. Praveen holds an MSME in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.     Monarch Tractor: Working Toward a Future With Clean Farming Labor shortages, climate change, and food safety concerns create a multitude of challenges for farmers. Monarch Tractor provides a farmer-first approach to innovation, making each decision with our end user and their biggest challenges in mind. Our dedication to solutions for the farmer also means healthier solutions for the planet, for the consumer, and for the global food ecosystem.   Clip from Seg. 2 - FULL SHOW: HERE     BRT S03 EP25 (124) 6-12-2022 – BRT in Space with Satellite Components by Spirit Electronics w/ Marti McCurdy   Guest: Marti McCurdy - CEO of Spirit Electronics https://www.linkedin.com/in/marti-mccurdy-1083a936/   https://www.spiritelectronics.com/about-us/   Marti McCurdy, owner and CEO of Spirit Electronics, is a veteran not only of the semiconductor business but also of the United States Air Force. Marti's focus as CEO is to serve the aerospace and defense industry for high reliability components. She exercises her engineering knowledge of space qualified flows and sophisticated testing to deliver flight class devices. Throughout her career as a business owner and most recent position as VP, Marti's goal is to bring her high standard of customer service and cultivated relationships to serve the aerospace sector she is so familiar with. Marti holds a current patent and is a published author in ultrasonic applications. Spirit Electronics is a certified veteran-owned, woman-owned value-added distributor of electronic components. Our product lines and value-added services offer power, memory, FPGAs, ASICs–everything you need to build out a high-reliability board that can perform in even the harshest environments. Spirit builds components for satellites, used in the aerospace and defense industries.   Clip from Seg. 3 - FULL SHOW: HERE     BRT S03 EP35 (134) 7-31-2022 – Ozmo the AI Window Cleaning Robot by Skyline Robotics w/ Michael Brown   Guest: Michael Brown CEO of Skyline Robotics https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-brownr1/   https://www.skylinerobotics.com/   Michael Brown, CEO & Chairman of the Board  Michael Brown joined Skyline as its Chairman of the Board in December 2020. In this role, Michael will serve as both a veteran strategic advisor and oversee the expansion of Skyline into the US market. Michael's 35-year career has been focused on business services and distributions. Michael has led two previous companies with revenue over $100Million, both of which were sold to publicly traded companies.     Skyline Robotics was established with the idea of building a better tomorrow - today. Skyline brings together a group of innovative developers with a shared clear vision of a future in which robots assist humans in work and everyday activities. Our mutual knowledge is based on robotics, software engineering and mechatronics. We are taking an archaic industry such as window cleaning - which has remained the same since its inception more than a century ago - and giving it the breakthrough modernization it needs.   Skyline is a venture-backed AI, robotics, and industrial automation at-heights company. Skyline's first product, OZMO, focuses on industrial, high-rise window cleaning. Leveraging deep tech, OZMO is capable of making our partners more efficient while saving lives and taking humans out of high-risk situations. Skyline's HQ is located in Tel Aviv, with an office in NYC. Skyline has partnerships in both Israel and the USA and is backed by world-class investors from institutional to strategic profiles.     Clip from Seg. 3 - FULL SHOW: Airs 7/31/2022 FULL SHOW: HERE        Tech Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Tech-Startup-VC-Cybersecurity-Energy-Science   Best of Tech: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=best+of+tech     Investing Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Investing-Stocks-Bonds-Retirement     ‘Best Of' Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Best+of+BRT     Thanks for Listening. 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Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Praveen Penmetsa, Founder and CEO of Monarch Tractor, a company that is leading the transformation of farming. Monarch helps farmers by addressing labor availability, meeting consumer demands for sustainability, and providing actionable data-driven farming insights. It enables economically competitive organic and beyond farming through intelligent electro-mechanical solutions that replace harmful chemicals. Praveen is also the Founder and CEO of Motivo Engineering, a product-engineering firm with clients in the Mobility, Energy, AgTech, and Aerospace sectors. Tune in to learn more!

Monarch Tractor Brings AI & AgTech to Farming w/ Praveen Penmetsa - BRT S03 EP23 (122) 6-5-2022   Things We Learned This Week Monarch Tractor is AgTech working towards a future with Clean Farming Farmer Jobs & Farmer Safety – tech assistance, more data, lower costs, less time on the tractor, more efficiency, & not around chemicals AgTech – Tractor uses AI, Autonomous Driving, GPS, Data, + EV Battery EV Battery - 10+ hours & 4.5 hours to charge, No DC fast charging – tractor design – 220 volt can charge, Battery swap capability – mobile swap cart in 10 mins in field Monarch Team includes: Former Tesla Gigafactory Head to build scale, Engineer to be CTO with AI & Autonomus Exp., Farmer w/ Vineyard Exp., CEO w/ 2 decades in Automotive & EV Industry       Guest: Praveen Penmetsa - CEO of Monarch Tractor https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveenpenmetsa   https://www.monarchtractor.com/leadership.html   Praveen Penmetsa has nearly two decades of hands-on experience in translating creative visions into products for startups to Fortune 50 companies alike. He co-currently serves as founder and CEO of Motivo Engineering, a product-engineering firm with clients in the Mobility, Energy, AgTech, and Aerospace sectors. Praveen holds an MSME in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.     Monarch Tractor: Working Toward a Future With Clean Farming Labor shortages, climate change, and food safety concerns create a multitude of challenges for farmers. Monarch Tractor provides a farmer-first approach to innovation, making each decision with our end user and their biggest challenges in mind. Our dedication to solutions for the farmer also means healthier solutions for the planet, for the consumer, and for the global food ecosystem.     Co-Founders: Mark Schwager, Pres./Co-Founder -Former Gigafactory head & Tesla veteran 2010 – 2015 at Tesla, build volume at scale, to be reliable and robust Carlo Mondavi, Chief Farming Officer / Co-Founder - Family farms in winery biz Dr. Mark Omohundro, CTO / Co-Founder - farming, AI & autonomous     https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/17/autonomous-tractor-maker-monarch-raises-61-million/   Autonomous tractor maker Monarch raises $61 million Brian Heater@bheater / 7:00 AM MST•November 17, 2021   Way back in March, autonomous tractor maker Monarch announced a $20 million Series A. Now, a mere eight months later, the company is tripling the round, with a $61 million Series B. This latest raise is led by sustainable food fund Astanor Ventures, with participation from CNH Industrial, At One Ventures and Trimble Ventures.   Notes: Praveen – 2 decades in the auto industry and worked in EV cars. Circa 2015 – Farmers asked about AI & EV Farming – labor struggles, sustainability data Next generation tractor solves problems Farming setup – big farms with big commodity crops Specialty crops – fruits, veggies Hundreds to thousands of acres Need 3x labor for organic, Spray more with different pesticides Agriculture – low margins, intensive work Global problem for labor Skilled labor needed for tractor drivers, pays well but hard to find workers Seasonal – when can grow crops Food ecosystem – Technology – data and AI, automation in farming now Compact tractor – specialty Tractor powers an implement – mower, sprayer, harvester Existing tractor capability Driver optional features –AI and autonomous EV and data components – tractor is a mobile generator. Fleet conversions – enterprise product. Data and real time updates – visuals / cameras 3 years field testing – field trials with customers. Learn new info, capture data and adjust. , ETA of Q4 2022 roll out to public, have pre-orders Fleet operators – 1 person manage fleet of 6-7 tractors Battery – 10+ hours and 4.5 hours to charge No DC fast charging – tractor design – 220 volt can charge Battery swap capability – mobile swap cart in 10 minutes in field $50K to $68 K cost with options Get diesel and labor savings of $20 K/yr. , 20-30% savings diesel, 70% labor savings ROI and CAPEX analyze = 2 yrs ROI on cost of tractor, Tractor lasts 4-8 yrs Sensors in roof – upgrade roof with sensors or battery AI, geo tracking, GPS in future Data to farmer in the field – Train fast to learn tech and alerts w/ App on phone or tablet Monarch website can give all data to farmers Base station on farm for wifi and radio beacon to connect to Tractors onsite Safety – No diesel, less CO2, No rider – AI, no chemicals                                                                                                                                                           Dangerous implements connected to tractor, Sensors for collision, roll-over. OSHA worker safety   Insurance – possible future savings, Safer to remove driver from operation Controlled environment – no people walking around in field Tractor stops when people are detected Co-Founders of Monarch Tractor – different backgrounds Staff of 200 Future tractor models will be bigger Investors in Monarch - Tractor companies, C&H, Industrial Trimble – data and farm management is an investor Auto suppliers and manufacturers to scale to hundred of thousands of units License agreement – Astanor – European investor Silicon Valley investors Long Term 4 Quadrant farming – manage land better with Monarch Tractor to make most of seasonal harvest, Multi use / multi purpose tool for different crops Data saved – crop apps, plus Field mapping Demos – digital and on site demos of Tractor for farmers Tech hires – farming employments and workers will involve with need for CTO type hire       Tech Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Tech-Startup-VC-Cybersecurity-Energy-Science   Best of Tech: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=best+of+tech     Investing Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Investing-Stocks-Bonds-Retirement     ‘Best Of' Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Best+of+BRT     Thanks for Listening. 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Mercedes-Benz returns to its aspirational roots; why extreme heat this summer spells trouble for the nation's electric grid; a new EV farm tractor manufacturer offers a robust platform for future "smart" farm implements. 

Monarch Tractor, an EV tractor company based in Livermore, California,  plans to bring AI and a robust platform for "smart" farm implements to small farms with its MK-V tractor.  Using off-the-shelf parts, the tractors cost a fraction of the large special purpose machines currently manufactured by the nation's major farm equipment companies. 

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---> Subscribe to the Causeartist Newsletter here.Check out noissue - Sustainable packaging for all brandsCheck out DoneGood - Shop 200+ social impact brands on the DoneGood marketplace ---> Check out more Causeartist Partners here.In episode 135 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast I speak with Carlo Mondavi, Co-founder of Monarch Tractor, on making sustainable farming economically superior and cleaner with fully electric and autonomous tractors.Carlo Mondavi is a 4th generation farmer & winegrower and grandson of the legendary Robert Mondavi. In addition to making wine, Carlo is co-founder & chief farming officer of Monarch Tractor founded in 2017. He is currently an active sustainable farmer and leads the delivery of the world's smartest, fully electric, autonomous tractor which is being deployed around the world to farmers.In 2013 he formed RAEN Winery with his brother Dante. He has also put the Monarch Tractor to work at RAEN winery. RAEN stands for “Research in Agriculture and Enology Naturally,” which speaks to the core ethos of Carlo's farming & winemaking practices: to farm at the highest level and in unison with nature. RAEN implements permaculture, biodynamic and organic.In 2017 he started the The Monarch Challenge. The Monarch Challenge is set to enlighten, encourage and connect our communities to farm and thrive in unison with nature and give back to the delicate circle of life---Basically cleaner farming.The challenge was inspired by the dwindling Monarch butterflies that used to be in the millions and have dramatically been reduced to thousands. The butterflies are very important to the farming ecosystem in Napa and Sonoma but impact other regions too.The name ‘The Monarch Challenge' comes from the fact that since Roundup's introduction into the market in 1974, the Monarch butterfly population has declined by 90% and is currently under threat of extinction. The environmental impact goes beyond the Monarch to frogs, bees, other pollinators and even on to our human health.In 2020 he was co-founder of Monarch Tractor leading the electrification of agriculture.Carlo states, “The true definition of sustainable is all over the place, blurring the root meaning of what sustainable is. With that said, truly sustainable farming is leaving the soils and environment farmed as good if not better than before to allow for life and farming to continue on healthily. This means no herbicides, systemics and a basic regenerative practice to help build soil health and biodiversity on the farm. Once this balance is found on a farm there is the opportunity for a healthier farm team meaning healthier community and most importantly a better and healthier product to share and sell.”What is the Monarch Tractor?Monarch Tractor is making sustainable farming economically superior with the MK-V -- the world's smartest, fully electric autonomous tractor and with a world-class leadership team that have accelerated vision to product delivery in three years.What are the benefits of the Tractor?Monarch's fully electric tractor helps eliminate the 35 percent of carbon emissions developed by current diesel tractors used in agriculture farming. Monarch projections suggest its tractor can directly reduce 1% of GHG emissions, while regenerative practices enabled by Monarch can reduce 4% of GHG emissions.Farmers today face numerous challenges including labor shortages, effects of climate change, safety concerns, increased customer scrutiny for sustainability demands, government regulations, and more. Monarch Tractor addresses these issues by combining electrification, automation, machine learning, and data analysis to enhance farmer's existing operations, increase labor productivity and safety, and maximize yields to cut overhead costs and emissions.Monarch Tractor has helped customers cut their carbon footprint, improve field safety, streamline farming operations, and increase their bottom lines. Monarch Tractor will be the template for all future tractors in terms of an all-electric, driver optional and actionable intelligence features.---> Check out the Causeartist Partners here.---> Subscribe to the Causeartist Newsletter here.Listen to more Causeartist podcast shows hereFollow Grant on Twitter and LinkedInFollow Causeartist on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram

Agriculture has been advancing technologically for years. There are new inventions appearing left and right on a daily basis. Patrick, being the fan of technology that he is, brings an interesting perspective to the conversation of electric, self-driving tractors. The Monarch Tractor company is an interesting one as it is attempting to present a new idea to an industry that is both quick to change, and stubborn to adopt new technology. Give the video a watch and let us know your thoughts! Monarch Video: https://youtu.be/ohiUTo-6rOc Patrick: Website: www.sillymundanethings.com Twitter: @gameguy2006 New podcast: https://anchor.fm/ubiquitous-methods Contact Us: Website: http://www.talkagtome.com/ Email: TalkAgToMe@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkAgToMe35 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkagtome/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkAg_ToMe Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXDTj5smg45bzFkaRDoAQ7A --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/talk-ag-to-me/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talk-ag-to-me/support

Sustainability will play a major role in shaping the future of farming!The biggest changes that have to be made to create sustainable farms are the farm input and the machines utilized. Companies in this industry are leveraging technology to come up with ways of making the above changes while still being mindful of the farm produce quality.So far, it is working! The current technological advancements are making farming cheaper and more friendly to newbie farmers. This is bound to promote the mass adoption of sustainable farming strategies.In this episode, the second part out of two, Ed Bernardon interviews Carlo Mondavi, grandson of Napa Valley icon Robert Mondavi, and founder/Chief Farming Officer of Monarch Tractor. Carlo is also a farmer and one of the owners of RAEN Winery. We'll talk about the impact their autonomous tractor is having on the farming industry as well as what the future of farming looks like.Some Questions I Ask:How many tractors can a single operator run? (06:40)What's the role of data analytics in all this and how do you collect it? (08:46)Do you foresee a future where AI will play a bigger role? (13:00)What do you see as the next two or three steps in farming in the next 5 to 10 years? (21:59)How are we going to be making wine in the year 2050? (24:55)What You'll Learn in this Episode:How Monarch will help in getting rid of chemical use in the farms (03:24)How the Monarch tractor removes weed without hurting the vine (05:05)Challenges that farmers are facing during the harvest season (07:28)How technology is making it easier to become a farmer (16:24)Some of the Monarch's challenge success stories (19:07)Connect with Carlo Mondavi: LinkedInMonarch TractorRAEN WineryConnect with Ed Bernardon:LinkedInFuture Car: Driving a Lifestyle RevolutionMotorsports is speeding the way to safer urban mobilitySiemens Digital Industries Software Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you eat today, thank a farmer!Farming is one of the most important aspects of human life as we know it. It's also one of the biggest contributors to environmental pollution which is causing climate change that threatens our lives as we know it. Simply put, we can't live without farming - but how can we live with it!This is where sustainable farming comes in, and one of the ways to promote it is by using eco-friendly, cost effective farming machines. For instance, an electric tractor which reduces a farm's carbon footprint while also autonomous to reduce operating costs.In this episode, the first part out of two, Ed Bernardon interviews Carlo Mondavi, grandson of Napa Valley icon Robert Mondavi, and founder/Chief Farming Officer of Monarch Tractor. Carlo is also a farmer and one of the owners of RAEN Winery. We'll talk about the use of autonomous electric tractors in implementing cost-effective and sustainable farming as well as learn a bit about what it takes to manage a vineyard and turn grapes into a fine wine. Some Questions I Ask:How did the idea of the Monarch Tractor come about? (02:24)What's the meaning of the farmer-first mentality? (12:42)Do you have a lot of competitors? (21:43)How did your grandfather's influence help you get to where you are today? (24:28)Where did the name RAEN come from? (35:01)What You'll Learn in this Episode:The origin of the name ‘Monarch Challenge' (03:27)The problems that the Monarch Tractor is meant to solve (14:39)How the autonomous tractor is able to save on cost and time (18:47)The impact that stainless steel has on the taste of the wine (30:24)What prompted the idea of skincare products made from grapes (33:32)Connect with Carlo Mondavi: LinkedInMonarch TractorRAEN WineryConnect with Ed Bernardon:LinkedInFuture Car: Driving a Lifestyle RevolutionMotorsports is speeding the way to safer urban mobilitySiemens Digital Industries Software Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast we take a look at CNH Industrial's third quarter results and how they have adjusted their 4Q outlook amid component availability issues. In the Technology Corner, Michaele Paukner explores new AI technology being used for weed control from Carbon Robotics. Also in this episode, an update on the Deere strike and how it is impacting dealer revenue, how McFarlane Manufacturing is battling workforce and supply challenges and an update on Monarch Tractor's licensing agreement with CNH Industrial.

Host Brandon Cardwell speaks with Monarch Tractor Co-Founder and President, Mark Schwager about how the electric tractor startup is turning Livermore into ground zero of the food and agriculture revolution. Mark has over a decade of experience leading manufacturing organizations and has developed over 16 million square feet of manufacturing space. Mark previously served as head of the Tesla Gigafactory, leading the project from concept phase to construction. He also led the operations planning team and built the business systems for Tesla's Fremont factory and held senior roles at Romeo Power and Zoox. Mark holds a BS in Policy Analysis and Management from Cornell University and a MBA from Washington University in St Louis

In this episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” Kasey Cronquist, president of the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), and Rod Cook, industry veteran and the chair of the Blueberry Technology and Innovation Committee, sit down with Praveen Penmetsa, founder and CEO ofhttps://www.monarchtractor.com/ ( Monarch Tractor). While the blueberry industry isn't known for being tractor-centric, this tractor will be part of the Innovate 2021 Technology Symposium, and it is one of the companies that is looking for ways to improve efficiency, reduce costs and promote sustainability. This company is reimagining what a tractor can be as an electric autonomous machine able to match the performance of traditional options. “Our technology acts as a bridge between farm economics and sustainability. And to be honest, just the diesel savings is not a compelling value proposition for farmers. So that's where the diesel savings plus labor savings plays in. So our tractor is a solution for that, and we are hoping that our tractor will bridge that gap.” - Praveen Penmetsa “We believe that our tractor can play a role in allowing farmers to tell their stories directly to the consumer versus having all these people in between tell that story for them. So that's how we focused on the small tractor. That's why we are in fruits and vegetables. And that's why it's a 40 horsepower tractor.” - Praveen Penmetsa   Topics covered include: Introducing the use of the electric autonomous tractor for blueberry production opportunities. How these tractors can benefit the producer, the process of their development and the strategy in implementing them. Looking at this new technology and its ability to complement current farm implements.   Crop Report The Blueberry Crop Report is an update on crop conditions and markets throughout North and South America. In this episode, you'll hear from Luis Vegas in Peru. This was recorded on September 22, 2021. Marketing Boost National Pancake Day is Sunday, September 26! This is the perfect opportunity to promote adding a boost of blue to everybody's favorite breakfast. In this week's marketing boost, USHBC/NABC Vice President of Marketing and Communications Jennifer Sparks shares how to capitalize on opportunities like this to get people buzzing about blueberries.   Fall Event Registration You can still register to attendhttps://www.blueberryevents.org/ ( Innovate 2021: USHBC+NABC Tech Symposium and Fall Meetings), Sept. 27-Oct.1, virtually! The virtual attendance option includes the Tech Symposium, Tech Tours and a host of USHBC committee meetings. While the event is at capacity for in-person attendance, interested stakeholders can register to participate virtually via a la carte pricing listedhttps://www.blueberryevents.org/fall21/registration ( here).

Praveen Penmetsa is the co-founder and CEO of Monarch Tractor, an agtech company developing an electric, driver-optional compact tractor. Praveen has nearly two decades of hands-on experience in translating creative visions into products for startups to Fortune 50 companies alike. He co-currently serves as founder and CEO of Motivo Engineering, a product-engineering firm with clients in the Mobility, Energy, AgTech, and Aerospace sectors.  Praveen joins us to talk through the founding story, product development, market dynamics within agriculture, and much more. Tune in! Show Notes: https://themodernacre.com/190

In this episode of Before IT Happened, Donna chats with Carlo Mondavi, a descendant of Napa Valley wine royalty and a leading advocate for sustainable agriculture and organic and biodynamic farming. Carlo's grandfather Robert Mondavi founded the family winery in 1966 in Northern California and passed on his passion for wine and organic farming. Today Carlo is dedicated to The Monarch Challenge, a program to educate, encourage and connect communities to farming without chemicals. In 2013, Carlo also opened Raen Winery with his brother Dante, where they specialize in their grandfather's favorite grape, pinot noir. Listen now and be inspired by Carlo's passion for great wine, fruitful farming, and a healthier earth.   Before any world-changing innovation, there was a moment, an event, a realization that sparked the idea before it happened. This is a podcast about that moment — about that idea. Before IT Happened takes you on a journey with the innovators who imagined — and are still imagining — our future. Join host Donna Loughlin as her guests tell their stories of how they brought their visions to life.   JUMP STRAIGHT INTO: (01:23) -  Robert Mondavi's story and the wine legacy of his family: “Even though my family has been making wine for a hundred years, the challenges that we have faced, like prohibition, kept us very humble.” (07:04) - A brief detour: Leaving the California vineyards for snowy mountains: “I went to a school in Colorado where during the wintertime there was a snowboard team. That was where I started with the snowboard.” (10:37) - Anne-Claude Leflaive, biodynamics and a life-changing trip to Burgundy: “I remember her talking about farming, about this connection to the land, and about biodynamics and biodynamics at the time was a crazy idea.” (17:13) - The problem with the chemical industry and getting involved with Monarch: “I got involved in this so that we could bridge those divides and we could solve these major pain points for farmers, farms, and agricultural communities.”  (26:45) - The Monarch Challenge and introducing the Monarch Tractor: “There was a massive pain on so many levels that we needed to solve. We needed to automize, electrify and clean up our carbon footprint with farming.” (35:52) - A farmer-first company: Creating technology for all farmers' benefit:  “We want to be a solution to making farmers safer, healthier, happier, and more profitable at the end of the day, so that we can continue to do what we love.” (43:06) - Leading this movement through technology: “I see a really bright future in agriculture, and it's not just in getting rid of the chemicals, it's in making farms more successful and more profitable.” EPISODE RESOURCES: Connect with Carlo through https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlo-mondavi-063792a0/ (LinkedIn) and https://twitter.com/CarloMondavi (Twitter) Join https://www.themonarchchallenge.org/ (The Monarch Challenge) Read https://daily.sevenfifty.com/why-organic-winegrowing-can-be-more-profitable-than-conventional/?utm_content=175992737&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-20330166 (Why Organic Winegrowing Can Be More Profitable Than Conventional) featuring Carlo https://youtu.be/xcpi4vR-_44 (See the Monarch Tractor in action) and learn more about https://www.monarchtractor.com/ (Monarch Tractor) Follow Monarch Tractor on https://twitter.com/MonarchTractor (Twitter) and https://www.instagram.com/monarch_tractor/?hl=en (Instagram)  Learn more about https://www.raenwinery.com/ (Raen Winery) Before IT Happened is produced by Donna Loughlin and https://www.studiopodsf.com/ (StudioPod Media) with additional editing and sound design by https://nodalab.com/ (Nodalab). The Executive Producer is Katie Sunku Wood, and all episodes are written by Jack Buehrer. Thank you for listening! Follow Before IT Happened on https://www.instagram.com/beforeithappened/ (Instagram) and...

On this episode, I spoke speak with Praveen Penmetsa, the CEO of the smart and electric tractor Silicon Valley startup Monarch. Before founding the company, he spent two decades developing core technology and full products across energy, mobility, agricultural tech, and even aviation. Since 2010, his company Motivo Engineering has completed over 540 projects: from drone controls and luxury aircraft seats; to automation in meat processing and broccoli transplant machines; to autonomous delivery vehicles and electric speed boats. We talked about the challenges of electrifying farming, the long road to autonomy, and some of the other cool projects he's worked on in the past. Praveen has nearly two decades of hands-on experience in translating creative visions into products for startups to Fortune 50 companies alike. His formative years were spent building race cars and new mobility solutions under highly compressed timelines and in the last 4 years he has focused his efforts in Agtech solutions. He co-currently serves as founder and CEO of Motivo Engineering, a product-engineering firm with clients in the Mobility, Energy, AgTech, and Aerospace sectors and Monarch Tractor. Praveen holds an MSME in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. He loves the creative energy that permeates the product engineering lifecycle, especially on seemingly impossible projects. https://golomb.net/ (Find me) https://golomb.net/pitching/ (Online Course "Pitching Like A Boss") https://www.drakestar.com/ (Drake Star Partners) Support this podcast

Sometimes to give meaning to our work, we need to remember who we are and where we came from. In this episode of Before It Happened, Donna speaks with Praveen Penmetsa, co-founder and CEO of two groundbreaking startups — one of which is revolutionizing the agricultural industry.  While Praveen's love for cars and engineering brought him to the United States, it was his family's farming background in India that gave him the idea for Monarch Tractor. Through his newest venture, Praveen and his team have developed the first electric tractor that can also produce enough energy to power a home. As Praveen likes to say, Monarch is “the bridge between farm sustainability and farm economics in one product.”  Listen now and learn how every moment of this engineer's life — from his childhood in Southern India poring over American auto magazines to working on race cars in Huntington Beach — led to his revolutionary idea for the future of farming.  Before any world-changing innovation, there was a moment, an event, a realization that sparked the idea before it happened. This is a podcast about that moment — about that idea. Before IT Happened takes you on a journey with the innovators who imagined — and are still imagining — our future. Join host Donna Loughlin as her guests tell their stories of how they brought their visions to life. Jump straight into: (00:53) - Praveen's Agricultural background and his interest in cars and technology - “I would have all these dreams of, ‘Oh yeah I've got to go to California and drive these fast cars and play with all of this high-tech,' from quiet old computer magazines and car magazines.” (04:15) - Finding his first job after graduation - “I threw everything I owned into my car and drove across the country for two days nonstop to start work at Huntington Beach.” (09:26) - Praveen's first startup: Accelerating high-technology products to the market - “It was super cool to have a car that I touched and worked on on the cover of Road & Track, a magazine that I used to buy on the sidewalks in India for like 10 rupees.” (12:52) - Monarch: The first electric tractor comes to life - “It definitely was the first lithium-ion tractor that could also power things. So not only could it be charged from a solar panel directly, we had power plugs that we could power things off the tractor.'” (19:23) - Helping farmers worldwide and pushing agriculture forward - “We see ourselves as a bridge between farm economics and sustainability. It's the one thing, probably the only thing that connects farm sustainability and farm economics in one product.” (24:38) - How to make it through the pandemic - “At a time of COVID where most businesses are shut down, farmers were very impacted because of the supply chain disruptions.” (27:05) - The tractor's reception: Would Elon Musk like it? - “I don't know what our Silicon Valley leaders would think about it, but we do know what farmers think about it and we are happy with their reaction.” Episode resources Connect with Praveen on https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveenpenmetsa/ (LinkedIn) See the https://youtu.be/xcpi4vR-_44 (Monarch Tractor in action) Learn more about https://www.monarchtractor.com/ (Monarch Tractor) Follow Monarch Tractor on https://twitter.com/MonarchTractor (Twitter )and https://www.instagram.com/monarch_tractor/?hl=en (Instagram) Learn more about https://www.motivo.com/ (Motivo Engineering)  Read Praveen's interview on the https://medium.com/authority-magazine/praveen-penmetsa-of-monarch-tractor-and-motivo-engineering-5-things-we-must-do-to-inspire-the-815707d642a1 (5 Things We Must Do To Inspire The Next Generation About Sustainability And The Environment) Before IT Happened is produced by Donna Loughlin and https://www.studiopodsf.com/ (Studio Pod Media) with additional editing and sound design by https://nodalab.com/ (Nodalab). The show coordinator is Deanna Morenci with audio engineering provided by Dave Clarke

The fifth breakout session from the second day of our Future of Wine Americas 2021 conference   Speakers: - Carlo Mondavi, co-founder & chief farming officer Monarch Tractor, co-founder winegrower, RAEN winery   Moderator: Toby Webb, co-founder, Sustainable Wine

This company wants to transform the mechanical tractor into an all-electric, driver-optional smart machine.

The fifth session from the first day of our Future of Wine Americas 2021 conference   Speakers: - Laura Diaz, winemaker and general manager, Ehlers Estate - Jon Entine, executive director, Genetic Literacy Project - Randall Grahm, founder, Bonny Doon Vineyard - Carlo Mondavi, co-founder & chief farming officer Monarch Tractor, co-founder winegrower RAEN winery Moderator: Toby Webb, co-founder, Sustainable Wine

EPISODE 23, SEASON 2: This week we speak with Carlo Mondavi of RAEN Winery and Monarch Tractor. His family's legacy in California wines is 102 years old, yet Carlo is bringing winemaking and farming generally into the future with regenerative agriculture and 'beyond organic' principles. Learn more about his history, philosophy, award-winning wines, and vision for the next 100 years in an episode worth toasting!ABOUT THE SERIES: Future of XYZ is a weekly interview series dedicated to fostering forward-thinking discussions about where we are as a world and where we're going. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit future-of.xyz and follow on social media... IG: @futureofxyz Twitter: @lgralnek | LinkedIn: @lisagralnek, @lvg-co-strategy

Monarch Tractor: The World’s Smartest, Fully Electric, Autonomous Tractor.

Monarch Tractor: The World’s Smartest, Fully Electric, Autonomous Tractor.

The digital transformation continues to upend industries and connect the world in new and innovative ways. But one industry remained untouched until recently: agriculture. In this episode, we're joined by Praveen Penmetsa, CEO/Founder of Monarch Tractor & Motivo, to discuss how he's revolutionizing the agriculture industry by bringing automation and connectivity to farms around the world. Topics that we covered: - Transforming a stagnant industry - Challenges of working in an agricultural environment - The merits of a modular vs. a non-modular approach to product development - How connected devices will change our lives in meaningful ways Over The Air

The digital transformation continues to upend industries and connect the world in new and innovative ways. But one industry remained untouched until recently: agriculture. In this episode, we’re joined by Praveen Penmetsa, CEO/Founder of Monarch Tractor & Motivo, to discuss how he’s revolutionizing the agriculture industry by bringing automation and connectivity to farms around the world. Topics that we covered: - Transforming a stagnant industry - Challenges of working in an agricultural environment - The merits of a modular vs. a non-modular approach to product development - How connected devices will change our lives in meaningful ways Over The Air

Show Notes: https://themodernacre.com/104