Toyota and Hino announce plans for road tests of fuel cell electric lorry

Following Toyota’s recent announcement, a group of companies in Japan: 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 carry out road tests from spring 2022 with fuel cell (hydrogen) electric heavy-duty trucks. This truck project in Japan, called FCET, aims to accelerate the commercial application of this type of truck and contribute to the development of a sustainable society by reducing CO2 emissions from heavy-duty logistics services. Toyota, together with Hino, is developing the lorry and the Asahi Group, NLJ, Seino Transportation, Yamato Transport and Toyota will carry out road tests in their logistics operations. Toyota and Hino are seeking to find solutions to global environmental problems. Both companies have declared ambitious targets to reduce CO2 emissions by 2050i and are developing electrification technologies for widespread use in society. To achieve further reductions in CO2 emissions, major improvements will be needed in the environmental performance of heavy-duty vehicles, which account for around 60 per cent of total CO2 emissions from commercial vehicles in Japanii . For more information see: https://global.toyota/en/newsroom/corporate/33952136.html iToyota Environmental Challenge 2050: established in 2015, it includes the Zero CO2 Emissions Challenge for New Vehicles, where Toyota aims to reduce its average carbon dioxide emissions from new vehicles by 90 per cent (compared to 2010 levels). Hino 2050 Environmental Challenge: established in 2017, it includes the Zero CO2 Emissions Challenge for New Vehicles, where Hino aims to reduce its average carbon dioxide emissions from new vehicles by 90 per cent (compared to 2013 levels). iiTrucks and buses with a gross vehicle weight of more than 3.5 tonnes; Hino internal research, as of February 2020