Hino and Toyota to develop fuel cell truck
Hino Motors, Ltd. and Toyota Motor Corporation have agreed to jointly develop a heavy-duty fuel cell truck, and to proceed with verification tests in JapanThrough their respective Environmental Challenges, Hino and Toyota have both indicated their intentions to take proactive measures towards resolving global environmental issues
The two companies say they have set ambitious goals to reduce CO2 emissions by 2050 and are both developing electric vehicle technologies to achieve those goals.
For the successful electrification of commercial vehicles, the truck must be practical as a business vehicle in terms of cruising range, load capacity, and other aspects depending on the usage.
Heavy-duty trucks are typically used for highway transportation and are therefore required to have sufficient cruising range and load capacity as well as fast refuelling capability.
The heavy-duty fuel cell truck in this joint development project is based on the Hino 700 Series and we’re told the cruising range will be set at around 600km.
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It is being developed using the technologies both Toyota and Hino have developed over the years.
The chassis is specially designed for a fuel cell vehicle, and steps are being taken through weight reduction to ensure a sufficient load capacity.
The powertrain is equipped with two Toyota fuel cell stacks that have been developed for Toyota's next Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicle and includes heavy-duty hybrid vehicle technologies, developed by Hino.
Toyota and Hino have both positioned hydrogen as an important energy source for the future and have worked together on developing technologies for fuel cell vehicles for over fifteen years since their joint demonstration trials of the fuel cell bus in 2003.
“This is an exciting project for Hino at a global level,” said Daniel Petrovski, Product Strategy Manager for Hino Australia.
“We were the first truck manufacturer in Australia to introduce a hybrid commercial vehicle, the Hino 300 Series Hybrid, in 2007.
“It is the best-selling diesel-electric commercial vehicle in Australia with over 600 sales,” he concluded.
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