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Toyota unit Hino to freeze truck production for some models for a year

Emissions scandal scraps medium- and heavy-duty rigs till August 2023

Some models of the "Profia," seen here, will not resume production until next summer.    © Reuters

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor unit Hino Motors will halt production of some medium- and heavy-duty trucks for at least another year after an engine emissions cheating scandal, Nikkei has learned.

Some domestic models of the medium-duty Ranger truck brand and the heavy-duty Profia truck brand will not be produced until August 2023. Those models had false emissions tests, the company said, and shipments of the models had stopped in March. 

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