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User priorities drive motive power choice
| 题名： | User priorities drive motive power choice |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | ROBERTO MICHEL |
| 摘要： | The proverbial fork in the road comes fast when an operation starts looking at all the power choices available for lift truck fleets. The options include lead-acid batteries, which remain the bulk of the market for electric trucks used indoors; newer advanced twists on lead-acid such as thin-plate pure lead (TPPL) designed for opportunity charging; and lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries in multiple chemistries, which boast impressive productivity gains for higher volume, multi-shift operations because of their fast opportunity charging and other advantages. Hydrogen fuel cells are another option, and oh yes, you can opt for "drop-in" Li-ion batteries, or integrated Li-ion solutions where the truck is designed around the more compact battery size. But all those options can get confusing if you don't let your fleet and application needs guide you in the right direction. "The first place to start, before jumping to any conclusions about a single technology, is to consider what the operation is trying to achieve by making a change," says Martin Boyd, vice president of product planning and solutions with lift truck OEM Hyster Company. "What are the pain points that are causing them to consider different options?" |
| 出版年： | 2023 |
| 期刊名称： | Logistics Management |
| 卷： | 62 |
| 期： | 1 |
| 页码： | 42-47 |
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