Switching to electric
At your next operations meeting, how are you going to justify locking your company in to a combustion-powered fleet for the next several years?
The electric revolution has begun.
Making the switch from LPG or internal combustion to an entire electric fleet may seem, to some, like stepping into the unknown. We understand that in 2024, a company’s main aim can be to simply stay operational and increase profits in the short term. Businesses want to achieve maximum throughput at minimal cost. We get it.
- LPG and other internal combustion forklifts cost more to maintain than battery powered forklifts
- Combustion engines frequently fail to meet sustainability requirements
- Handling LPG tanks and flammable liquids can jeopardize your operators’ health & safety
Net-zero promises. Time is ticking…
With leading world governments promising net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and combustion engines contributing over 21 billion tons (20 billion metric tonnes) of CO2 each year, the change to battery powered forklifts is a sound move. As your fiercest competitors start their transition into a sustainable new world, can you afford to be left behind, shuffling along at the back?
Since 67% of customers intend to hold their supply chain responsible for sustainability measures, if operations won’t match the sustainability targets of their current & future customers, they probably won’t win contracts either.
Will that injury reduce your workforce?
Let’s consider every time a LPG tank is changed in an internal combustion forklift.
Is your forklift and forklift operator now completely out of service? Does that effect your throughput? Has the operator been properly trained to change LPG tanks correctly? How much did that training cost the business in both time and money? Could the operator injure themselves? Will that injury reduce your workforce? Do you have cover? The below statistics force us to consider these critical safety questions.
Cold hard facts from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE)
- Over 470,000 workers suffer from a work-related musculoskeletal condition.
- 565,000 people sustained workplace injuries - with 18% of that number caused by handling, lifting, or carrying.
Combustion-powered forklifts cost 40% more to maintain than battery powered forklifts
Wholesale liquid LPG costs have increased 112% since 2020. Can your operation afford to absorb that? These rises are forcing smart businesses to make investment decisions sooner than expected. The businesses making investment decisions later than expected? The shufflers? The pressure on their margins isn’t pretty.
Remember this for that Monday meeting: LPG forklifts cost 40% more to maintain than an electric powered forklift.
Need we say more?
Switch easily with EnerSys®
Now imagine an operation where your forklift charges while parked, has barely any downtime, and requires virtually no maintenance. Picture lower costs, a happy finance team and less harmful emissions for your forklift operators.
Switch with EnerSys® and you can boast:
- Lower carbon emissions
- Increased throughput and decreased downtime
- Reduced maintenance costs
How do we do it?
To start with, we enter your fleet’s data into our EnSite™ modelling system. The system considers multiple battery and charger combinations to find you a solution that delivers your required throughput levels at the lowest ownership cost.
Our project team will take this information, speak to you, and speak to your materials handling equipment partners to develop a solution which meets the requirements of your operation.
If that isn’t enough to convince your finance and operations teams that you need to switch to electric, then learn how much you can save by converting your fleet to electric power today (and remember to bring those figures to your next operations meeting…)
Learn how much you can save by converting your fleet to electric power today.