Electrically powered road vehicles are currently more and more debated and many new prototypes of vehicles and batteries have been presented, . at the 18th International Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition in October 2001 in Berlin, Germany, the world’s largest event on this topic under the motto ‘‘Clean and efficient mobility for the millennium’’. | 2 Batteries for Electrically Powered Industrial Trucks H. A. KIEHNE INTRODUCTION Electrically powered road vehicles are currently more and more debated and many new prototypes of vehicles and batteries have been presented . at the 18th International Battery Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition in October 2001 in Berlin Germany the world s largest event on this topic under the motto Clean and efficient mobility for the millennium . While for materials handling battery-powered trucks elevating trucks forklifts and other vehicles for internal factory transportation have been used for decades today the market for electric road vehicles seems to be open only in some niches because of the relative higher initial costs. As environmental laws tighten and oil and gasoline become more expensive battery-powered machinery gains importance in more than one regard. Table gives a view of the variety of battery electric powered vehicles. For more on electric road vehicles see Chapter 4. DEMANDS OF THE MARKET The demands concerning batteries can be listed in short as follows Easy service long service intervals maintenance freedom highest possible performance at unchanged weight and size. All of the above are expected in connection with optimized service life. Copyright 2003 by Expert Verlag. All Rights Reserved. Table Battery powered vehicles. Traffic range Rooms in Roads and Type of vehicle buildings Outdoor streets Rails Water Air Land operating vehicles Materials handling trucks - Forklift trucks - Pedestrian and pallet trucks -Tow tractors - AGVs Special operating machines - Cleaning machines Rail vehicles - Locomotives - Mining locomotives - Railway coaches Electric road vehicles - Bicycles motorcycles - Wheelchairs - Passenger cars - Vans - Lorries trucks - Motor coaches buses Ships Aircrafts The vehicles must be of rugged design the same goes for the batteries powering them they should be indifferent to exhaustive discharge and .
