John Deere Showcases Expanded Autonomous Fleet to Address Labor Shortages

The agricultural giant unveils new self-driving tractors and vehicles at CES 2025, emphasizing their potential to mitigate workforce challenges in farming, construction, and landscaping.

John Deere introduced four new autonomous vehicles and a second-generation autonomy kit at CES 2025, aiming to expand machine capabilities beyond farming to construction and landscaping tasks.
The new hardware includes enhanced camera arrays with increased vision range and Nvidia Orin GPUs, enabling faster decision-making and improved navigation in tighter spaces like orchards and quarries.
John Deere frames its push for autonomy as a solution to labor shortages, citing challenges faced by the agricultural, construction, and landscaping industries in filling skilled positions.
The company plans to test the new autonomous technology with select cooperators in 2025 but has not confirmed a commercial release timeline for the vehicles or retrofit kits for older models.
Critics note the lack of discussion about repairability in Deere's presentation, an ongoing issue tied to right-to-repair disputes and investigations into the company's practices.

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