Last year, Deere tested the EZTow autonomous tow-tractor, moving combine harvester cabs from staging to the assembly line on an exterior route at John Deere Harvester Works in Illinois, and will now deploy the solution globally.

The e-shuttle service is designed to reduce CO2 emissions during the first transport leg of construction machines from the Volvo CE factory in France, and increase efficiency by optimizing the loading of each truck trailer that leaves the yard.