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How Tesla and Other EV Makers Could Disrupt Deere. It Isn’t By Selling Tractors.

By
Al Root
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Elon Musk might disrupt Deere ‘s core agricultural equipment market without even trying.

No, there isn’t some secret Tesla (ticker: TSLA) plan to sell electrically-powered tractors. Nor is the issue electric-vehicle company’s ambitions to build robots, which could do a variety of jobs, possibly including plant and harvest crops .The issue for Deere (DE) and its investors comes down to corn demand.

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