Zero-Emission CHE Availability

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The table below identifies if zero-emission (ZE) cargo handling equipment (CHE) is commercially available by general CHE types. This table will continue to be updated periodically as new information is made available.

Acronyms/Terms used in the Table:

BE: Battery Electric Powered - CHE that is primarily powered by onboard batteries which must be recharged on a regular basis.

GE: Grid Electric Powered – CHE that is powered using a continual connection with the power grid using a cable, a busbar, a pantograph, or other method to stay continually connected.

HFC: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered – CHE that uses onboard hydrogen fuel cells as the primary power source.

 

 

Equipment Type (General
Industry Name) 

Other Names or Subcategories 

Commercially Available ZE CHE (BE, GE, HFC)

  1. Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV)

AGV 

 

BE, HFC

      2. Bulk Material Handlers

Compact and Subcompact Tractors 

 

BE

Cable Crane 

 

GE

Crane (Using Bulk Material Handling "Attachments")

Harbor Crane, Mobile Harbor Crane

GE

Dozer 

Bulldozer, Crawler Dozer, Crawler, Wheel Dozer 

BE

Dump Truck 

Dumping Truck, Dump trailer, Dumper Trailer, Dump Lorry

BE

Excavator  

Diggers, Backhoe, tractor-loader backhoe, Hydraulic Excavator 

BE

Loader 

Skid-Steer Loader, Skid-Loader, Skid Steerer, Track Loader, Track-type Loader, Bucket Loader, End Loader, Front Loader, Front-End Loader, Front-loader, Payloader, High Lift, Scoop, Shovel Dozer, Skid-Steer, Skip Loader, Tractor Loader, Wheel Loader

BE

Material Handler 

Bulk Material Handler

GE

  1. Container Handlers, Non-Truck

Power Shovel

Motor shovel, Stripping Shovel, Front Shovel, Mining Shovel, Rope Shovel

BE

Top Pick

Top Loader, Top Lift

BE

Side Pick 

Side Loader, Side Lift

BE

Reach-Stacker 

 

BE

  1. Forklift, Classes IV and V with capacity less than 12,000 lbs (for indoor or outdoor even-terrain applications)

Cushion Tire Forklift (Class IV) and Pneumatic Tire Forklift (Class V) 

Industrial Truck, Lift Truck, Jitney, Hi-lo, Fork Truck, Fork Hoist, Forklift Truck

BE, HFC

  1. Forklift, Class VII (rough terrain)

Rough Terrain Forklift or Class VII forklifts 

Heavy Duty Forklift 

BE

Telehandler 

Telescopic Handler, Telescopic Boom Lift, Telescopic Forklift, Boom Lift 

BE

  1. Gantry Cranes

Rubber-Tire Gantry Crane (RTG) 

Stacker, Lift Stacker, Stacking Crane, RT loader, Rubber-tire Loader 

GE

Rail Mounted Gantry Crane (RMG) 

Stacker, Lift Stacker, Stacking Crane, Stacker Crane, Track-mounted Gantry Crane, Automated Stacking Crane

GE

Straddle Carriers 

Shuttle Carrier, Saddle Truck

BE

  1. General Port and Intermodal Railyard Equipment (non-bulk material and non-container)

Aerial Lift 

Boom Lift, Straight Boom Lift, Elevated Lift, Elevated Lift Platform, Man Lift, Manlift, Cherry Picker, Basket Crane, Hydroladder 

BE

Cable Crane 

 

GE

Cone Cart 

IBC (inter-box connectors) Cart, Cone Cart Grunt, Grunt 

BE

Railcar Mover 

Rail Car Mover, Railcar Pusher, Power Pusher, Railpusher 

BE

Sweeper 

 

BE, HFC

  1. Container Vessel Unloading Cranes

Ship to Shore Crane 

Container Crane, Ship to Shore Gantry Crane, Harbor Crane, Container-Handling Gantry Crane, Ship Loader 

GE

Mobile Harbor Crane 

Harbor Crane, Mobile Harbor Crane

GE, BE

  1. Yard Trucks

Yard Truck 

Terminal Tractor, Yard Tractor, Utility Tractor Rig (UTR), Prime Mover, Haul Truck, Yard Goat, Hostler, Yard Hostler, Shunt Truck, Spotter Truck, Spotting Tractor, Yard Shifter, Yard Bird, Yard Dog, Yard Horse, Yard Jockey, Yard Mule, Mule

BE, HFC

 

This table is based on CARB’s analysis of available resources as of May 2024.