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A press release went out recently, copied on various industry news outlets (one example at http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com//HS2/hs2-trials-uks-first-electric-forklift-/257400), that opens with:
What does the HS2 press office really mean?
This appears to claim that electric fork lift trucks never previously existed in the UK until now on an HS2 construction site. This cannot be true. www.ecobatindustrial.tech claims to have supplied forklift batteries or 65 years; surely not stockpiled until someone invents a machine to put them in!HS2 trials UK’s first electric forklift
In their efforts to lessen their carbon footprint and support the country’s green economic recovery, HS2 are trailing the UK’s first electric forklift on one of its major construction sites in London.
What does the HS2 press office really mean?