Italian driveline specialist, Carraro Group has used Agritechnica 2025 to announce two OEM partnerships, demonstrating the corporate’s increasing position in each standard and electrical off-highway car drivetrains.
Carraro revealed a renewed provide settlement with Wacker Neuson Group extending by 2029, alongside a brand new strategic partnership with French electrical tractor startup Seederal.
The prolonged Wacker Neuson settlement confirms Carraro as a key provider of full driveline techniques for the German producer’s Kramer and Weidemann telehandler ranges, in addition to Wacker Neuson wheel loaders. The partnership renewal follows years of collaboration between the 2 corporations.
“The energy of our partnership with the Wacker Neuson Group is constructed on a shared imaginative and prescient and mutual belief developed over time,” says Andrea Conchetto, Carraro Group CEO. “Collectively, we proceed to push the boundaries of agricultural and building gear mobility with options that ship efficiency, effectivity, and sustainability.”
The Seederal collaboration represents Carraro’s entry into agricultural electrification, combining the provider’s mechanical engineering capabilities with the French startup’s electrical car platform. On the coronary heart of the partnership is growth of an entire driveline that includes Carraro’s newest era transmission know-how, masking each electrical and hydraulic purposes by standardised merchandise.
Carraro has additionally engineered a brand new Impartial Entrance Unit (IFU) axle particularly for Seederal’s upcoming electrical tractor platform. In response to Carraro, the IFU, showcased at its Agritechnica sales space, options unbiased suspension designed to supply dynamic stability, terrain adaptability by unbiased wheel motion, and improved operator consolation by way of lowered vibration.
“This challenge highlights {our capability} to design superior mechanical techniques alongside modern OEMs,” says Conchetto. “Supporting Seederal with a high-performance, customised axle underlines our dedication to enabling the electrification of agriculture with best-in-class driveline options.”
“Designing a full electrical tractor requires rethinking each element, from the driveline to vitality administration. Collectively we’re laying the inspiration for a brand new era of agricultural machines designed for actual work, not lab demonstrations,” provides Arthur Rivoal, founder and govt chairman of Seederal.
Seederal’s electrical tractor challenge has secured €7.1 million in enterprise capital funding from corporations together with Supernova Make investments and Ankaa Ventures, plus €3.7 million from France’s France 2030 initiative. The startup goals to ship a 160hp tractor that includes an modern chassis-battery system.
Pictures: Carraro
