Todd Janzen
Janzen Schroeder Agricultural Law
OPINION Tesla has sold more than 3 million cars worldwide. There’s no doubt automotive manufacturers are shifting research and development dollars toward making more electric vehicles to capture some of Tesla’s growing market dominance in the space. If you – like me – love cars, trucks and other motorized vehicles, it’s interesting to ponder what changes Tesla’s disruption will have on agriculture. I recently was asked to speculate about how Tesla might impact U.S. agriculture.
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