The New Holland T7 Methane Power LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) prototype tractor has won the 2023 Green Good Design Award.

The award, which is bestowed by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, identifies and emphasises the world’s most important examples of sustainable design, with the aim of heightening awareness among the general public about the best efforts of global companies to adopt sustainable design.

The winning model is described by the manufacturer as the world’s first liquefied natural gas-powered tractor. Seen for the first time during CNH Industrial's Tech Day in December 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona, the company says the T7 builds on the heritage of the commercialised T6 Methane Power, fuelled by compressed natural gas, but this new model will more than double the autonomy of their current methane-powered products.

CNH Industrial’s in-house design team say they created a tractor with a new ‘Clean Blue’ colour and " . .an aesthetic designed to accent the tractor’s use of sustainable alternative fuels."

Carlo Lambro, brand president of New Holland Agriculture said, "The New Holland T7 Methane Power LNG marries great design with great tech and innovation, the result of our continued investment of our energies in creating something that is not only useful, sustainable and functional, but also beautiful to see."