Going autonomous: Is RaaS in your future?

摘要

Leasing is well established for conventional lift trucks, but with fully autonomous lift trucks, is robotics-as-a-service or "RaaS" going to become a dominant acquisition model? There was a time when straight-up purchase was the dominant way to acquire lift trucks, but in recent years, leasing lift trucks is right up there with purchasing. According to Modern's 2021 Lift Truck Survey, the buy/ lease decision is almost evenly split, with 51% purchasing trucks and 49% leasing. While lift truck leasing is well-established, is leasing the best means of acquiring fully autonomous lift trucks? These are, after all, technology laden, software-driven assets. That high level of technology could make RaaS an increasingly common method of acquiring driverless lift trucks.