Will Toyota Infiltrate the North American Class 8 Market?

Toyota and Hino have partnered to develop a Class 8 fuel cell electric truck (FCET) for use in North America. The joint venture will leverage Hino’s newly developed XL series truck chassis with Toyota’s fuel cell technology—the goal being to deliver exceptional capability without the side-effect of harmful emissions. The project, called the Toyota Fuel Cell XL Series, is said to be an expansion of the existing effort to develop a 25-ton FCET for the Japanese market, which was announced earlier this year. According to Toyota’s senior executive engineer at Toyota Research and Development, Tak Yokoo, the FCET will be “quiet, smooth, and powerful while emitting nothing but water.”

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