Battlink, Battery Intelligence for Right-Sized Motive Power Fleets

Turn battery utilization data into operational intelligence that reduces waste, improves replacement planning, and supports right-sizing decisions.

WHERE BATTERY USAGE BECOMES OPERATIONAL INSIGHT

Built For Right-sizing and Long-term Planning

 

Batteries are a major investment, yet their usage is often poorly understood. Battlink transforms battery utilization, performance, and health data into operational intelligence that supports battery right-sizing, replacement planning, and lead-acid versus lithium-ion conversion decisions.

Understand How Batteries Are Used Across Your Operation.

Monitor battery health, location, & performance for less.

Monitor battery health, location, & performance for less.

What Battlink Enables:

Battery Utilization Intelligence

Understand how battery capacity is actually being used across shifts, departments, and sites. Identify underutilized batteries and support battery right-sizing decisions based on real operating data.

Battery Health Monitoring

Monitor battery health, water levels, charge behavior, and performance trends to support maintenance planning and extend battery life.

Lead-Acid & Lithium-Ion Planning

Use battery utilization and performance data to determine where lead-acid batteries remain the best fit and where lithium-ion conversion may deliver operational or financial benefits.

Battery Asset Visibility

Track battery locations and activity across your operation to improve accountability, asset utilization, and fleet visibility.

Smart Telemetrics Integration

Access battery intelligence through the Smart Telemetrics platform, providing visibility into battery utilization, performance, and operational trends from anywhere.

Continuous Data Collection

Collect battery utilization and performance data automatically through cellular connectivity and cloud-based reporting without requiring local network infrastructure.

BATTLINK AT A GLANCE

Battery Intelligence Delivered Through a Connected Platform

Simple Device Installation

Battlink installs quickly using non-invasive hall-effect current and voltage sensors, minimizing disruption while providing immediate visibility into battery utilization and performance.

Seamless Cellular Connectivity

Battlink transmits battery data through a built-in cellular connection, eliminating the need for local Wi-Fi infrastructure and ensuring continuous monitoring across facilities and sites.

Smart Telemetrics Platform

Access battery utilization, performance, health, and location data through the Smart Telemetrics platform. View real-time and historical information through web and mobile applications from anywhere.

Remote Device Management

Configure devices, update firmware, and perform troubleshooting remotely, reducing maintenance effort and simplifying fleet-wide device management.

Design

Dimensions
4.9" x 2.2" x 0.85"

Enclosure
Potted / Splash Proof

Voltage Ratings

Nominal Truck/Battery Voltage
24V-80V

Operating Voltage Range
12V-110V

Current Ratings

Current Sense Resolution
+/- 1A

Current Sensor
Hall Effect

Nominal Current Sense Range
+/- 1000A

Connectivity

Cellular

Performance

Operating Temperature
-25°C up to +50°C

Backup Battery
Li-Polymer

Certification

Safety
UL/cUL Listed

Why Continuous Battery Intelligence Matters

  • Battery investments are often based on assumptions, periodic assessments, or manufacturer recommendations. The value of battery intelligence is not in collecting more data—it's in understanding how assets are actually used over time.

    Continuous visibility into real operating conditions helps organizations make more confident decisions about maintenance, replacement, and future investments.

Frequently Asked Questions

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The best motive power telematics system depends on what part of your operation you need visibility into—truck utilization, battery performance, or charging behavior.

For warehouse operations where downtime, battery life, and energy usage are key concerns, battery-focused telematics systems often provide the most operational impact. These systems track:
  •      • Battery usage and discharge patterns
  •      • Charging behavior and inefficiencies
  •      • Overall battery health across the fleet
Solutions like BattLink are designed specifically for battery intelligence, helping operations teams identify issues early, reduce downtime, and make more informed decisions around charging, maintenance, and replacement.
Motive power fleet telematics systems improve motive power battery life by providing visibility into how batteries are actually being used, charged, and maintained.
 
Instead of relying on assumptions, telematics data helps operations teams identify:
  •      • Incomplete or inconsistent charge cycles
  •      • Overuse or underuse of specific batteries
  •      • Charging behaviors that lead to premature wear
  •      • Imbalances across the fleet
With this level of insight, teams can adjust usage patterns, improve charging practices, and prevent issues before they lead to early battery failure.
 
➝ Battery-focused systems like BattLink provide this visibility through continuous, cellular-connected data—helping ensure battery performance is monitored consistently across shifts and facilities.
Forklift telematics focuses on how equipment is used—tracking movement, utilization, and operator behavior.
 
Battery telematics focuses on how power is used—tracking charge cycles, energy consumption, and battery health.
 
While truck telematics helps answer:
  •      • “Are my forklifts being used efficiently?”
Battery telematics answers:
  •      • “Are my batteries being used correctly—and are they causing downtime?”
For many operations, the biggest inefficiencies aren’t in the trucks themselves, but in how batteries are charged, rotated, and maintained.
Most operations assume batteries are being used correctly—but without data, it’s difficult to confirm.
 
Battery telematics helps you identify:

• Whether batteries are being fully discharged or underutilized

• If charging cycles are consistent or happening too early

• How usage varies across shifts, equipment, or locations

When batteries aren’t used as intended, it can lead to reduced lifespan, unnecessary replacements, and avoidable downtime.
 
➝ Solutions like BattLink provide this level of visibility, helping teams align battery usage with actual operational demand and make more informed decisions.
 It depends on what decisions you’re trying to make.
 
Forklift telematics helps you understand how equipment is being used—tracking utilization, movement, and operator activity.
 
Battery telematics helps you understand how power is being used—tracking charge cycles, energy usage, and battery health.
 
For many operations, the biggest inefficiencies come from the interaction between the two.
 
➝ That’s where solutions like BattLink, combined with broader fleet visibility through Mixed Fleet Insight, help connect battery, charger, and truck data into a single operational view.
Mixed Fleet Insight is an approach to understanding how your entire motive power ecosystem is working together—not just individual components.
 
Instead of looking at batteries, chargers, or forklifts in isolation, it connects:
  • • Battery usage and health
  • • Charger activity and energy consumption
  • • Forklift utilization across shifts and locations
This unified view helps operations teams move beyond basic monitoring and start making decisions around right-sizing fleets, improving charging strategies, and reducing unnecessary costs.
 
➝ BattLink plays a key role in this by providing the battery-level intelligence needed to complete the full picture.
Battlink monitors forklift battery utilization continuously — tracking charge cycles, water levels, and capacity usage over cellular connectivity, so you can see whether batteries are running at a fraction of their potential instead of relying on a one-time snapshot.

Plan Battery Decisions With Confidence

Turn battery utilization data into operational intelligence that supports right-sizing decisions, improves replacement planning, and reduces unnecessary battery costs.

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