Chennai: India’s first ‘field ready’ electric tractor ‘Tiger Electric’ has been unveiled by Sonalika.

According to the company, it has been designed in Europe and developed in-house to deliver seamless power as well as emission free, noiseless farming in India and across the globe.

Tiger Electric is powered by a IP67 compliant 25.5 kW natural cooling compact battery to ensure 1/4th running costs against the traditionally used diesel. The innovative, high quality battery of Tiger Electric tractor can be fully charged with a regular home charging point in 10 hours, which reduces the effort of frequent travelling to petrol pumps for refuel. It is available for booking at an introductory price of Rs 5.99 lakh (ex-showroom).