Today on the podcast I chat to Alex de Boer from The Electric Motor Vehicle Company from the deep south of Invercargill. Alex has a varied history from farming to engineering, building to finance and is now a key part of the entrepreneurial innovation behind the electrification of farm machinery in Aotearoa NZ.

For context in this podcast, since catching up with Mike Casey in Season One, I have since gone to to start up another company called Solayer focused on supporting farmers with integrated energy solutions on farm and this conversation with Alex touches on a key part of that - where once we put the infrastructure in, how can we leverage off that incredibly cheap source of energy by shifting fossil fuel machinery to electric? The lowest hanging fruit of this for me has been irrigation pumps and the small transport machines like UTV…and that’s where Alex comes in.

But we don’t just talk energy and UTVs in this conversation. Alex shares with us his thoughts around sustainability in farming, along with some key developments he’s seen in his time around soil additives, wintering barns and biochar. The most exciting part of this conversation to me is the potential for UTVs to be portable power plants and this is definitely something we are looking at offering through our work at Solayer in the not to distant future.

Episode Resources:

The Electric Motor Vehicle website | https://electricmv.co.nz

Solayer Website | https://www.solayer.co.nz

To find out more about the Agrisea products mentioned…head to their website | https://agrisea.co.nz

For more information about Biochar | https://biochar.net.nz

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