Industrial vehicles cover a wide range from manufacturing pallet movers, through robots, construction vehicles and airport vehicles. These applications can be tough in terms of environment, 24/7 operation and in terms of their unique requirements.
Robot Battery Swap
The UBTECH Robotics Walker S2 robot battery swap demonstrates a robot that can operate indefinitely.
75kg humanoid robot has an average power demand of ~1.5kW with a peak of 2.5kW
LFP Technology made Electric Forklifts
The question is not whether electric is winning. It is why the pace accelerated so sharply, and why ICE holdouts that resisted for two decades are now converting.
By 2020, electric forklifts already outnumbered internal combustion engine-powered (ICE) shipments globally. In 2024, they accounted for 71 percent of North American retail orders according to the Industrial Truck Association, with Europe exceeding 70 percent. Electric trucks were always the rational indoor default; lead-acid batteries powered them reliably for generations. The trend line was never in doubt.