Canadian battery maker Electrovaya said it has won a further lithium-ion ceramic forklift battery purchase order worth CAD214,000 ($167,000) from a leading company.
The order is the second from a purchaser who is one of five US Fortune 500 companies to have already issued orders for the drop-in replacement batteries, Electrovaya said.
Electrovaya said the batteries, which include its proprietary SEPARION ceramic separator, can improve productivity, reduce maintenance “and has the potential to reduce peak demand as well as decrease electricity usage in heavy-duty 24/7 distribution and manufacturing environments”.
Last September, Walmart Canada said it was converting the forklifts in one of its distribution centres to use Electrovaya’s ‘Elivate’ forklift battery line instead of lead-acid. The “initial purchase orders” from Walmart are for deliveries to be made by the first quarter of 2018.
Electrovaya’s first forklift orders for Elivate, worth $634,000, came from food giant Mondelez International earlier this year.
