Electric lift truck maker Raymond Corp. has signed an agreement to work with Ballard Power Systems to begin developing a lift truck built specifically for fuel cell power. "The idea is to research what an integrated fuel cell truck might look like, and the goal is to do a prototype," says Steve Medwin, manager of advanced research at Raymond. But don't expect the prototype to be developed overnight. "I see this as the beginning of a long relationship [with Ballard]," Medwin says. Because lift trucks have been designed around lead acid batteries for nearly 70 years, he says, "we really need to roll up our sleeves and go back to the beginning." With that big of a challenge ahead, a working prototype may take several years to develop.
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机译：电动叉车制造商雷蒙德公司（Raymond Corp.）已与巴拉德动力系统公司（Ballard Power Systems）签署协议，开始开发专门为燃料电池动力制造的叉车。雷蒙德高级研究经理史蒂夫·梅德温说：“想法是研究集成燃料电池卡车的外观，目标是制造原型。”但是不要期望原型会在一夜之间开发出来。梅德温说：“我认为这是（与巴拉德）长期合作的开始。”他说，由于起重车是围绕铅酸电池设计的，已经有近70年的历史了，他说：“我们确实需要卷起袖子，回到起点。”面对巨大的挑战，一个可行的原型可能需要花费数年的时间才能开发出来。
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