Hi wicks40, as with traditional forklifts, the charge time depends on the combination of battery and charger employed together with the SOC of the battery when the charge commences.

If you take our most common combination which is 80V270ah in conjunction with a 200amp charger, based on charging from 20% to 100%, the charge time would be 1.08 hours.

But the battery need never be recharged back to 100%. All you need is sufficient charge to keep the truck working until the next period of rest or break when the battery can be charged again.

If you need to know more, please contact me initially via my LinkedIn page and I will be pleased to discuss the truck, battery and charger in more detail with you.

PS - all of our ECB chargers are 440v, three phase and require a 32amp type D breaker.

Regards

Gary Winter
Country Manager - UK & Ireland, BYD Forklifts