Yale is a leading producer of zero emissions electric forklifts in the North American Market. The company was amongst the very first to start using other control technology and the energy efficient AC motor. Yale's continued pursuit of enhanced energy efficiency is enhanced further by competitive testing. These testing results feature that Yale's 5000 pound electric rider model provides the best energy efficiency, or energy utilized per load transported, of any lift truck in its category in North America.
Green Innovations
Yale introduced and developed an innovative electronically controlled transmission. This machine greatly reduces tire and brake wear for our ICE lift truck clients. For our electric trucks, the company has applied a system to recapture energy into the lift truck during braking and during the lowering of loads. This energy could then be reused. This specific process greatly lessens the overall energy consumption of the unit.
Yale has utilized a lot of inventive engineering techniques to lessen non-productive energy use throughout the vehicle by means of hydraulic system efficiency, drive train efficiency and weight reduction. There are still pending patents on the drive train efficiency.
Green Initiatives
Over the past few decades, Yale has gone the extra mile in making their lift trucks to be compatible with all the latest in alternative power technologies. Yale has implemented electric battery models and clean diesel fuels and LPG option. This practice is being upheld most recently, with the company being among the first to implement working fuel cells in actual applications.
Yale has supported numerous greener technologies through engineering teamwork. Furthermore, we have initiated a new system of field validation testing, and analysis. Right now, we are investigating in more effective battery chemistries and technologies, so as to reduce overall energy use, lessen toxic material content and increase efficiency.
Yale is strongly committed to these green initiatives and they are reinforced by the company's participation in developing and setting new industry standards to adopt these greener technologies in a safe and reliable way.
Recyclability is one more key factor in Yale forklift design. Starting at the design stage, Yale actively selects materials for its forklifts keeping the recyclability factor in mind. Re-using materials as much as possible and having broken down items to be able to be sent for recycling keeps environmental sustainability at the forefront of our company and greatly reduces our footprint.