The tanks are used in light-duty fuel cell electric trucks that are being brought to market by Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) backed by Toyota Motor Corporation and Isuzu Motor Limited.  

The tanks, installed at the rear of the vehicle, can be filled with about eight times as much hydrogen as the passenger fuel cell vehicle tanks Toyoda Gosei produces for the Toyota Mirai. .  

To develop the larger tanks, Toyoda Gosei applied the technology for high-efficiency storage of hydrogen the company and Toyota Motor refined the tanks for the Mirai.  

Toyoda Gosei aims to contribute to a hydrogen society through the development and production of hydrogen tanks that are a crucial component of fuel cell vehicles.  

Toyoda received a Technology & Development Award in 2021 from Toyota Motor Corporation for the high-pressure hydrogen tanks featured in the Mirai vehicle.  

The tanks are a crucial component for fuel cell vehicles and hold hydrogen compress at high pressures. The Mirai vehicle is equipped with three of the hydrogen tanks.  

Read more: Toyota awards Toyoda Gosei for hydrogen tank development 

Last year, the Tees Valley Hydrogen Transport Hub was supplied with 10 Toyota hydrogen fuel cell Mirais in addition to a fuel cell forklift truck as a means to support the opening of a new Element 2 hydrogen refuelling station in the UK. 

Read more: Toyota supplies 10 hydrogen Mirais and a fuel cell forklift to Tees Valley Hydrogen Transport Hub 

Last month French start-up Hyliko announced plans to integrate Toyota’s second generation hydrogen fuel cell modules into heavy-duty trucks for their zero-emission fleet offering.  

This latest cooperation into the truck sector further expands Toyota’s portfolio of partnerships where it provides its fuel cell technology for hydrogen solutions across diverse sectors including trains, buses, generators and various marine applications. 

Read more: Toyota to supply fuel cells for Hyliko’s hydrogen-powered trucks