Yale is a top manufacturer of zero emissions electric forklifts in the North American Market. The company was among the very first to begin using other control technology and the energy efficient AC motor. Yale's continued pursuit of improved energy efficiency is improved further by competitive testing. All these testing results feature that the 5000 pound electric rider model made by Yale offers the best energy utilized per load moved, or energy efficiency, of any type of forklift within its category within North America.
Green Innovations
Yale introduced and developed a ground-breaking electronically controlled transmission. This equipment greatly reduces tire and brake wear for our ICE forklift customers. For our electric forklifts, Yale has implemented a system to recapture energy into the truck during braking and during the lowering of loads. This energy could then be reused. This particular process greatly lessens the models overall energy consumption.
Yale has utilized many innovative engineering methods to reduce non-productive energy use throughout the vehicle by means of drive train efficiency, hydraulic system 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 engineering their forklifts to be compatible with all the newest in alternative power technologies. Yale has applied electric battery models and clean diesel fuels and LPG option. This tradition is being upheld most recently, with the business being amongst the very first in implementing working fuel cells in actual applications.
Through engineering collaboration, Yale has supported the application of numerous greener technologies. In addition, we have initiated a new system of field validation testing, and analysis. At the current time, we are investigating in more efficient battery chemistries and technologies, to be able to increase efficiency, reduce overall energy consumption and decrease toxic material content.
Yale is strongly dedicated to these green initiatives and they are reinforced by the company's participation in setting and developing new industry standards to adopt these greener technologies in a reliable and safe manner.
Another main factor in Yale lift truck design is recyclability. Starting at the design stage, Yale actively selects materials for its forklifts keeping the recyclability factor in mind. Having broken down items to be able to be sent for recycling and re-using materials as much as possible really reduces our footprint and keeps environmental sustainability at the forefront of our business.