Industrial trucks to face new competition from AGVs
工業搬運車麵臨來自AGV的新競爭

Despite relatively good performance in 2015 with a market value totalling $27.4 billion, industrial trucks and lifts are facing new competition from automatic guided vehicles (AGVs). According to the latest IHS Markit Materials Handling Automation Opportunities Report, the compound-average annual growth rate (CAGR) of AGV revenues is forecast to be over nine percent from 2015 to 2020, much higher than that for industrial trucks and lifts over the same time period.

盡管2015年的業績相當不錯

，市場總值達274億美元，但工業搬運車和起重機正麵臨著來自自動導向車（AGV）的新競爭。根據最新的《IHS Markit材料處理自動化機會報告》，從2015年至2020年
，AGV銷售的複合年平均增長率（CAGR）預計超過9％
，遠遠高於工業搬運車和起重機的同期。

Currently, AGVs are used mostly in automotive production as they can be programmed for custom tasks. For example, AGVs are commonly used to haul custom parts for automobiles. While this would have been a logistics nightmare in the past, it is now feasible with AGVs and modern software management systems.

目前
，AGV主要用於汽車生產，因為它們可以被編程用於自定義任務。例如，AGV通常用於運輸汽車的定製部件。盡管在以往這是一個物流噩夢，但通過AGV和現代軟件管理係統，現在切實可行。

The current outlook is that sales revenues from AGVs will not overtake those of conventional industrial trucks; there will be a minor disruption to truck sales in some regions: many end-users are choosing AGVs as replacements rather than buying new fleets of industrial trucks. They are also investing heavily in the management software that controls entire fleets of AGVs that work alongside legacy production lines and other material handling machinery such as automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS).  The main reason for the shift to AGVs is that they have been shown to be more cost-effective in the long term, providing a better return on investment for end-users. Other benefits of AGVs include higher output and smaller error rates than with human-operated industrial trucks. The increasing emphasis on smart manufacturing will also help to stimulate growth in the market.

目前看來，AGV的銷售收入不會超過傳統工業搬運車的銷售收入


，在某些地區將會對搬運車銷售造成輕微幹擾：不少最終用戶選擇AGV作為替代品，而不是購買新的工業搬運車隊。他們還大量投資於管理整個AGV車隊的管理軟件，與傳統生產線以及諸如自動存儲和檢索係統（AS / RS）等其他材料處理機械一起工作。轉向AGV的主要原因是長期看來它們更具成本效益，可以為最終用戶提供更好的投資回報。AGV的其他優點包括比人工操作工業搬運車更高的產量和更小的錯誤率。越來越強調智能製造也將有助於刺激市場的增長。

Despite the stronger market growth of AGVs, industrial trucks and lifts will continue to be the biggest product category for material handling equipment. Sales of industrial trucks will be driven by companies that are reshoring in developed areas such as Mexico that use many industrial trucks in warehouses. Furthermore, the development of alternative fuel sources, like electric traction and hydrogen fuel cells, have reduced the carbon footprint of industrial trucks, making them a greener solution.

盡管AGV的de市shi場chang增zeng長chang強qiang勁jin，但dan工gong業ye搬ban運yun車che起qi重zhong機ji將jiang繼ji續xu是shi材cai料liao處chu理li設she備bei最zui大da的de產chan品pin類lei別bie。推tui動dong工gong業ye搬ban運yun車che銷xiao售shou的de將jiang是shi回hui流liu到dao墨mo西xi哥ge等deng發fa達da地di區qu的de公gong司si，這zhe些xie地di區qu在zai倉cang庫ku中zhong使shi用yong大da量liang的de工gong業ye搬ban運yun車che。此ci外wai，替ti代dai燃ran料liao源yuan（例如電牽引和氫燃料電池）的開發減少了工業搬運車的碳排放，使其成為更環保的解決方案。