TOP PAGE
ENGLISH
JAPANESE
|
CONNECT WITH US:
Home
About
Services
Contact
Log in
Home
Press release
Oct 13, 2020 15:22 JST
Source:
Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota: Heavy-Duty Fuel Cell Electric Truck Verification Tests to Start in Spring 2022
Tests will verify the feasibility of using fuel cells to reduce CO2 emissions in logistics
Toyota City, Japan, Oct 13, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (Asahi Group), Seino Transportation Co., Ltd. (Seino Transportation), NEXT Logistics Japan Co., Ltd. (NLJ), Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (Yamato Transport), Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), and Hino Motors, Ltd. (Hino) have agreed to conduct on-the-road trials of heavy-duty fuel cell electric trucks (heavy-duty FCETs) starting in spring of 2022, accelerating the early commercial application of heavy-duty FCETs and contributing to the development of a sustainable society. This may be achieved, at least in part, by reducing CO2 emissions from heavy-duty FCETs, which account for approximately 70 percent of all CO2 emissions from commercial vehicles in Japan*. Toyota and Hino are jointly developing heavy-duty FCETs, and Asahi Group, NLJ, Seino Transportation, Yamato Transport, and Toyota will perform the road trials in their logistics operations.
Heavy-duty FCETs (rendering)
The heavy-duty FCETs used in highway transportation must have an adequate range and load capacity as well as being able to refuel quickly. Fuel cell systems, which are powered by high-energy-density hydrogen, are believed to be effective for the electrification of heavy-duty trucks. The heavy-duty FCETs that will be developed are anticipated to have a target range of approximately 600 km. The objective is to meet high standards for both environmental performance and practicality as a commercial vehicle.
Each of the companies participating in the trials have positioned global environmental issues as key management issues, and are taking various actions including reducing energy consumption in manufacturing processes and reducing environmental impact in logistics operations. Going forward, each company will accelerate its efforts for early practical application of heavy-duty FCETs with the aim of contributing to the development of a sustainable society.
*Trucks and buses with a gross vehicle weight of over 3.5 tons, according to research by Hino, as of September 30, 2020.
For the full information, visit
https://bit.ly/371BWai
.
Source: Toyota Motor Corporation
Sectors: Automotive, Engineering
Copyright ©2021 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network.
Related Press Release
Toyota Plans to Issue 'Woven Planet Bonds'
March 02 2021 14:34 JST
Flying Finn Rovanpera Claims the Championship Lead in the Toyota Yaris WRC
March 01 2021 09:46 JST
Toyota's Global Sales and Production Up Year-on-Year in January for Fifth Consecutive Month
February 25 2021 14:12 JST
Toyota Breaks Ground for 'Woven City'
February 23 2021 12:43 JST
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing heads north in search of further snow success
February 19 2021 17:59 JST
Activities Report of Hydrogen Utilization Study Group in Chubu
February 19 2021 13:02 JST
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Outlines 2021 Motorsports Activities
February 12 2021 16:16 JST
Toyota's 2020 Global Sales down 10.5 Percent Year-on-Year
January 28 2021 12:33 JST
Ogier Claims Record Eighth Monte-Carlo win in Toyota Yaris WRC 1-2
January 25 2021 08:51 JST
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Targets the Top Step on Classic Season Opener
January 18 2021 17:08 JST
More Press release >>
Latest Press Release
Hitachi Developed the Hitachi Electronic Signature Service that Promotes to Eliminate Personal Seals with High Authenticity of Information by Blockchain Technology, and Starts Internal Operations
Mar 03, 2021 11:48 JST
DENSO, KDDI Research 5G's use in Automated Driving to Achieve Safe and Secure Mobility
Mar 03, 2021 11:16 JST
Toyota Plans to Issue 'Woven Planet Bonds'
Mar 02, 2021 15:34 JST
Lockheed Martin and NEC Put AI to Work on Programs like NASA's Artemis Mission
Mar 02, 2021 14:03 JST
New Drug Approval for in-House Developed Anti-Insomnia Drug Dayvigo (Lemborexant) in Hong Kong
Mar 02, 2021 09:06 JST
Mitsubishi Power Commences Development of World's First Ammonia-fired 40MW Class Gas Turbine System
Mar 01, 2021 18:46 JST
MHI Machine Tool Develops Gear Shaping Machine for High-Precision Small-Module Gears Used in Robots
Mar 01, 2021 18:36 JST
Flying Finn Rovanpera Claims the Championship Lead in the Toyota Yaris WRC
Mar 01, 2021 10:46 JST
BYD to Help Kyoto Reach Japan's 2050 Carbon Neutral Goal
Feb 26, 2021 11:20 JST
Fujitsu and University of Toronto Researchers Develop Quantum-Inspired Technology to Optimize Radiation Treatment Plans for Brain Tumors and Other Diseases
Feb 26, 2021 10:59 JST
DENSO and Yamato Transport Develop D-mobico, Compact Mobile Refrigerator
Feb 25, 2021 19:28 JST
Mazda Production and Sales Results for January 2021
Feb 25, 2021 17:33 JST
Honda Reports Production, Sales and Export Results in January, 2021
Feb 25, 2021 15:27 JST
Toyota's Global Sales and Production Up Year-on-Year in January for Fifth Consecutive Month
Feb 25, 2021 15:12 JST
Chubu Miraiz and MC to Launch New Assisted-Living JV
Feb 24, 2021 14:12 JST
Fujitsu Launches AI-powered Physical Rehabilitation Solution 'HOPE ROMREC' in Japan
Feb 24, 2021 10:39 JST
Toyota Breaks Ground for 'Woven City'
Feb 23, 2021 13:43 JST
Eisai: MHLW Grants Orphan Drug Designation in Japan to Novel FGF Receptor Selective Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor E7090
Feb 22, 2021 15:40 JST
Eisai Receives Corporate Philanthropy Award for Its Efforts to Realize Human Health Care (hhc) Philosophy
Feb 22, 2021 13:11 JST
Northgate Public Services Becomes NEC Software Solutions UK from July 2021
Feb 22, 2021 12:59 JST
More Latest Release >>