We are seeing more and more electric forklifts on the market, with improved performance and greater lifting capacity.
Part of this, no doubt, is because of growing environmental awareness and the need to limit emissions, especially indoors.
As we see with this week's launch of some big electric trucks from Linde, the new models aim to allow customers to switch to electric trucks without having to "forego the familiar performance, ground clearance, robustness, decoupled driver's cabins and the ergonomic features" associated with popular ICE equivalents.
We also report on new electric models from Yale and Noblelift.
Pardon the pun, but it won't come as a shock when this market increases over time, especially as battery technology improves and the cost of lithium-ion technology reduces.