If you ask me, John Deere should reenter the Passenger Car, Light-Duty Trick, Medium-Duty Truck, and Heavy-Duty Truck markets for the first time in a Century under the resurrected Velie brand.

Only this time around, that the Passenger Car, Light-Duty Trick, Medium-Duty Truck, and Heavy-Duty Trucks manufactured by Velie by John Deere going forward be powered by Battery Electric and Hydrogen Propulsion Systems.

Velie was originally founded as a Horse-Drawn Carriage manufacturing subsidiary of John Deere in January, 1902; by a grandson of John Deere by the name of Willard Velie.

In 1908, as Willard Velie could see the handwriting on the wall that the Motor Vehicle was going to supplant the Horse-Drawn Carriage as the main method of transportation, and as working vehicles; Willard Velie had designed and built the very first Velie Passenger Car.

Velie had also built small Aircraft, one of which had a model name called the Monocoupe, through successive companies purchasing the design and manufacturing rights throughout the remainder of the 20th Century; had continued into production until 1992:

http://www.aerofiles.com/_mono.html

When Willard Velie had passed away in September, 1928; and less than a year later, in March, 1929; Willard’s son Willard Velie Jr. had passed away. May Willard Sr. and Jr., and all other deceased Deere family members, see each other, and be together in Heaven, an Afterlife, and in other Universes.

After Willard Sr.’s death in the Autumn of 1928, Willard Jr., before his own death the following Spring; was unable to keep both the Velie Division of John Deere operating any longer. As a result, Willard Jr. shut down the Automobile and Motor Truck businesses in early 1929, and sold the Aircraft business arm to a St. Louis businessman, and a bankroller and intellectual supporter of Charles Lindbergh; by the name of Phil Ball. Mr. Ball would be the first of many successive individuals and companies that for the remainder of the 20th Century, until 1992; would continue production of the Monocoupe Airplane.

Moreover, after the deaths of Willard Sr. and Jr.; the Velie Division of John Deere would cease operation; and the Aircraft business arm was sold to Phil Ball, John Deere would cease control of the Velie Passenger Car, Truck, Tractor, and Aircraft Plant in Moline, Illinois.

Below is the location in Moline where the Velie/John Deere plant once stood. Only a wall that was once a part of the plant, with a commemorative, historical plaque placed on this wall; now stands as of the present day. Also, as of the present day; a newer plant where the John Deere Seeding Group is also housed in, stands on the site where the Velie/John Deere plant once stood.

The website for the Club and the Official Registry for Velie Passenger Car, Motor Trucks, Horse-Drawn Carriages, and even Tractors that were either badge engineered/rebadged John Deere products, or their own design(s) that competed directly with the parent company:

https://website4549866.nicepage.io/

An Article from Hemmings magazine about the Velie subsidiary of John Deere:

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/velie-cars