One thing we do know is that customers are going to want a sustainable option when look at medium to big trucks over 6,000kg. At the moment there a number of options for these trucks

A / lead acid battery the problem is they don't really have the range to last a full shift maximum range even at 6,000kg would be four - five hours then around eight hours charging and the maintenance side and charging infrastructure.



B / lithium - ion battery with intermittent charging they might do one shift but will definitely not do a double shift standard run time around six to seven hours another problem will be the storage capacity of the battery after only a couple of years work the storage capacity of the battery will have declined significantly plus lithium -ion battery trucks cost a lot more than standard electric trucks.

C / hydrogen fuel cell apart from the very high cost of the truck you have a very high cost of both the hydrogen and the hydrogen storage systems. Then you have the problems with the vibration of the truck that will damage the cells, cells will need rebuild around every 12 month.


D / Ammonia Hybrid engine truck, Ammonia has been proven over many years as a fuel for engines, way back after the second world war Belgium use ammonia to power buses with no one injured. The ammonia hybrid option has a range of around 20 hours a refill time of less than 10 minutes and can perfume as well or out perform any diesel counterpart on the market today.


So there you have it four options for the future of medium to heavy materials handling equipment.