Source
https://agtecher.com/product/monarch-mk-v/ — original source (opens in a new tab; the file is not redistributed)
Context: ni · Feeds D02 + D01 (farm-machinery electrification factor)
Summary
The Monarch MK-V is the electric tractor deployed at Forest Lodge Orchard, and its specification supplies the electric-energy side of the model’s electrification factor (kWh of electricity per litre of diesel displaced). Pairing the rated battery energy and runtime against the diesel tractor it replaces gives about 1.3 kWh per litre on a same-task basis, far below the conservative interim of 3.0. The manufacturer publishes battery capacity and runtime but no metered consumption rate, so the derived factor is a spec-based proxy graded medium.
Key claims
- claim: "MONARCH MK-V RATED ENERGY (the electric side of the electrification factor). Battery nameplate 80 kWh; 70 HP peak / 40 HP continuous (PTO); runtime 10-14 hours per charge; charging 80 A / 19.2 kW (about 5-6 hours). [verified against the raw: 80 kWh, 40 HP, 70 HP, 12 and 14 hour all confirmed by text extraction]"
source_location: "AgTecher Monarch MK-V product spec (battery, HP, runtime, charge rate); corroborated by monarchtractor.com and allelectrictractors.com."
- claim: "MONARCH MK-V STARTING PRICE (the electric-machinery CapEx sensitivity for RT_401). Starting price USD 88,999 (base configuration). At about 1.68 NZD/USD that is roughly NZD 150,000, about 3x the NZD 25,700-51,150 diesel compact tractor. ⚠ Monarch's own site is price-on-application (no public price); 88,999 is a third-party listing figure. [verified against the raw: 88,999 confirmed by text extraction on the captured AgTecher page]"
source_location: "AgTecher Monarch MK-V product spec (starting price, on the captured page)."Model use
- Firms
farm_electrification_kwh_per_l. Derived factor ~1.3 kWh/L (band 1.1-1.6), medium confidence. Arithmetic (labelled derivation, not a source figure): 80 kWh / 10-14 hr = ~5.7-8 kWh/hr; the ~40-50 HP-equivalent diesel it replaces burns ~5-7 L/hr (orchard part-load) = ~1.1-1.5 kWh/L. An electric sprayer “85% less energy” cross-check implies ~1.6. Replaces the interim 3.0. URL_036 - Basis note for the modeling work: ~1.3 is a same-task factor (real litres burned to real kWh for the same job). It is NOT the ~4 kWh/L same-useful-work figure (Rewiring’s “electric is four times better”); because the model’s diesel baseline is real diesel a real tractor burns, the same-task ~1.3 is the correct basis. Do NOT divide tractor kWh by the whole-farm 10,000 L/yr in CR_034 (that is whole-farm fossil displacement, not tractor-only, and gives a spurious ~0.4). URL_036
- Electric-machinery CapEx sensitivity (RT_401). Monarch MK-V starting price USD 88,999 (~NZD 150,000), about 3x the diesel compact tractor + loader (NZD 25,700-51,150 ex-GST, URL_039). ⚠ Third-party listing figure; Monarch is price-on-application and Forest Lodge is NZ’s only unit, so treat as an indicative electric-vs-diesel multiplier, not a firm NZ price. URL_036
Retrieval provenance
- Upstream source: agtecher.com Monarch MK-V product specification, corroborated against monarchtractor.com (official, omits battery kWh) and allelectrictractors.com.
- Prepared by: a retrieval pass via WebFetch on 2026-07-26; the captured spec page HTML is the raw at source_path.
- Verification: the spec figures (80 kWh, 40/70 HP, 10-14 hr, 19.2 kW) are verbatim from the captured page; 80 kWh corroborated across two third-party spec sites. The ~1.3 kWh/L factor is a labelled derivation, not a figure stated by any source; graded medium accordingly.
Notes
- Role. The electric-energy basis for the electrification factor; the diesel side and the deployment context are in CR_034 / OT_066.
- Caveat. No metered kWh/hr is published, so the factor is spec-derived. A direct figure from an interviewee (INT_008) would upgrade it to metered.
- Scope. context ni, feeds d02 + d01. Retrieval batch rt_farm_machinery_2026-07-26. No RT opened.
Connections
Links to
Sources (3): CR_034 · OT_066 · URL_039
EDT domains (2): D01: Renewable Energy & Storage Systems · D02: Smart Food Systems & Agriculture
Referenced by
EDT domains (2): D01: Renewable Energy & Storage Systems · D02: Smart Food Systems & Agriculture
Sources (1): URL_039