{"id":184120,"date":"2026-04-08T12:25:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=184120"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:06:51","slug":"californian-monarch-tractor-collapse-puts-belgian-millions-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2026\/04\/08\/californian-monarch-tractor-collapse-puts-belgian-millions-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Instorting Californische Monarch-trekker brengt Belgische miljoenen in gevaar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>De Californische Monarch Tractor, <span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">een pionier op het gebied van zelfrijdende en \u2018slimme\u2019 elektrische tractoren, <\/span>is er slecht aan toe.\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Het bedrijf ontslaat bijna al zijn personeel, verhuurt zijn onderzoekssite en veilt zijn activa. De Vlaamse belastingbetaler en een aantal rijke Belgische industri\u00eble families (Colruyt, Toye, Adriaenssen-de Spoelberch, Thermote) dreigen het onderspit te delven.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Het Amerikaanse tractorbedrijf produceert volledig elektrische, autonome tractoren die kunnen ploegen, maaien, sproeien en ziekten kunnen opsporen.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Om zijn groei te financieren, haalde het in totaal 240 miljoen dollar (208 miljoen euro) op, onder meer bij Belgische investeerders. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Teleurstellende resultaten<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">De verkoopcijfers vielen echter tegen en Monarch besloot te stoppen met de productie van tractoren en zich in plaats daarvan te richten op de ontwikkeling en verkoop van technologie aan andere bedrijven. \u201c<\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">De vraag naar software is sterk en die naar landbouwmachines verzwakt,\u201d zei CEO Praveen Penmetsa destijds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Maar de afgelopen weken is het van kwaad tot erger gegaan, en de <\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">De activiteiten van de Amerikaanse fabrikant zijn bijna volledig tot stilstand gekomen. A<\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Volgens Amerikaanse media is de toekomst van het bedrijf hoogst onzeker.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Financi\u00eble kater<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Mocht Monarch failliet gaan, dan zal dat ook gevolgen hebben voor Belgi\u00eb. Het bedrijf heeft immers Vlaams en Belgisch kapitaal aangetrokken en wilde zelfs een <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2025\/12\/31\/monarch-stops-production-of-autonomous-e-tractor\/\">montagefabriek in Antwerpen<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Plannen die al waren afgeblazen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Het Belgische fonds Astanor Ventures, een investeringsfonds gelieerd aan de Taiwanese elektronicafabrikant Foxconn, evenals de Vlaamse publieke investeerder PMV en het Welvaartsfonds, legden geld op tafel. <\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Door de situatie bij Monarch Tractor dreigen die investeringen nu volledig te verdampen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Volgens de krant De Tijd heeft Vlaanderen naar verluidt 40 miljoen euro ge\u00efnvesteerd in de Amerikaanse fabrikant van zelfrijdende elektrische tractoren,<\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">\u00a0hoewel de betrokkenen geen commentaar geven op de recente ontwikkelingen in de Monarch-zaak.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Californian Monarch Tractor, a pioneer in self-driving and \u2018smart\u2019 electric tractors, is in dire straits.\u00a0The company lays off almost all of its staff, puts its research site up for rent, and auctions off its assets. The Flemish taxpayer and a number of wealthy Belgian industrial families (Colruyt, Toye, Adriaenssen-de Spoelberch, Thermote) risk losing out. 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The Flemish taxpayer and a number of wealthy Belgian industrial families (Colruyt, Toye, Adriaenssen-de Spoelberch, Thermote) risk losing out. The American tractor company produces fully electric, autonomous tractors that can plow, mow, spray, and detect diseases.\u00a0To finance its growth, it raised a total of 240 million dollars (208 million euros), including from Belgian investors. 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