Some modern tractors can almost drive themselves and now John Deere has taken the almost out of the equation with the 410-bhp 8R. It's not the world's first autonomous tractor.

The main highlight was a fully autonomous 8R tractor that attendees controlled themselves with an iPhone. All from 1,300 miles away, over exhibit hall Wi-Fi.

Heavy equipment maker John Deere demonstrated a fully autonomous tractor at CES 2022, touting the tech as a way to increase global food production in the face of labour shortages. Farmers will be able ...

Touted as a means to feed the world, John Deere combined its popular 8R tractor, a plow, GPS and 360-degree cameras to create a machine a farmer can control from a smartphone. Once the tractor is ...

John Deere’s ambitions in this space have been running for some time, and the company was showing off an autonomous tractor at this show in 2019. Back then, it said that its technology — which ...

MOLINE, Ill.— The maker of John Deere tractors and equipment says it’s investing $40-million in a plant in Brazil to build its line of popular 8R tractors for the South American market.

The 8R tractor has been in select customers’ hands for “a few seasons” now, according to John Deere. After all, like any kind of autonomous machinery, a self-driving tractor isn’t the kind ...

John Deere is literally on a new track with its latest 8R range of tractors – it is the first farm equipment manufacturer to produce a range of standard tractors offering three different drive ...

While most autonomous vehicles are meant to travel over the highway, John Deere’s new 8R tractor shown at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show will likely only traverse fields and it will do so… ...