and Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation on the project. Both Isuzu and Hino carried the same statement as Toyota on their respective websites.
One potential use case for the fuel cell vehicles could be in the supermarket and convenience store sector, where Toyota said light-duty trucks were "required to drive long distances over extended hours to perform multiple delivery operations in one day.""The use of FC [fuel cell] technology, which runs on high energy density hydrogen and has zero CO2 emissions while driving, is considered effective under such operating conditions," it added.
According to the company, an introduction to the market is slated for after January 2023, with light duty fuel-cell trucks used at distribution sites in Fukushima Prefecture and other projects in Tokyo. Hino Motors is part of the Toyota Group, while CJPT was established by Isuzu, Toyota and Hino in 2021.Read more about how businesses and consumers are fighting and adapting to climate change: