exalt in NA specifically the US diesel powered sales has been dropping for several decades. At one time most of the large freight companies (Roadway, Yellow Freight, Central Freight, etc in the US utilized diesel forklifts (solid press on tire units) for truck loading and unloading. Diesel powered equipment in Mexico is all but none existent except in large lifts used in ports & steel operations.

NOx poising issues associated with diesel engine emissions started the downward trend. Diesel emission clean up (NOx, smoke, soot, etc)standards started the ball rolling and as a result diesel fuel pricing became more expensive that a gallon of gasoline - before all this diesel fuel used to be about 25% lower than gasoline (aka petrol in some areas) and today it is a bit higher than gasoline..