The agricultural sector is facing several important productivity challenges that require a rethinking of traditional work methods. The proposed way to address this need for productivity improvement is to innovate and use smaller, lighter, hybrid or electric vehicles for certain tasks, with a sufficient level of automation to reduce the need for labour. An analysis of global trends shows how the agricultural vehicle market is changing, especially in the automation of field tasks. Indeed, a Wintergreen Research1 study on the global market and forecast 2014-2020 predicts that the size of the agricultural robot market will grow from $817 million in 2014 to $16.3 billion by 2020. In light of this rapidly evolving market, the IVI conducted a technology watch on innovative agricultural tractor projects and found that the industry is heavily invested in the creation of autonomous navigation systems, but also in the development of new vehicle architectures with plug-in hybrid electric drive. In this project, the partners will collaborate with IVI in the development of a new concept of a cab-less, drive-by-wire, plug-in hybrid agricultural tractor (TAMHR) aimed at replacing hydraulic systems with fully electric systems. This new innovative tractor will be designed to perform repetitive and difficult agricultural tasks identified by farmers, such as mechanical weeding, soil and plant identification and characterisation.