Archives: Hydrogen Forklifts

In May 2010, I wondered aloud whether or not fuel cell forklifts and palette trucks used in large warehouse settings, would in fact be the first commercial production hydrogen vehicles on the market. Now, there is more evidence that this is so. In Houston, Texas Sysco Inc. opened their new 585,000-square-foot food distribution facility. They • Read More »

Yesterday I talked about the possibility of hydrogen forklifts being the first commercial production fuel cell vehicles. Today I would like to follow up on the boom in use of hydrogen fuel cell forklifts in the everyday workplace and in our military. First, in the food warehouses sector a company called United Natural Foods, Incorporated • Read More »

I’ve talked about hydrogen powered lift trucks and forklifts a dozen times over the past few years. And, I’m about to add to this total, making it a baker’s dozen. A company called Genco was awarded $6.1 million as part of the U. S. government’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to purchase 25 hydrogen fuel • Read More »

With the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics in full swing and hydrogen fuel cell buses and Chevy Equinox FCVs carrying people to and fro plus the British Columbia Hydrogen Highway system in full use, there has been another development for Western Canada. In October 2007, I had talked about how the world’s largest retailer, Walmart was • Read More »

There has been a lot of development and commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell forklifts over the past couple of years. I’ve talked about FCV forklifts in the U. S. food industry, including Coca-Cola and FCV forklifts for Walmart. Outside the U. S. I’ve talked about fuel cell forklifts in Scandinavia and Germany. This past summer • Read More »