Hyster-Yale Group and Capacity Trucks have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-develop electric and hydrogen-powered terminal tractors with automation-ready capabilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cPartnering with Capacity enables us to leverage our investment in electrification and automation solutions to better serve our customers as a more comprehensive resource,\u201d said David Leblanc, Vice President, Strategy, Planning and Business Development, Hyster-Yale Group.<\/p>\n
Combined expertise<\/strong><\/p>\n The collaboration leverages each company\u2019s product expertise in the global material handling solutions market, bringing together Capacity\u2019s robust terminal truck platform and Hyster-Yale Group\u2019s vast experience in lift truck electric powertrain technology and hydrogen fuel cell technology.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are working closely with our customers to achieve their zero-emissions goals and responding to their needs with the most robust electric and hydrogen fuel cell solutions through this strategic partnership with Hyster-Yale,\u201d said Ryan Rockafellow, Vice President and General Manager, Capacity Trucks.<\/p>\n The agreement includes exclusive manufacturing and supply provisions, with units branded separately as either Capacity or Hyster \u2013 one of Hyster-Yale Group\u2019s industry-leading forklift truck brands with an established presence in port, rail terminal and distribution centre environments.<\/p>\n Initial prototypes are targeted to be available in 2021 for market testing.<\/p>\n In addition to co-developing products, the partnership is also designed to capitalise on the companies\u2019 combined sales, distribution and service capabilities through their existing dealer networks and corporate sales teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two big names are joining forces to address growing demand for environmentally sustainable terminal tractor solutions in port, terminal and distribution centre markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-1249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products-services-greenport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1251,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions\/1251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1249"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=1249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}