I like to think I am open minded and prepared to listen to reason but I am not seeing any in your post. You have a track record of proclaiming and making statements without verification. Coming from an R&D background credibility is ultra important. Unfortunatley you have lost all since being unable to back up your prior claims about the new modular designed forklift which you stated would be unveiled in Q1/2 2019.
Like every industry the landscape is shifting and accelerating due to global influences namely economic and green agendas at international level driven by government policy in response to public and other pressures despite the tradionalist lobby groups. Nothing new in that. However the material handling industry will never drive innovation but rather follow, copy, incorporated and adopt from larger more resourced and financed industries, again nothing new in that.

Having said that your posts are a source of great entertainment, to me at least.