electric tow tractor

In large-scale industrial environments -warehouses, hospitals, airports, manufacturing plants -horizontal movement is one of the most overlooked sources of operational waste. Operators cross hundreds of metres per shift on foot, accompanying maintenance rounds, inspection cycles, and goods transport routines that a forklift is too large to handle and a pedestrian tugger too slow to justify.

The result: measurable productivity loss, fatigue that compounds across shifts, and a structural bottleneck in facilities where speed of movement directly determines throughput.

Buddy is a compact, three-wheel ride-on electric tow tractor engineered for exactly this operating context. The operator rides on board -walking fatigue eliminated entirely. With a towing capacity of 1,000 kg and a 50 kg platform payload for tools and small goods, Buddy handles both personnel transport and material logistics within the same vehicle, without switching equipment.

Its 2.3 m steering diameter is the tightest turning radius in its category -operable inside freight elevators, narrow corridors, and confined production areas where conventional ride-on vehicles cannot go. The handlebar puts all controls at the operator’s fingertips. The deadman safety pedal, included as standard, stops the vehicle the instant operator contact is lost. Buddy runs on a 48V DC IP44 motor paired with a Plug & Play lithium battery swappable one-handed in under 10 seconds. No charging downtime. No shift interruption.

At Renova, material handling equipment is designed around a single commitment: the operator should never be the weakest link in a handling operation. Our engineering removes physical strain from daily operations -not by replacing people, but by giving them tools that genuinely work.

Buddy is the direct expression of this philosophy. Every detail -from the deadman safety pedal to the 2-year warranty covering both motor and battery, the only guarantee of its kind in this category -reflects one decision: protect the operator, keep operations moving. 100% Made in Italy. Designed, manufactured, and protected by Renova