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Konecranes Gottwald battery AGV (lead-acid and Li-ion)
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Konecranes · port and yard vehicle

Konecranes Gottwald battery AGV

lead-acid and Li-ion

The battery-electric version of the Gottwald AGV, first with lead-acid packs swapped at exchange stations and since 2017 with lithium-ion packs that fast-charge at automated stations. It now runs at Hamburg, Rotterdam and Long Beach.

Price
—Not sold as a priced product; supplied under project contracts
Autonomy
DriverlessHow it runs
Driverless
In serviceSince 2011
Fleet
More than 200Reported; details below
Speed
—Not published
Range
—Not published
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Why it matters

The lead-acid units delivered to HHLA Altenwerder in 2011 were described as the first battery-driven AGVs on the market.

Real-world use

HHLA's 116-unit Li-ion order for Burchardkai (deliveries 2022-2025) takes its Konecranes AGV fleet past 200, LBCT in Long Beach ran 72 and ordered 30 more in 2020, and ECT Euromax ordered 42 Li-ion AGVs in 2025.

Timeline

First shown
2011
Released
Not yet
Lead-acid battery AGVs delivered to HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder

Maker

KonecranesCompany

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status
Driverless in service
Where it runs
HHLA Altenwerder (CTA) and Burchardkai (CTB), Hamburg; Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT), Middle Harbor, Long Beach; ECT Euromax, Rotterdam (on order)
Driverless since
2011
Fleet
More than 200 at HHLA once CTB deliveries finish (Konecranes, Oct 2024); 95 Li-ion at CTA after 2023 deliveries; 72 at LBCT plus 30 ordered (Konecranes, May 2020); 42 ordered for ECT Euromax (July 2025)

Public attention

How much public attention Konecranes Gottwald battery AGV (lead-acid and Li-ion) gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet
  • 3 reported deployments

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Wheeled base
How it runs
Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.

From the maker

Konecranes Gottwald battery AGV (lead-acid and Li-ion) is the only vehicle from Konecranes in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not publishedNot sold as a priced product; supplied under project contracts
How to get one
No official buying page found

Where it works

3 reported deployments.

Map
  • Ordered

    Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam · ECT Euromax terminal · Rotterdam · since 2025 · 42 units

    ECT ordered 42 lithium-ion Konecranes AGVs to electrify horizontal transport at its Euromax terminal. 42 Li-ion AGVs with automated charging stations, booked Q1-Q2 2025 (Konecranes) Konecranes

  • Deployed

    HHLA · Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) · Hamburg · since 2018

    HHLA's Altenwerder terminal runs Konecranes Gottwald AGVs, including lithium-ion battery units delivered from 2018. 25 Li-ion AGVs ordered 2017 for spring 2018; nearly 100 Gottwald AGVs delivered to CTA overall (Konecranes, May 2017) Konecranes

  • Deployed

    Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) · Long Beach Container Terminal, Middle Harbor · Long Beach · 72 units

    LBCT runs battery-driven Konecranes Gottwald AGVs and ordered 30 more for the terminal's final construction phase. 72 lead-acid battery AGVs in operation plus 30 ordered for Q4 2021 delivery (Konecranes, May 2020) Konecranes

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureKonecranes Gottwald battery AGV (lead-acid and Li-ion)Konecranes Gottwald battery AGV (lead-acid and Li-ion)KonecranesKalmar AutoShuttleKalmar AutoShuttleKalmar (Cargotec until 2024)Same job: container moving · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilotsNo public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useZPMC L-AGV lift AGV (Qingdao Qianwan)ZPMC (Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries)Same job: container moving · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots
First shown20112008-012015-10
StatusCommercialCommercialCommercial
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Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

Konecranes Konecranes now delivering its largest ever single automated horizontal transport system order Konecranes Konecranes receives 6th order in 5 years for additional AGVs to CTA in Hamburg Konecranes Konecranes to deliver fleet of AGVs to Long Beach Container Terminal Konecranes Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam (ECT) orders a Konecranes automated horizontal transport system Cyprus Shipping News Konecranes puts the battery in big container handling machines

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