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    Silicon Valley start-up debuts electric tractor

    Feb 26, 2021 2 minutes
    PHOTOS: MONARCH TRACTOR

    Based in California’s Silicon Valley and run by a team that includes big names such as former Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg, Monarch Tractor aims to start delivering its fully electric, autonomous tractor at a price tag of US$50 000 (about R730 000), by the end of this year.

    The company said in a statement released to announce the launch of the tractor that the machine would

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