Archives: Hydrogen Forklifts

I’ve talked about Air Liquide before as a major hydrogen gas supplier that is already making money in the emerging fuel cell vehicle marketplace. According to the Houston Chronicle, Air Liquide is high on fuel cell forklifts for the near future and other types of hydrogen-powered vehicles for the long run. According to the Chronicle, • Read More »

Crown Equipment Corporation out of New Bremen, Ohio has made a crowning achievement by building its 500th hydrogen fuel cell forklift for commercial sale. This number is in addition to the forklifts Crown already has in action that have been retrofitted with fuel cells. According to Crown, “A Crown SR 5000 Series moving-mast reach truck • Read More »

Yesterday I talked about the near future commercialization of the Class-B Big Rig Tyrano Truck from Vision Industries. Now, I would like to talk about the present day commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell materials handling vehicles such as forklifts and palette trucks. In fact over the past couple of years I’ve talked about fuel cell • Read More »

I like talking about hydrogen forklifts, so much so that I have a category dedicated just to this subject. The fact is that hydrogen fuel cell forklifts are being commercialized now and used in industrial settings because they offer many advantages over battery or fossil fueled powered forklifts. I won’t outline all of the benefits • Read More »

Coca-Cola Incorporated has purchased, received and are using 37 Plug Power GenDrive fuel cell powered Caterpillar lift trucks at their 250,000 square foot facility in San Leandro, California. This is their second such commercial order. The first was at the Charlotte, NC production center in 2009 where they purchased 40 such vehicles. To add to • Read More »

Companies are getting wise to the merits of using hydrogen forklifts and palette trucks for cleaning up the indoor air quality of large warehouse facilities. And, hydrogen forklifts are not something I’ve been shy in talking about. I’ve made 15 posts about hydrogen forklifts in the last 10 months. I’ve also talked about FedEx testing • Read More »

BMW has been developing hydrogen cars since 1979. Their latest vehicle is the dual fuel BMW Hydrogen 7 which can run on either compressed H2 gas or gasoline with the press of a button. But, what has been missing from most of the major automaker’s lineup is the use of hydrogen fuel cell forklifts at • Read More »

I always like reading about self-interested companies using other technology saying that hydrogen fuel cell technology is years away and that some form of battery is what businesses should buy for at least the next 10 years. This is exactly what is being said in this article. The main (erroneous) points the article makes are • Read More »

I’ve talked about hydrogen forklifts before as well as palette trucks and other H2 vehicles within a large warehouse setting. I’ve also talked about some of the biggest players who are using these commercial hydrogen vehicles for the benefits of clean indoor air plus their ability to run for hours and short refueling times. This • Read More »

Yes, there have been a few commercial hydrogen fuel cell production cars built (such a by Honda and Daimler) but they have been for lease and not for sale. Yesterday I talked about hydrogen fuel cell Sysco forklifts and palette trucks powered by Plug Power Gendrive systems possibly being the first commercial production hydrogen fuel • Read More »