GREENVILLE, N.C. (June 4, 2026) – Yale Lift Truck Technologies announces lithium-ion batteries and chargers designed specifically for Yale lift trucks, including the newly-launched ERC-VG2 series. The purpose-built batteries and chargers avoid the compatibility concerns that can arise with third-party power solutions and provide a high-performance, maintenance-free, zero-emission power option at a competitive price point.
- Battery: Lithium-ion phosphate (LFP) chemistry offers performance and usability benefits, including improved heat stability, longer lifespan compared to other battery chemistries and fast, flexible charging. Modular size and capacity options allow operations to find the best option for their application and enable individual cells to be replaced, rather than an entire battery.
- Charging infrastructure: Chargers are designed for strategic placement throughout the warehouse, including high-traffic areas, to encourage opportunity charging during breaks or between shifts. Unlike charging lead-acid batteries, warehouses do not need to set aside space for spare battery packs and separate battery storage and charging rooms.
- Lift truck: System-level integration enables the battery to communicate with other systems, preventing truck operation during charging and enabling warnings that can enhance lift truck safety and performance, such as alerts for low charge or high temperatures. Real-time battery and truck data is also presented to managers through the Yale Visionä telemetry platform.
“Our goal is to give warehouses as frictionless an experience as possible,” said Ken Schreiber, Energy Solutions Leader, Yale Lift Truck Technologies. “The unified solution of advanced battery technology, chargers and lift trucks delivers on that promise, with easy day-to-day usability and performance, backed by the one-stop shop convenience of support from our local dealers.”
The battery and charger solutions are validated from the factory for each element to work as a fully integrated ecosystem that provides the reliable power fast-paced warehouses demand. The modular battery pack design enables service of individual modules, rather than requiring replacement of an entire pack. End-to-end service and warranty support for all Yale batteries, chargers and lift trucks is taken care of by the Yale dealer network, offering a single point of contact and avoiding the service headaches that can come from piecemeal solutions. Dealers also help customers assess their lift truck power and infrastructure requirements to create the best-fit solution based on site-specific needs.
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About Yale Lift Truck Technologies
Yale Lift Truck Technologies leverages over a century of material handling experience and substantial investment in innovation to bring the most advanced technology-driven lift truck solutions to market. The company offers a full line of award-winning lift trucks, including reach trucks, order pickers, turret trucks, pallet jacks and trucks, pallet stackers, tow tractors and counterbalanced forklifts, as well as powerful operator assist solutions, proven robotics and a wide range of power sources to help customers adapt to today’s demanding supply chain. Yale and its independent dealer network support these solutions with comprehensive after-sales service, parts, financing and training.
Yale Lift Truck Technologies is a division of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyster-Yale Inc. (NYSE:HY) which is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio and operates globally.
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