24.12.2024

LGMG's electric telehander

LGMG has now released full details for the production version of the new battery electric telehandlers displayed at Bauma China last month.

The new six metre/2,500kg H625E is the company’s first electric telehandler, and can take two tonnes to its maximum lift height of 5.94 metres, and handle 800kg at its maximum 3.41 metres of forward reach. The 2500kg maximum capacity is available at a five metre lift height, or 1.3 metres forward reach.

The unit has an overall length of 3.99 metres, an overall width of 1.86 metres and stowed height of just under two metres. Overall weight is just under five tonnes.

Four wheel drive and steer are standard with a maximum road speed of 10mph/16kph, power comes from rapid interchangeable 80V/340Ah Lithium-Ion battery pack, feeding an electric motor for the drive and one for the hydraulic pump.

The range of attachments includes work platforms, buckets, jib hooks and rotating fork carriages with standard couplings.

So how does it stack up?

The alternatives

As you can see above, there is not that much competition at the moment, The main ones being Faresin and JCB, with new models recently added by Dieci and Magni. Merlo has a slightly smaller but well developed model in the form of the E Worker, which we have included, although it does not really compare in terms of lift height etc... Sinoboom displayed a prototype at its plant in Changsha last month, but it will change significantly prior to a formal launch, possibly in June.