Internal combustion forklifts are the most common forklifts. Since the birth of forklifts, internal combustion engines have been continuously powering this material handling machine. Over the past 100 years, gasoline and diesel engines have not only undergone radical changes in their appearance, but in the process of technological improvement, internal combustion engines have become more powerful, more economical, more environmentally friendly, and lower noise. From the day it appeared to around the 1960s, most forklifts were equipped with engines that were directly removed from the car as power.
Over time, forklift manufacturers around the world began to pay more and more attention to safety and comfort when using equipment. The emissions of internal combustion engines, and the noise levels they generate, are beginning to be strictly regulated. In Europe, diesel is increasingly being replaced by gasoline and GS.