Toyota Motor North America and its subsidiary Hino Trucks have agreed to jointly develop a fuel cell electric truck for the North American market. The hydrogen-powered truck will offer heavy-duty capability and zero emissions.
This collaboration expands upon the existing effort to develop a 25-ton fuel cell electric truck for the Japanese market which was announced earlier in 2020.
Tak Yokoo, Senior Executive Engineer, Toyota Research and Development, says: “A fuel cell powered version of the Hino XL Series is a win-win for both customers and the community. It will be quiet, smooth and powerful while emitting nothing but water. Toyota’s twenty plus years of fuel cell technology combined with Hino’s heavy-duty truck experience will create an innovative and capable product.”
Glenn Ellis, Hino’s Senior Vice President – Customer Experience, adds: “Expanding upon our proud heritage of the Hino powertrain, Toyota Fuel Cell Technology offers our customers a commercially viable, extended range, zero emissions vehicle in the near term. Hino shares a common focus with Toyota when it comes to durability, reliability, and innovation with the customer at the center of design which makes this collaboration a game changer.”
Headquartered in Novi, Michigan, Hino Trucks, a Toyota Group Company, manufactures, sells, and services a line-up of Class 4-8 commercial trucks in the U.S.
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