Battery-powered electric handling vehicle

Handling vehicle (1) comprising a chassis (2) with a front part (3) and a rear part (4), an arm (5) extending longitudinally in a front-to-rear direction (XX′) of the chassis (2) and coupled by a pivot link (6) to the rear of the chassis (2) for a pivoting movement between a lower position and an upper position, a front set (7) of steered wheels (8), a rear set (9) of steered wheels (10), an electric drive unit for the steered wheels (8;

• 10) of the front set (7) and the rear set (9), the drive unit being powered by a battery (11),
• each wheel (8;
• 9) of the front set (7) and the rear set (9) being mounted as movable in rotation between a maximum steered position to the right and a maximum steered position to the left, the positioning of the wheels (8) of the front set (7) in one of the maximum steered positions and the positioning of the wheels (10) of the rear set (9) in the other of the maximum steered positions enabling the movement of the vehicle (1) in a minimum circular trajectory (Tc), the circle which passes through the wheel of the front set (7) and the wheel of the rear set (9) on the outside of the trajectory when the vehicle (1) is moving in the minimum circular trajectory (Tc) defining a turning circle (G);
• characterized in that the battery (11) is arranged at least partially below the arm (5), in that a first part (12) of the battery (11) extends on the vehicle (1) in front of the pivot axis of the pivot link (6) of the arm (5) to the chassis (2), in that a second part (13) of the battery (11) extends on the vehicle (1) behind the pivot axis of the pivot link (6) of the arm (5) to the chassis (2), and in that the battery (11) is arranged inside the turning circle (G).