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slwvxabout 2 hours ago
I think the idea of an easy-to-service tractor (or other equipment) is much more appealing and important than that it have zero electronics. The article does not focus at all on the "zero electronics" angle, rather on the serviceability of the engine and tractor.

I guess the decision to put "zero electronics" in the title was made by some headline editor who thought it made for more clicks.

anenefanabout 1 hour ago
The idea of putting zero electronics was to appeal to those familiar with the many frustrated tractor owners who've got dog tired of POS revenue driven electronics being a necessary part of their more recent purchases. The title to them would indicate it was both not fly by wire as well as an absence of overly complicated control boxes being essential for the machine to work. Obviously the tractor has electrics which includes such things as lights, batteries, alternator and starter motor, and probably basic half century proven basic electronic components such that drives signals and instrumentation.

As a side note, there's not an adequate explanation for what P pumped injector means or its significance. [1]

[1] https://4btengines.com/6bt-vs-isb-comparing-the-p-pumped-12-...

burnt-resistor9 minutes ago
Vacuum/pneumatic, analog electric, and hydraulic control systems exist and are able to accomplish control functions comparable to proprietary computer-controlled systems with varying degrees of efficiency, accuracy, and precision. The root cause of the situation is greedy corporations who don't want to produce long-lasting, quality products and a lack of appropriate and sensible government regulations to prevent them from exploiting planned obsolescence and price gouging parts and support.
exabrialabout 3 hours ago
Brilliant, now please do cars!
burnt-resistor7 minutes ago
We should skip ICE and prefer open source, standardized EVs that can be homologated to numerous countries with minimized cost and effort.