Yale is a leading manufacturer of zero emissions electric forklifts in the North American Market. The business was one of the very first to begin utilizing other control technology and the energy efficient AC motor. Yale's continued pursuit of enhanced energy efficiency is improved more by competitive testing. All these testing results showcase that the 5000 pound electric rider model made by Yale provides the best energy efficiency, or energy utilized per load transported, of any kind of lift truck within its category within North America.
Green Innovations
Yale developed and introduced an innovative electronically controlled transmission. This machinery greatly lessens tire and brake wear for our ICE forklift clients. With regards to our electric trucks, Yale has applied a specific system to recapture energy into the lift truck during the lowering of loads and during braking. This energy can then be reused. This process greatly lowers the models overall energy consumption.
Yale has utilized many innovative engineering methods to decrease non-productive energy use throughout the vehicle by means of drive train efficiency, hydraulic system efficiency and weight reduction. There are still patents pending on the drive train efficiency.
Green Initiatives
Yale has taken great strides to engineer their forklifts to be compatible with the latest in alternative power technologies over the years. Yale has applied clean diesel fuels, LPG option and electric battery units. This practice is being upheld most recently, with the company being amongst the very first to implement working fuel cells in actual applications.
Yale has supported many greener technologies through engineering collaboration. Moreover, we have initiated a new system of field validation testing, and analysis. Currently, we are investigating in more effective battery technologies and chemistries, so as to lessen overall energy consumption, reduce toxic material content and increase productivity.
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 reliable and safe manner.
Another prime factor in Yale forklift design is recyclability. Beginning at the design stage, Yale actively chooses materials for its lift trucks keeping the recyclability factor in mind. Re-using materials as much as possible and having broken down things to be able to be sent for recycling really reduces our footprint and keeps environmental sustainability at the forefront of our business.