Toyota unit Hino to launch fuel cell truck amid hydrogen headwinds

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The fuel cell truck developed by Hino Motors and Toyota Motor, the first of its kind in Japan, is due out in October. (Toyota Motor)

SOTA TANAKA

TOKYO -- Hino Motors said Wednesday it will roll out in October a hydrogen-powered truck developed with Toyota Motor, the first to go on sale commercially in Japan, even as high prices and a lack of infrastructure weigh on global adoption of fuel cell vehicles.

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