运营成本的不可分割部分，其中包括能源使用成本。使用叉车时，主要使用柴油，燃气和电力作为能源。由于价格波动，必须实时确定能源成本或燃料成本。例如，VDI指南2695中包含了有关能量需求的参考值或与叉车类型相关的燃料消耗的参考值。

          Integral part of the operating costs, which comprises the cost for energy use. When using lift trucks, primarily the energy sources diesel fuel, fuel gas, and electricity are used. Because of price fluctuation, energy costs respectively fuel costs must be determined up-to-the-minute. Reference values for energy demand respectively the fuel consumption in dependence on the lift truck type are contained in VDI guideline 2695, for example.