Although internal combustion forklifts continue to occupy the largest share of forklift market demand in Africa, manufacturers also note the growing demand for electric forklifts from end users.
For example, Hangcha's 3-ton diesel model is still the company's best-selling model in Africa. However, as warehousing, logistics, ports and factories drive the demand for forklifts across the African continent, forklift innovation remains the focus of manufacturers.
The lithium forklift launched by Hangcha has the same excellent performance as the internal combustion forklift. At the same time, it also benefits from reducing noise, zero emission and low total cost of ownership. Therefore, Hangcha's XC series forklift is very popular with African customers. Hangcha plans to launch more lithium battery models to these markets in the future.
Heli is also investing heavily in such technologies, and Heli is constantly upgrading their products to ensure the comfort, environmental protection and intelligence of forklifts. Heli will continue to innovate lithium battery forklifts and other models, which have fast charging speed, simple and reliable maintenance, long service life and low overall cost.
Hester's Forklift products have also been extended to the lithium forklift section. A recently added product is their j10-18xd large forklift model, which is equipped with lithium-ion batteries. The performance of these forklifts is comparable to that of internal combustion models, but there is no exhaust emission. They also plan to gradually expand their excellent internal combustion forklift products to the field of lithium batteries and adopt new design concepts to meet the requirements of specific customers.
