To provide a method for manufacturing a battery powered forklift of high efficiency.

This method for manufacturing a battery powered forklift L1 having a battery housing part in a car body L2 and, in addition, having a battery B movable to the inside or outside of the battery housing part comprises a first step of mounting the battery B on the outside of the battery housing part of the car body L2 and a second step of pushing the battery B mounted in the first step into the battery housing part. Each of the steps is carried out while carrying the car body L2 in a direction parallel to the direction of movement of the battery B. The second step is carried out using a battery pushing apparatus provided with an arm part 20 which is retractable in a transfer direction of the car body L2 and is extended toward the car body L2.