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On March 14, 2013 I had talked about how BMW was bullish on fuel cell forklifts and other materials handling units. At that time, at their Spartanburg, SC manufacturing facility, BMW had just purchased 100 fuel cell material handling units. Now, BMW has decided to expand by purchasing 175 more Plug Power units for the • Read More »

It’s no secret that the market for fuel cell forklifts and other materials handling units have been red hot for the past 2 years in the USA. Several thousand units have been either deployed or ordered over that time period. Knowing this, British company ITM Power wants to get in on the emerging European Union • Read More »

Proctor and Gamble (P&G) has decided to ditch the battery operated forklifts and instead convert 200 of them to hydrogen fuel cell power instead. The decision was made to convert battery powered forklifts at three facilities in Louisiana, California and North Carolina. Plug Power, Incorporated will be in charge of making the conversions and putting • Read More »

Since 2007, I have been talking about the benefits of hydrogen fuel cell forklifts in warehouses inside and outside the U. S. borders. Canada has been an early adopter, especially the Walmart distribution centers in Western part of this country. In the city of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada (on the Eastern side of our neighbors to • Read More »

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 »